Rosie and Jim

Nov 10, 1990

This video has been produced by British Waterways, which run the country's canals and rivers, with Ragdoll productions to help children to understand the dangers of Water in am imaginative way using Rosie and Jim, as well as Duck! The 7 minute video covers the safety points featured in a free Rosie and Jim leaflet which can be obtained from the address below. You might find it helpful to teach Children the safety song featured in the video which is sung to the tune of the Rosie and Jim theme song. British Waterways also produce "Rosie & Jim's Waterway pack", containing Children's activities and games plus guidance notes for parents priced £1.00 to cover postage and packing.

Sep 03, 1990

John plans to take the Ragdoll up the canal to Dudley, but in order to do so he has to navigate a series of locks.

Sep 10, 1990

Tree branches scrape against the Ragdoll, scratching off its smart paint. So John goes out to the shops to buy some paint to make his boat look nice and shiny again. Rosie and Jim do some painting of their own, and they learn about mixing colours together to make even more colours.

Sep 17, 1990

John is out of groceries, so he makes a trip to Sainsbury's to purchase what he needs. However, the two rag dolls have something else on their minds.

Sep 24, 1990

Whilst John is on his travels, he goes inside a tunnel leaving the two rag dolls to believe that pure darkness can be frightening to travel through.

Oct 01, 1990

Whilst attempting to travel to Dudley, the Ragdoll's tiller comes apart in John's hand, meaning he has to walk to a nearby stable so a horse can tow the boat to somewhere he can get it fixed.

Oct 08, 1990

John is very curious to know how glass is made, so he goes to a factory to see what ingredients are put together to make glass, sand being the main one. Rosie and Jim follow him there, and play in the sandpit making their own boat out of sand with marble glass windows.

Oct 15, 1990

John visits Black Country Narrow Boats, the boatyard that built the Ragdoll, where Rosie and Jim try making their own boats out of paper and foil.

Oct 22, 1990

It's a rainy day on the Ragdoll, and John's in need of washing his clothes, so he sets out to a local launderette to get them clean once again. Rosie and Jim have some dirty washing too, but they also have something else in mind.

Oct 29, 1990

It is quite cold on the Ragdoll, and John is running out of coal for his furnace to keep him and Rosie and Jim warm, so he and Rosie and Jim set out to a coal mine to see where exactly coal comes from.

Nov 05, 1990

As John sails down the canal, he notices lots of different things being cut, so he takes a walk and goes to a farm to see some sheep having their wool sheared off. Later on, John does some trimming of his own by giving his beard a snip. Rosie and Jim join in by taking some sheep wool and begin pretending to shear it off themselves.

Nov 12, 1990

John is looking for an idea for a story, so he sails down the canal to a falcon country park to see all kinds of different birds. Rosie and Jim follow him, and watch the demonstrations of the falcons.

Nov 19, 1990

John's woolly jumper is beginning to wear out, so he sets off to a mill to retrieve some wool to knit a new jumper. Meanwhile, Jim mistakes a sheep for a dragon, and is frightened, but soon learns that sheep are harmless. Then, Rosie and Jim finally get some coloured wool of their own.

Nov 26, 1990

John sets out to a wheat field to find out how bread is made. He then sees a windmill, and is shown how wheat is turned into bread. Rosie and Jim get up to their old tricks and fool around with John when he isn't looking.

Dec 03, 1990

John sets out to the shops to buy some food and drink for a picnic. Rosie and Jim are hungry and want to have a picnic too, so they add their own items to John's shopping list without him knowing. Bearing in mind that John doesn't even like the items that Rosie and Jim added, they're afraid that John is going to be upset. However, John isn't overly upset after all, as he sees a family having a barbecue and gives them Rosie and Jim's items.

Dec 10, 1990

John thinks the blanket on his bed is starting to wear out, so he decides to go and get a new one. Rosie and Jim play with his blanket, but they play too rough, and put large holes in it. So John pays a visit to the weavers workshop to see how blankets are made from scratch.

Dec 17, 1990

John goes off to Hampton to see a ferry. When Rosie and Jim see a boat that's going to the same place as the Ragdoll, they fear that it's going to cause a crash, but of course, it doesn't. John hops aboard a ferry to be transported from one path to another that has the river as a collision.

Jan 07, 1991

John travels to a farm to see how the milk we drink every day is made.

