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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…

Known field

  • Creator

Total Movie Credited

  • 17

Total TV Shows Credited

  • 21

Gender

  • Male

Place of birth

  • Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK

Birthdate

  • April 12, 1925

Death Date

  • December 8o 2008

Also known as

  • Richard Oliver Postgate

Movies

Clangers: Complete Collection
0

Clangers: Complete Collection

FamilyAnimation

2023

Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films
0

Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films

2009

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
9

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The…

MusicAnimation

2009

The Complete Ivor the Engine
6

The Complete Ivor the Engine

AnimationFamily

2006

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'
0

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Mak…

Documentary

2005

The Complete Bagpuss
6.9

The Complete Bagpuss

2005

The Alchemists of Sound
6.5

The Alchemists of Sound

DocumentaryMusic

2003

Vote for Froglet
0

Vote for Froglet

1974

TV Shows

Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
0

Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House

Animation

1984

Bagpuss
6.7

Bagpuss

KidsAnimation

1974

The Seal of Neptune
0

The Seal of Neptune

AnimationFamily

1960

Noggin the Nog
8.3

Noggin the Nog

AnimationFamily

1959

The Pingwings
0

The Pingwings

Animation

Invalid Date

Ivor the Engine
5

Ivor the Engine

Animation

1976

Clangers
7

Clangers

KidsAnimation

1969

Ivor The Engine
8

Ivor The Engine

AnimationKids

1959

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