Oliver Postgate
Profile info
Known forCreator
GenderMale
Birthday12 April 1925
Died8 December 2008 (age 83)
Place of birthHendon, Middlesex, England, UK
Known credits18
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…
Clangers: Complete Collection
2023 · Narrator (Voice)
Clangers: Complete Collection
2023 · Writer
Clangers: Complete Collection
2023 · Animation
Clangers: Complete Collection
2023 · Creator
Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films
2009 · Self
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009 · Bagpus (voice)
The Complete Ivor the Engine
2006 · Narrator / All
The Complete Ivor the Engine
2006 · Writer
The Complete Ivor the Engine
2006 · Producer
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 · Self
The Complete Bagpuss
2005 · Narrator / All Voices
The Alchemists of Sound
2003 · Self
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
1986 · Narrator
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
1986 · Director
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
1986 · Creator
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
1984 · Narrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice)
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
1984 · Director
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
1984 · Creator
Ivor the Engine
1976
Ivor the Engine
1976 · Creator
Vote for Froglet
1974 · Narrator (voice)
Vote for Froglet
1974 · Creator
Vote for Froglet
1974 · Idea
Vote for Froglet
1974 · Camera Operator
Vote for Froglet
1974 · Editor
Bagpuss
1974 · Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice
Bagpuss
1974 · Writer
Bagpuss
1974 · Director
Bagpuss
1974 · Creator
Clangers
1969 · Narrator (voice)
Clangers
1969 · Director
Clangers
1969 · Creator
Pogles' Wood
1965 · Creator
The Seal of Neptune
1960 · Narrator
The Seal of Neptune
1960 · Creator
Ivor The Engine
1959 · Narrator (voice)
Ivor The Engine
1959 · Animation
Ivor The Engine
1959 · Creator
Noggin the Nog
1959 · Narrator
Noggin the Nog
1959 · Creator
The Pingwings
The Pingwings
Director
The Pingwings
Creator
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