Jan 14, 1991

John travels to Tewkesbury Marina to see some sailing boats and get some ideas for a story about Rosie and Jim

Jan 21, 1991

While watching steam boats on the River Severn, John runs the Ragdoll aground in a mud bank needing help from another steam boat.

Jan 28, 1991

John visits Tewkesbury Abbey and explores the inside of the church.

Feb 04, 1991

It's time for John to take out the rubbish from the boat, so he attempts to catch up with the bin-man and takes the rubbish to the tip so it can be broken down and recycled.

Feb 11, 1991

John travels to visit a pottery at Elmley Castle near Pershore in Worcestershire.

Feb 18, 1991

John travels along the River Severn through Worcester to Stourport to ride the dragon at the Shipley Amusements Park.

Feb 25, 1991

John travels to Worcester to visit the Worcester Post and Sorting Office

Mar 04, 1991

John travels along the River Severn through Worcester, and then goes to Ragley Hall in Alcester to a maze.

Sep 30, 1991

John visits Ashorne Hall to see some musical instruments that play by themselves.

Oct 07, 1991

John visits Stratford Butterfly Farm in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Oct 14, 1991

John Visits Charlecote House.

Oct 21, 1991

John visits Renoir Hair Salon in Birmingham.

Oct 28, 1991

John visits Reaside Nursery School in Birmingham.

Nov 04, 1991

John visits Northcot Brick Ltd in Blockley.

Nov 11, 1991

John visits Evesham in Stratford-upon-Avon to see some small animals at Twyford Country Centre.

Nov 18, 1991

John visits The Rag Market in Birmingham.

Nov 25, 1991

John visits Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Dec 02, 1991

John visits The National Waterways Museum in Gloucester.

Dec 09, 1991

John visits Netherly Farm in Mathon to see a sheepdog at work.

Dec 16, 1991

John visits Severn Trent Water.

Jan 06, 1992

John visits The National Waterways Museum in Gloucester for a second time.

Jan 13, 1992

John visits The Children's Library in Sutton Coldfield.

Jan 20, 1992

John visits a bucket dredger digging mud from a river.

Jan 27, 1992

John visits Bewdley to get a new rope for The Ragdoll Boat.

Feb 03, 1992

John accidentally breaks a plank of wood and decides to get a new one. He visits a timber yard to see how trees get turned into planks of wood.

Feb 10, 1992

John visits Worcester to buy some shoes from Blunts Shoes.

Feb 17, 1992

John visits the Bewdley Museum to see how a brass windlass is made while Rosie and Jim try to return his jelly to him.

Feb 24, 1992

John visits Bidford-on-Avon to learn to fly in a plane at Avon Soaring Centre.

Mar 02, 1992

John visits the Bewdley Museum to see how a coracle is made after seeing some on the River Severn.

Mar 09, 1992

John visits the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon to see a puppet show performed by Major Mustard.

Mar 16, 1992

John visits Stratford-upon-Avon to visit the Stratford Shire Horse Centre.

Mar 23, 1992

John visits A. E. Beckett and Sons at Heath Farm in Wythall to see where eggs come from.

Mar 30, 1992

John visits the National Waterways Festival.

Jan 06, 1995

Pat Hutchins visits the BBC CWR radio studios in Coventry.

Jan 13, 1995

Pat visits Hillfields Nursery Centre.

Jan 20, 1995

Pat visits the Battlefield Line Railway.

Jan 27, 1995

Pat notices a barn owl flying over the canal and meets its owner.

Feb 03, 1995

Pat visits Coggans Bakery in Nuneaton to see how gingerbread men are made.

Feb 10, 1995

Pat visits Leicester to meet Unity Brass.

Feb 17, 1995

Pat visits Mill Lane Nurseries in Evesham.

Feb 24, 1995

Pat leaves Duck on the canal side while cleaning the roof of the Ragdoll and accidentally leaves him behind.

Mar 03, 1995

Pat visits a bowling alley in Coventry.

Mar 10, 1995

Pat visits The Uppingham Road Health Centre in Leicester when she has a cold.

Mar 17, 1995

Pat notices someone digging up potatoes in his garden and offers to help.

Mar 24, 1995

Pat comes across a gymkhana and stops to watch.

Mar 31, 1995

Pat notices a family with fruit and stops to buy food at a street market in North Warwickshire.

Apr 07, 1995

Pat visits Longford Park Primary School where the pupils draw pictures for her.

Apr 21, 1995

Pat visits Gorse Hill City Farm in Leicester.

