Oliver Postgate
Known for Creator · 17 credits
- Born
- 1925-04-12
- Died
- 2008-12-08
- Place of birth
- Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
- Also known as
- Richard 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
1969
as Narrator (voice)
Ivor the Engine
1976
Ivor The Engine
1959
as Narrator (voice)
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
as Self
Noggin the Nog
1959
as Narrator
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009
as Bagpus (voice)
TV Shows (9)
Clangers
1969
as Narrator (voice)
Ivor the Engine
1976
Ivor The Engine
1959
as Narrator (voice)
Noggin the Nog
1959
as Narrator
Bagpuss
1974
as Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
1984
as Narrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice)
The Pingwings
The Seal of Neptune
1960
as Narrator
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
1986
as Narrator
Movies (8)
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
as Self
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009
as Bagpus (voice)
The Alchemists of Sound
2003
as Self
The Complete Ivor the Engine
2006
as Narrator / All
Clangers: Complete Collection
2023
as Narrator (Voice)
The Complete Bagpuss
2005
as Narrator / All Voices
Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films
2009
as Self
Vote for Froglet
1974
as Narrator (voice)
About 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 child… With 17 credits spanning from 1959 to 2023, Oliver Postgate has appeared in 8 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Oliver Postgate Movies
- 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) — as Self
- Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009) — as Bagpus (voice)
- The Alchemists of Sound (2003) — as Self
- The Complete Ivor the Engine (2006) — as Narrator / All
- Clangers: Complete Collection (2023) — as Narrator (Voice)
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