Dawdle the Donkey[edit]

Dawdle the Donkey was a 90’s Children’s TV cartoon written by Elizabeth Beresford, who also created the cartoon the Wombles.

It originally ran from 1996 to 1998 it ran for three seasons with a total of thirty three episodes made.

It was part of YTV Jr. lineup in 2002.

The theme song was sung by Chris De Burgh.

It was voiced by veteran actor David Jason and comedian Josie Lawrence and was animated by Vosinta Animation, in association with Treehouse Productions, for Dawdle Productions.

Plot

Dawdle is lost in the city and is looking for somewhere to live. She meets Rola Polar Bear and Archie the Cat who're also homeless, together they decide to find a place to share together. It's too noisy at the seaside and it's too high on top of a building in the city, but eventually they make their way to the countryside and Dawdle sees a glowing Golden Gate. Dawdle believes that the golden gate glow, which Rola dismisses bu Dawdle maintains that the meadow behind the gate is magic. There, they find a beautiful meadow and decide to make it there home.

Cast

Role	Cast
Dawdle the Donkey	Josie Lawrence
Rola the Polar Bear	David Jason

Characters[edit]

Dawdle the Donkey (voiced by Josie Lawrence)

She used to live in an orchard, but they built houses on it, so she went looking for a new home. But she is happy now that they live in the meadow, but unlike Rola, Dawdle doesn't like the cold.She likes to give children a ride on her back and can carry up to 3 at a time. Her favourite food is ginger nut biscuits, as they taste nice and make you think better. She likes to keep active and gets annoyed when the others just want to laze around, she even tried to get them all fit, but it was an uphill struggle.

Rola Polar Bear (voiced by David Jason)

He used to live on an Iceberg, until it drifted into warm water and it melted under him. The only thing he could salvage was a tin bath. He can use his bath as a submarine (including telescope) and mostly loves to laze around in the bath with lots of ice cool water. If he doesn't keep cool, then his fur can start to fall out. Rola has endless fur pockets, as he seems to get loads of things out of them, maybe that's why he looks so big. He loves to tell stories about his snowy past and how great he was. Maybe it's all true, but either way, he certainly is strong and can also put his mind to most things.He likes to play his whistle, but he isn't very good at it and he likes to get his own way (but Dawdle doesn't let him).

Archie the Cat

Archie is an unusual cat, as he is scared of heights and pretty much everything. One day he was caught up in the string of a kite and flew off. Eventually a couple of pigeons helped him and they became friends. He's always been a little greedy and it's always getting him into trouble.He lives in a tree, with the pigeons, which is in the middle of the meadow and periodically gets stuck at the top of it.

Rocky Mountain Bear

Is a distant cousin of Rola and he is one of the Grizzly Bears, a distinguished branch of the Cougar Bear family. He's from America and he wasn't too pleased at the long journey to get to the meadow. He was shocked when he found out that they all lived together in a field, as he felt it was over crowded (he can walk for days at his home and not see another bear). He complains about everything, the food, the water and it's because he gets grizzly if he doesn't eat honey. Luckily the bees in the meadow don't mind sharing and they give Rocky some honey.

Reference[edit]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1604467/fullcredits

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075125/

http://www.jedisparadise.com/2/Dawdle_the_Donkey.htm

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