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British television production company

In 1992, the company moved their operations to Stratford upon Avon and opened up The Ragdoll Shop. In the mid 1990s, Ragdoll expanded operations to the United States, and signed a deal with The Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Company to sell their programmes in the market. In 2000, Ragdoll dropped their rag doll mascot for a more simplistic logo designed by Lambie Nairn, with the company also adopting a new name of Ragdoll Limited by that point. During that time, the company started to move away from puppet based shows (which started with Teletubbies in 1997), by making animated cartoons. Ragdoll still produced live action shows, but would use costumes and animatronics instead of puppets. In October 2001, Ragdoll parted ways with Itsy Bitsy following a failure to reach an agreement with the company's majority owner, the Handleman Group. Ragdoll then started to sell their programmes on their own from then on, forming Ragdoll USA. In January 2002, Teletubbies: Everywhere, a spin off of Teletubbies, was announced to air on CBeebies within its launch window. On 14 June, a new series titled Boohbah was announced and was pre sold to CITV and GMTV for a 2003 delivery. The show later saw an international roll out. At MIPTV 2005, Ragdoll announced a new series titled Blurrfect and that CITV had acquired broadcasting rights for an autumn 2005 delivery. By September 2005, the series was renamed Blips, and soon premiered on 29 September 2005 as part of the CITV's autumn schedule. On 13 October, Ragdoll unrevealed two new series that were pre sold to the BBC: In the Night Garden and Tronji, for a 2007 delivery. In October 2005, Ragdoll subsidiary The Ragdoll Foundation announced that Five's Milkshake! block had commissioned a series of six short films titled What Makes Me Happy?, which would air daily from 19 December. In September 2006, Ragdoll formed a joint venture with BBC Worldwide called Ragdoll Worldwide, to sell and license the company's programmes outside of the UK and North America. In the Night Garden and Tronji would be the first two programmes created as part of the venture, while existing programmes were handled by BBC Worldwide, which managed the international broadcast sales and the UK and international licensing of all Ragdoll properties (including Blips, Boohbah, Brum, Tots TV, Rosie and Jim, and Open a Door), with Ragdoll retaining all British broadcast rights. A new subsidiary, Ragdoll USA Inc., part of the new joint venture, would manage Ragdoll's distribution in North America. In January 2013, Ragdoll opted to end their agreement with BBC Worldwide and put up Ragdoll Worldwide for sale. On 16 September, Canadian studio DHX Media (now as "WildBrain") purchased the venture from both companies for £17.4 million (or USD$24 million) The deal included the rights to most of Ragdoll's programming, but with the exceptions of Pob's Programme and Playbox, the latter of which was acquired by ITV Studios. The company also changed to its current name of Ragdoll Productions Limited, with "Productions" added back to the name after 13 years. In 2015, Ragdoll produced the live action/stop motion series Twirlywoos with DHX, making it the first and only co production between the companies. In 2018, the company co produced a short film with Disney UK for the Hope Works initiative, titled What Shall We Do With The Angry Monster?. In 2021, Ragdoll formed a deal with British distribution company Cake Entertainment for them to distribute their new series, B. O. T. and the Beasties, for CBeebies. On 29 March, the company was relocated to Shenington, with Anne Wood retiring from the company on 14 December, and leaving her son Christopher as director of the studio.

Ragdoll's programmes produced between 1990 and 2017 (excluding Pob's Programme, BOOM! and Storytime) are currently owned by WildBrain (formerly known as DHX Media).

Title Year(s) Network Notes/Sources Pob's Programme 1985–1990 Channel 4 Owned by Ragdoll Playbox 1987–1992 ITV (Central) Currently owned by ITV Studios The Magic Mirror 1989 ITV Co production for The Kellogg CompanyRagdoll's first animated production BOOM! 1990–1991 Channel 4 Ragdoll's first non puppet live action production Rosie and Jim 1990 2000 ITV (Central) Oldest Ragdoll series to be owned by WildBrain Brum 1991, 19942001–2002 BBC One (Children's BBC/CBBC)CBeebies Tots TV 1993–1998 ITV (Central) Co produced with Carlton Television in later seasonsRights co owned with ITV Studios Open a Door 1994–2003 BBC Two (Children's BBC/CBBC)CBeebies An international short film series co produced with other companies. Storytime 1995–1997 BBC Two Series 5 6 only Teletubbies 1997–2001 BBC Two (Children's BBC/CBBC) Original series, revivals/reboots are produced by DHX Media. Badjelly the Witch 2000 BBC One Television special/movieCo produced with Norma Farnes Management Teletubbies Everywhere 2002 CBeebies Short form series Boohbah 2003–2006 ITV (CITV and GMTV) Co produced with GMTV Blips 2005–2006 ITV (CITV) What Makes Me Happy 2005 Five (Milkshake!) Co produced with The Ragdoll FoundationSeries of six short films Twirlywoos 2015–2017 CBeebies Co produced with DHX Media What Shall We Do With The Angry Monster? 2018 YouTube Short filmCo produced for Disney UK B. O. T. and the Beasties 2021 present CBeebies Short form seriesOwned by RagdollDistributed by Cake Entertainment

Title Year(s) Network Notes/Sources In the Night Garden 2007–2009 CBeebies Tronji 2009–2010 CBBC Dipdap 2011 CBeebies Short form series The Adventures of Abney & Teal 2011–2012 CBeebies

The Ragdoll Shop in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire was a store that consisted of themed play areas based on Ragdoll properties and an area where merchandise was sold. The store first opened in 1992, and traded until 2005, because of expansion limits and failure to find a new larger venue. The building that formerly housed the shop is now a optometrist's practice named Dr. CP Grey's. The picture of Rosie and Jim waving can still be seen in the black window at the top of the building.