Creator
Oliver Postgate
EN cinema · 8 credits
Born
12 April 1925
Died
8 December 2008 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
Also known as Richard Oliver Postgate
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.
Known for
Filmography
Clangers: Complete Collection
as Narrator (Voice), Writer, Animation, Creator
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
as Bagpus (voice)
The Complete Ivor the Engine
as Narrator / All, Writer, Producer
The Complete Bagpuss
as Narrator / All Voices
Vote for Froglet
1974
Vote for Froglet
as Narrator (voice), Creator, Idea, Camera Operator, Editor