Oliver Postgate

Oliver Postgate

Deceased · Born: Apr 12, 1925 · Died: Dec 8, 2008

Known For

BagpussBagpuss
Ivor the EngineIvor the Engine
Noggin the NogNoggin the Nog
The ClangersThe Clangers
The Seal of NeptuneThe Seal of Neptune

Personal Details

BornApr 12, 1925 Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
Relatives
  • Angela Lansbury (Cousin)

Biography

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.

Career

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2009
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley as Bagpus (voice)
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2003
The Alchemists of Sound
The Alchemists of Sound
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1976
Ivor the Engine
Ivor the Engine
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1974
Bagpuss
Bagpuss as Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice
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1969
The Clangers
The Clangers as Narrator (voice)
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1960
The Seal of Neptune
The Seal of Neptune as Narrator
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1959
Noggin the Nog
Noggin the Nog as Narrator
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1976
Ivor the Engine
Ivor the Engine as Creator
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1974
Bagpuss
Bagpuss as Creator, Writer
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1969
The Clangers
The Clangers as Creator
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1960
The Seal of Neptune
The Seal of Neptune as Creator
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1959
Noggin the Nog
Noggin the Nog as Creator