Roland Rat was a British television puppet character. He was created, operated and voiced by David Claridge, who had previously designed and operated Mooncat, a puppet in the Children's ITV television programme Get Up and Go! Roland lived beneath King's Cross railway station in The Ratcave and also in Ratcavetwo under the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles. He had an infant brother called Little Reggie and had a relationship with a guinea pig called Glenis. His colleagues included dour Welsh technical whizz Errol the Hamster and over-enthusiastic self-appointed "number one ratfan" Kevin the Gerbil, who was from Leeds and loved pink buckets. Roland's car 'the Ratmobile' was a bright pink 1953 Ford Anglia. Claridge provided voices for all the main characters: Roland Rat, Errol the Hamster, Kevin The Gerbil, Little Reggie, Fergie the Ferret, and Roland's father Freddy, as they often appeared on screen together. Roland's final appearance on TV-am was at the end of August 1985, when the last summer holiday slot was broadcast.