Friend To Animals

After becoming a successful TV personality in the 1960s and 1970s, the Aussie star went on to became a fixture on children's television thanks to his shows 'Rolf's Cartoon Time', broadcast on BBC One from 1979 to 1989, and 'Rolf's Cartoon Club', which aired on CITV between 1989 and 1993.

From 1994 to 2004, Rolf led the presenting team on BBC One series ‘Animal Hospital’.

The show quickly became popular with fans who saw Rolf as a man with a heart of gold concerned with the welfare of the "poor little mites"

The series featured many RSPCA hospitals all over the UK.