Scragtag in the Press

I first covered Scragtag, the verminous mid-1980s puppet operated by Marcus Kimber, in 2013. I must have watched him in programmes such as T.T.V and Scragtag and his Tea Time Telly, but I couldn't remember him at all. No matter, I eventually discovered he was an excellent character, even if his BBC vehicles were weak. Since 2013, however, little else regarding Scragtag has surfaced. So, I decided to go digging. I can't promise you a plethora of footage. Neither can I finally reveal Marcus Kimber's unfinished autobiography. But I can show you what Scragtag was getting up to when he wasn't on the television. Yes, in my dedication to the British television stories no one else would bother covering, I delved through the archives for any mention of Scragtag. The result? Numerous local news reports featuring the Cockney cat, and here they are: 6th December 1985 - Kentish Express A few months after he made his bow in T.T.V, Scragtag visited Ashford Children's Day to entertain the local…