Oliver Postgate

Born: 1925-04-12

Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, was an English animator, puppeteer and writer. He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes. Pingwings, Pogles' Wood, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers and Bagpuss, were all made by Smallfilms, the company he set up with Peter Firmin, and were shown on the BBC between the 1950s and the 1980s, and on ITV from 1959 to the present day. In a 1999 BBC poll Bagpuss was voted the most popular children's television programme of all time Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Postgate, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

as Self
Released: 2005-09-05

An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

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The Complete Bagpuss

as Narrator / All Voices
Released: 2005-04-04

Classic Children's Animation

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Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

as Bagpus (voice)
Released: 2009-11-13

Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a...

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The Alchemists of Sound

as Self
Released: 2003-10-19

A documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, responsible for creating some of the most...

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The Complete Ivor the Engine

as Narrator / All
Released: 2006-01-30

Enjoy once again the adventures of Welsh steam engine Ivor, Jones the Steam and the good people...

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Clangers: Complete Collection

as Narrator (Voice)
Released: 2023-10-30

In the late 60s, with the arrival of Colour TV, the BBC was keen for something different, modern...

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Clangers

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1969-11-16

The Clangers are strange, long-nosed, pink, woolly creatures that live inside a small blue...

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Ivor the Engine

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-01-26

Ivor the Engine is a British children's animation by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's...

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Noggin the Nog

as Narrator
First aired: 1959-09-11

Noggin the Nog is a popular British children's character. Noggin himself is a simple, kind and...

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Bagpuss

as Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice
First aired: 1974-02-12

Bagpuss is a UK children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate from 12...

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Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House

as Narrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice)
First aired: 1984-02-06

Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House is a 1984 animated television series. It is based on The...

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The Seal of Neptune

as Narrator
First aired: 1960-07-06

The Seal of Neptune was a children's programme created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin, also...

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