Madeleine

Madeleine is a rag doll who lives among the shop's odds and ends, waking each time Emily brings in something new for Bagpuss and the others to puzzle over. Soft-spoken and gentle, she mends and listens more than she leads, a steadying presence in the little cloth-and-sawdust household.

Sandra Kerr gives Madeleine a warmth that never tips into sweetness for its own sake, singing her songs with a plainness that suits a doll made of scraps rather than a storybook princess. In a world of stronger personalities like Yaffle and Bagpuss himself, she's the quiet kindness holding the group together.