Apr 28, 1995

Pat visits Wilson & Stafford's hat factory and sees how hats are made.

May 05, 1995

Pat comes across a family with suitcases for a boating holiday. Rosie and Jim want to go on a boating holiday too and start packing their things for the holiday. Jim wants to pack some sausages but Rosie refuses. After they finish packing, they accidentally throw their suitcase onto another boat and their suitcase gets mixed up with someone else's suitcase.

May 12, 1995

The Ragdoll and Duck get dirty from the road bridge above and Pat loses her bar of soap so she visits The Standard Soap Company's factory nearby to get a new one, and finds out how soap is made.

May 19, 1995

Pat notices a bouncy castle and visits Gaz Inflatables which makes them.

May 26, 1995

Pat notices the Leicester Morris Men group on their way to Abbey Primary School and watches them dance there.

Jul 09, 1995

Rosie and Jim overhear Pat saying she is thirsty and get her a glass of water. However, Rosie forgets to turn off the tap and floods the boat. Fearing a hole in the boat, Pat has the Ragdoll lifted out of the water for inspection by Rose Narrow Boats.

Jul 16, 1995

Pat notices a child with shoes she likes, so she visits Gerry's Shoe Repairs to have some made especially for her.

Jul 23, 1995

Pat meets two children building a scarecrow and offers to join them with a donation of her old clothes.

Jul 30, 1995

Pat comes along with friends to Coventry Sports Centre to watch their daughter, Jade, roller skating.

Jul 07, 1995

As dusk falls, Pat notices a family stargazing and joins them before going to bed back on the Ragdoll.

Jan 05, 1996

Pat Visits the Chinese State Circus in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Jan 12, 1996

Pat accidentally drops an earring into the water and has a new one made especially for her at a jewellers.

Jan 19, 1996

Pat visits Stratford-upon-Avon to have a ride in a gondola.

Jan 26, 1996

Rosie and Jim, along with Pat, find a mouse running around the Ragdoll. Thinking it would not be happy living on the boat, Pat catches it and tries to find it a new home.

Feb 02, 1996

Pat sees some friends aboard a restaurant boat, so she dresses up to join them. Meanwhile, Rosie tries to help the waiter and Jim tries to eat the ice cream when he is hungry.

Feb 09, 1996

Pat visits Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire and rides the minibus to see the animals.

Feb 16, 1996

Pat visits The Metropolitan Club to do some exercise.

Feb 23, 1996

Pat finds a lost kitten and takes it back to a family at Barton Dovecote Leisure.

Mar 01, 1996

Pat visits Woburn Safari Park a second time to get ideas for a drawing. She sees the tigers and Jim's drawing of stripy clothes.

Mar 08, 1996

Pat has been invited by the Lord Mayor of the town to help turn on the Christmas lights in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Jun 28, 1996

Pat visits Gourmet Pizza Company in Oxford.

Jul 05, 1996

Pat visits Oxford to help take a mannequin to a shop and dress it.

Jul 12, 1996

Pat gives two friends a lift on the Ragdoll to take their pet rabbit to the vet for a health check.

Jul 19, 1996

Pat sees the Oxford open-top tour bus and goes for a ride on it.

Jul 26, 1996

Pat sees a dog by the river and meets the owners who are taking her to agility training at the Wallingford Dog Training Club.

Aug 02, 1996

Pat comes across her real-life husband Laurence Hutchins who invites her to a café by the river. He offers to give her a lift in his car, but she declines. Rosie and Jim dislike his remark of the Ragdoll being slow and decide to race him in the boat.

Aug 09, 1996

Pat visits the milkman to buy milk and offers to help with his round.

Aug 16, 1996

Pat hears music that makes her want to dance and comes across a ballroom dancing session.

Aug 23, 1996

It is raining and Pat's umbrella has a hole in it so she visits Stephens Umbrellas Limited to see how they are made.

Aug 30, 1996

Pat comes across some busy friends, so she offers to look after their baby and help him go to sleep.

Jan 10, 1997

Neil Brewer's harmonica slips out of his hand and falls into the children's water bowl. When he gets it back, it no longer works as well as it used to. He then goes to Mickleburgh Music Shop and tries some other instruments before deciding on a new harmonica.

Jan 17, 1997

Neil gives the Ragdoll a spring clean but has to deal with clutter before he goes anywhere.

Jan 24, 1997

Neil decides to try water skiing, and so do Rosie and Jim.

