Oliver Postgate
CreatorBorn 1925-04-12 · Hendon, Middlesex, England, UKDied 2008-12-08
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.
Clangers: Complete Collection
Oct 30, 2023
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Nov 13, 2009Rated 9 out of 10
Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films
Dec 22, 2009
The Complete Ivor the Engine
Jan 30, 2006Rated 6.5 out of 10
The Complete Bagpuss
Apr 04, 2005Rated 7.2 out of 10
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'
Sep 05, 2005
The Alchemists of Sound
Oct 19, 2003Rated 7 out of 10
Vote for Froglet
Oct 10, 1974