Oliver Postgate

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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Known For

Clangers: Complete Collection 2023
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley 2009 ★ 9.0
The Complete Ivor the Engine 2006 ★ 6.5
The Complete Bagpuss 2005 ★ 7.2
Tottie: The Doll's Wish 1986
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House 1984 ★ 7.5
Ivor the Engine 1976 ★ 7.0
Bagpuss 1974 ★ 6.8
Clangers 1969 ★ 7.1
The Seal of Neptune 1960 ★ 9.0
Ivor The Engine 1959 ★ 8.3
Noggin the Nog 1959 ★ 8.8
The Pingwings