7.1
TV
Creator
Oliver Postgate
- Born
- Died
- (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
- Credits
- 18 titles
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
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Signature work
Known For
7.1
TV
7.2
Movie
The Complete Bagpuss
9.0
Movie
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
6.8
TV
Bagpuss
8.8
TV
Noggin the Nog
7.0
TV
Ivor the Engine
8.3
TV
Ivor The Engine
6.5
Movie
The Complete Ivor the Engine
7.5
TV
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
9.0
TV
The Seal of Neptune
Movie
Clangers: Complete Collection
TV
The Pingwings
TV
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
Acting credits 17
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | The Pingwings TV | (12 ep) |
| 2023 | Clangers: Complete Collection Film | Narrator (Voice) |
| 2009 | Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films Film | Self |
| 2009 | Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley Film | Bagpus (voice) |
| 2006 | The Complete Ivor the Engine Film | Narrator / All |
| 2005 | 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' Film | Self |
| 2005 | The Complete Bagpuss Film | Narrator / All Voices |
| 2003 | The Alchemists of Sound Film | Self |
| 1986 | Tottie: The Doll's Wish TV | Narrator (5 ep) |
| 1984 | Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House TV | Narrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice) (5 ep) |
| 1976 | Ivor the Engine TV | (97 ep) |
| 1974 | Vote for Froglet Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | Bagpuss TV | Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice (13 ep) |
| 1969 | Clangers TV | Narrator (voice) (26 ep) |
| 1960 | The Seal of Neptune TV | Narrator (6 ep) |
| 1959 | Ivor The Engine TV | Narrator (voice) (72 ep) |
| 1959 | Noggin the Nog TV | Narrator (27 ep) |
Crew credits 13
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | The Pingwings TV | Director, Creator (12 ep) |
| 2023 | Clangers: Complete Collection Film | Writer, Animation, Creator |
| 2006 | The Complete Ivor the Engine Film | Writer, Producer |
| 1986 | Tottie: The Doll's Wish TV | Director, Creator (5 ep) |
| 1984 | Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House TV | Director, Creator (5 ep) |
| 1976 | Ivor the Engine TV | Creator |
| 1974 | Vote for Froglet Film | Creator, Idea, Camera Operator, Editor |
| 1974 | Bagpuss TV | Director, Writer, Creator (13 ep) |
| 1969 | Clangers TV | Director, Creator (13 ep) |
| 1965 | Pogles' Wood TV | Creator |
| 1960 | The Seal of Neptune TV | Creator |
| 1959 | Ivor The Engine TV | Animation, Creator (72 ep) |
| 1959 | Noggin the Nog TV | Creator |