Jan 31, 1997

Some children on another boat are devastated when their birthday cake falls into the water, so Neil decides to decorate a cake for them while Rosie and Jim secretly help him.

Feb 07, 1997

Neil comes across the Avon Cub Scouts & Brownie Guides singing by a campfire and joins in.

Feb 14, 1997

Neil meets a friend riding a pony and trap. She agrees to let him ride it with her and they go around the Gordano Valley Riding Stables' course.

Feb 21, 1997

Rosie and Jim notice some ducks in the canal and their Duck wants to meet them, so they take him as they follow Neil to visit a place with more ducks.

Feb 28, 1997

Neil visits Bristol City F.C. to watch the 1996 Gloucestershire Cup match versus the Bristol Rovers F.C..

Mar 07, 1997

Neil notices a chimney sweep who lets him watch him sweep another chimney.

Mar 14, 1997

Neil's hat blows off in the wind, so Rosie and Jim chase after it for him.

Mar 21, 1997

Rosie and Jim accidentally break one of the chairs on the Ragdoll, so they follow Neil to the Woodland Workshop to learn how to make a chair.

Apr 04, 1997

Neil sees some children flying kites and wants to do so himself, so he visits a workshop to have one made for him.

Apr 11, 1997

Neil visits a tailor shop to get a new jacket, but with help from Rosie and Jim up to their tricks behind the scenes.

Apr 18, 1997

Neil visits the 1996 Bristol International Balloon Festival to see the hot air balloons. (With a cameo of Sonic the Hedgehog)

Apr 25, 1997

Neil visits The Lock Inn Bike Hire Centre to ride on a tricycle.

May 09, 1997

Neil visits Rode Bird Gardens where he meets a talking parrot.

May 16, 1997

Neil sees some children playing with sand and then walks to a beach by the sea.

May 23, 1997

Neil visits Brean Leisure Park to ride on a merry-go-round.

May 30, 1997

Rosie and Jim accidentally break Neil's mattress so he goes to buy a new one from Furnitureland in Bristol.

Jun 06, 1997

Neil visits the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Royal to watch a play.

Mar 14, 1997

Mar 17, 1997

Mar 21, 1997

Mar 24, 1997

Mar 28, 1997

Jan 05, 1998

Neil feels hungry, so he goes to a Chinese restaurant where he sees noodles being made.

Jan 09, 1998

Neil visits Trafalgar Square in London to meet some pigeons.

Jan 12, 1998

Neil feels like camping so he sets up his old tent by the Ragdoll.

Jan 16, 1998

Neil visits Big Ben in Westminster, London.

Jan 19, 1998

Neil plays golf with Neil Jordan at Sudbury Golf Course.

Jan 23, 1998

Neil visits the Tower of London

Jan 26, 1998

Jan 30, 1998

Neil, with Rosie and Jim secretly following, has fun riding the slides at an indoor water park.

Feb 02, 1998

Neil visits the London Aquarium to see some fish and other sea creatures.

Feb 06, 1998

Neil sees some children walking on stilts with their instructor and joins them with Rosie and Jim secretly joining in.

Feb 09, 1998

Neil turns to DIY after a cabinet on the Ragdoll falls apart.

Feb 13, 1998

Neil visits a tomato ketchup factory to see how ketchup is made.

Feb 16, 1998

Feb 20, 1998

Duck finds himself floating away on some driftwood on the River Thames when Rosie and Jim accidentally push him off the boat.

Feb 23, 1998

Neil visits Tower Bridge in London to see how it works.

Feb 27, 1998

Neil gives the Dulwich Junior Brass Band a lift on the boat where they play Rosie and Jim's theme tune.

Mar 02, 1998

Neil records a new song to listen to on the boat, with composer Andrew McCrorie-Shand.

Mar 06, 1998

A one-man-band busker loses his drum when it falls into the canal so Rosie and Jim secretly help him get it back.

Mar 09, 1998

Neil is invited to take part in a lion dance at London's Chinatown to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Mar 13, 1998

Neil feels lonely, despite it being his birthday, so Rosie and Jim make invitations to send to guests who Neil met earlier in the series, to a party at the Ragdoll.

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Jan 05, 1999

Neil follows a bee to a honey farm to see how honey is made.

Jan 12, 1999

Neil has to replace the Ragdoll boat's anchor and chain after he loses it in a lake, and goes to see how the chain is made.

