Roland made a number of series during his time at the BBC, most notably Roland Rat the Series, a chat show set in Roland's sewer home, now converted into a high-tech media centre called the Ratcave. The show would intersperse the chat show segments with a storyline involving some sort of situation "behind the scenes".

Roland Rat offers to rescue ITV's Daybreak breakfast show yeahhh!". asda.com. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010 . Retrieved 23 November 2010. Decorated with Chinese symbols and portraits of Chairman Mao, The Great Wall was an arresting spectacle and provided a fascinating foothold into an unexplored subculture. Naturally, it attracted prime faces of the London club scene and helped to further cement Claridge's reputation for having a unique and creative vision swilling about in his brainbox. Although I haven’t managed to find the titles of all of the episodes, I have shared when they were first aired here. The OWRRAS Summer Spectacular (Summer 1985) – This stood for Official Worldwide Roland Rat Appreciation Society. Broadcast in the summer of 1985, a studio based programme like The Spectacular Shedvision Show and the half-term series Roland Live. The last TV-am Roland Rat series.

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Claridge's burgeoning love of the Far East later manifestated itself in the form of The Great Wall club which he hoped would provide something in sharp opposition to the New Romantic and Glam scenes that had become, he felt, the one thing they once vehemently rebelled against: ordinary. Talking at the time, Claridge explained:

Operation FOGI (October half term 1984) – introduced Glenis the Guinea Pig who was rescued from the pet department in Harrods as a result of Operation FOGI (Free Our Glenis Immediately).Roland Rat first appeared on 1 April 1983 [2] (Good Friday) on the ailing breakfast television network TV-am, and is generally regarded as its saviour, being described as "the only rat to join a sinking ship". After a couple of months on TV-am, Roland took the audience from 100,000 to 1.8 million. Roland was launched at TV-am by Children's editor Anne Wood to give kids entertainment during the Easter holidays. [3] [4] rat rapping (brilliant isn't it) | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 30 October 2019. Cute two tear drops for ears, one long thing piece of paper for the tail (curl with scissors) and two shorter thin strips of paper for whiskers.