Arrogance is not a trait, we would usually associate with our DS Icons. Typically, they are humble sorts, who are blissfully unaware of the joy they bring to our everyday lives. However, this week's ...

Roland Rat returned to his home on ITV breakfast TV today (February 1) to mark the 30th anniversary of the launch of TV-am. The cheeky rodent spoke with Daybreak hosts Kate Garraway and Aled Jones, ...

While 'Daybreak' dismisses reports that its figures are plummeting, and presenter Lorraine Kelly admits "we're trying to turn it around", there's one breakfast TV sofa alumnus with cause to celebrate ...

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He’s been hailed as the saviour of 1980s breakfast television - and now it seems that Roland Rat is following in the sainted and charitable footsteps of David Beckham. Appearing alongside hosts Kate ...

Publishers are being urged to take a chance on a Roland Rat game, after a US IP agency snapped up the rights to the classic 1980s television character. The Sharpe Company announced it had acquired the ...

Former TV-Am boss Greg Dyke has revealed that Roland Rat's handler David Claridge wanted the creature to have his own office at the breakfast station. "I told him he couldn't have one - and gave him a ...

ROLAND Rat is the rodent who single-handedly saved TV-AM, famously described as “the only rat to join a sinking ship” in the 1980s. He soon found fame and fortune and has, along with his sidekick ...

Antiques Roadshow triggered a debate on Twitter after one of the experts claimed the rat from Fawlty Towers was “the most famous rodent on British television”. One viewer even claimed that 80s ...