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Oliver Postgate

Oliver Postgate

Creator · 0.4 popularity

Age

101

Movies

8

TV

9

Born
April 12, 1925 – December 8, 2008
From
Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK

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.

Works

8 films

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

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

20099.0

The Alchemists of Sound

The Alchemists of Sound

20036.5

The Complete Ivor the Engine

The Complete Ivor the Engine

20066.5

Clangers: Complete Collection

Clangers: Complete Collection

2023

The Complete Bagpuss

The Complete Bagpuss

20057.2

Vote for Froglet

Vote for Froglet

1974

Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films

Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films

2009