Oliver Postgate

Oliver Postgate

Creator

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…

Filmography

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Clangers: Complete Collection Clangers: Complete Collection 2023 Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films 2009 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley ★ 9.0 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley 2009 The Complete Ivor the Engine ★ 6.5 The Complete Ivor the Engine 2006 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' 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' 2005 The Complete Bagpuss ★ 7.2 The Complete Bagpuss 2005 The Alchemists of Sound ★ 6.5 The Alchemists of Sound 2003 Tottie: The Doll's Wish Tottie: The Doll's Wish 1986 Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House ★ 7.5 Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House 1984 Ivor the Engine ★ 7.0 Ivor the Engine 1976 Vote for Froglet Vote for Froglet 1974 Bagpuss ★ 6.8 Bagpuss 1974 Clangers ★ 7.1 Clangers 1969 The Seal of Neptune ★ 9.0 The Seal of Neptune 1960 Ivor The Engine ★ 8.3 Ivor The Engine 1959 Noggin the Nog ★ 8.8 Noggin the Nog 1959 The Pingwings The Pingwings