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
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
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Filmography (Movies)
Clangers: Complete Collection
Character:Narrator (Voice)
Release Date:30/10/2023
Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/2009
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Character:Bagpus (voice)
Release Date:13/11/2009
The Complete Ivor the Engine
Character:Narrator / All
Release Date:30/01/2006
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'
Character:Self
Release Date:05/09/2005
The Complete Bagpuss
Character:Narrator / All Voices
Release Date:04/04/2005
The Alchemists of Sound
Character:Self
Release Date:19/10/2003
Vote for Froglet
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/10/1974
Television Appearances
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
Character:Narrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice)
Ivor the Engine
Character:
Bagpuss
Character:Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice
Clangers
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Seal of Neptune
Character:Narrator
Ivor The Engine
Character:Narrator (voice)
Noggin the Nog
Character:Narrator
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