Wanderly Wagon

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Wanderly Wagon was an Irish educational children's television series which aired on RTÉ from 1968 until 1982. Wanderly Wagon followed human and puppet characters as they travelled around Ireland visiting interesting locations, rescuing princesses and generally doing good. The original premise of the show expanded to follow the characters to magical lands of Irish mythology, and into outer space.

Various episodes were written by Neil Jordan, Carolyn Swift, Pat Ingoldsby, Martin Duffy and Frank Kelly, who also played several characters on the show.

[edit] Characters

  • Rory - originally the lead character and played by acclaimed stage actor Bill Golding. Golding left the series in its later years.
  • O'Brien - a bumbler played by Eugene Lambert, who was also the puppeteer and ventriloquist for the animal characters.
  • Godmother - a sensible mother-figure played by Nora O'Mahoney.
  • Fortycoats - a shopkeeper. An occasional character who later had an eponymous spin-off show. Originally played by Bill Golding and later by Fran Dempsey.
  • Mr Crow - a crow who lived in a cuckoo clock.
  • Foxy - a fox who lived in a barrel on the side of the wagon and spoke with a American gangster style accent.
  • Judge - a dog, who also featured in televised road safety notices.
  • Four moon mice who lived in the attic.
  • Doctor Astro, a recurring villain played by Frank Kelly
  • Sneaky the Snake, Doctor Astro's sidekick also voiced by Frank Kelly

[edit] External links


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