Jan 19, 1999

Neil sees a knight in shining armour riding along the canal bank, who suddenly drops his plume. He meets up with the knight at Belvoir Castle and hands his plume back, but is blissfully unaware that Rosie and Jim have sneaked in.

Jan 26, 1999

A frog suddenly appears inside one of Neil's shoes, and Neil removes it from the boat, only for the frog to find itself inside Neil's hat, and later in his biscuit box.

Feb 02, 1999

Neil comes across a man gathering reeds who then shows him using them to thatch a house's roof.

Feb 09, 1999

Neil comes across a sailing class on a lake and the instructor invites him to try.

Feb 23, 1999

An artist is drawing the Ragdoll boat, but runs into several mishaps along the way, most notably Rosie and Jim continuously moving Duck around the boat.

Mar 02, 1999

One night, Neil comes across a disco party on another boat and is invited aboard by the guests.

Mar 16, 1999

Neil takes part in a remote control boat race in Daventry.

Mar 23, 1999

Neil decides to keep fit, but is startled when he sees what appears to be a ghost under a sheet, which turns out to be Rosie and Jim.

Mar 30, 1999

Neil comes across a man carrying rocks to repair a dry stone wall and offers to help with Rosie and Jim secretly also helping.

Apr 06, 1999

Neil comes across a man carrying equipment to wash a "very big baby". After offering to carry the equipment to Twycross Zoo, Neil, along with Rosie and Jim, discovers that it is a baby elephant.

Apr 13, 1999

Apr 20, 1999

Neil calls the lifeboat rescue crew in Caister-on-Sea to rescue the Ragdoll, after Rosie and Jim untie the mooring ropes at the wrong end.

Apr 27, 1999

Neil visits a knitting factory to see how woolly sweaters are made, and gets a new sweater after his original one gets snagged in the Ragdoll's control panel.

May 04, 1999

Neil has the Ragdoll transported on the back of a lorry through Loughborough, to reach the next canal.

May 11, 1999

Neil joins in a country western dance party at Lynroy's club in Loughborough.

May 18, 1999

Neil is called to redecorate a woman's living room, with Rosie and Jim also lending a hand.

May 25, 1999

Neil visits the City of Birmingham Gymnastics Club.

Jun 01, 1999

Neil learns to ride a horse at Bourne Vale Riding Stables in Birmingham, but is in for a surprise when Rosie accidentally jumps onto the back of his horse.

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Jan 04, 2000

Neil looks after Poppy the dog and takes her for a walk. However, she runs off after Rosie and Jim intervene.

Jan 11, 2000

Neil is trying to find a bottle of glue to secure a loose floor tile, and vows to find it if he has to turn the Ragdoll boat upside-down.

Jan 18, 2000

Neil goes to Nandy and Greg's wedding at St Peter's Church in Reading as the best man but leaves behind the ring. Fortunately Rosie finds it and brings it along.

Jan 25, 2000

Neil's mother, portrayed by Eileen Armstrong, is coming to lunch aboard the Ragdoll and Rosie and Jim try to help prepare. However, they end up making a mess.

Feb 01, 2000

Neil comes across a musician named Bubbles who shows him how to make steel drums and sees him perform with his band.

Feb 08, 2000

Neil goes to buy some new trousers with Rosie and Jim secretly joining in.

Feb 15, 2000

Neil joins in a jumble sale with clutter from the boat and Duck accidentally gets sold.

Feb 22, 2000

Neil comes across a woman laying a trail of flour, a practice called hashing, for runners to follow and joins in the race.

Feb 29, 2000

Neil is invited to Chloe's birthday party so he goes to Woolworths to buy her a present.

Mar 07, 2000

Neil has to replace the Ragdoll's bow fender after it gets caught a lock gate.

Mar 14, 2000

Neil volunteers to be rescued by the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service as part of a fire safety demonstration for children.

Mar 21, 2000

Mar 28, 2000

Apr 04, 2000

Apr 11, 2000

Neil checks into the Royal Berkshire Hospital after spraining his ankle while mooring up the Ragdoll.

Apr 18, 2000

Neil decides he's had enough cruising for one day and decides to relax, but his day isn't as relaxing as he may have hoped.

Apr 25, 2000

May 02, 2000

Three little ducklings manage to get onboard the Ragdoll, causing their mother to follow the boat. Rosie and Jim gently sing to the ducklings, then show them to Duck, before returning them to their mother.

May 09, 2000

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