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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Filmography
Cast Credits
Clangers: Complete Collection
Character: Narrator (Voice)
MOVIE • 2023
Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2009
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Character: Bagpus (voice)
MOVIE • 2009
The Complete Ivor the Engine
Character: Narrator / All
MOVIE • 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'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2005
The Complete Bagpuss
Character: Narrator / All Voices
MOVIE • 2005
The Alchemists of Sound
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2003
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
Character: Narrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice)
TV • 1984
Ivor the Engine
Character:
TV • 1976
Vote for Froglet
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 1974
Bagpuss
Character: Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice
TV • 1974
Clangers
Character: Narrator (voice)
TV • 1969
The Seal of Neptune
Character: Narrator
TV • 1960
Ivor The Engine
Character: Narrator (voice)
TV • 1959
Noggin the Nog
Character: Narrator
TV • 1959
The Pingwings
Character:
TV • TBA
Crew
Crew Credits
Clangers: Complete Collection
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2023
Clangers: Complete Collection
Role: Animation
MOVIE • 2023
Clangers: Complete Collection
Role: Creator
MOVIE • 2023
The Complete Ivor the Engine
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2006
The Complete Ivor the Engine
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2006
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
Role: Creator
TV • 1984
Ivor the Engine
Role: Creator
TV • 1976
Vote for Froglet
Role: Creator
MOVIE • 1974
Vote for Froglet
Role: Idea
MOVIE • 1974
Vote for Froglet
Role: Camera Operator
MOVIE • 1974
Vote for Froglet
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1974
Bagpuss
Role: Director
TV • 1974
Bagpuss
Role: Writer
TV • 1974
Bagpuss
Role: Creator
TV • 1974
Clangers
Role: Director
TV • 1969
Clangers
Role: Creator
TV • 1969
Pogles' Wood
Role: Creator
TV • 1965
The Seal of Neptune
Role: Creator
TV • 1960
Ivor The Engine
Role: Animation
TV • 1959
Ivor The Engine
Role: Creator
TV • 1959