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Oliver Postgate
Oliver Postgate in 1934, by Stella Bowen
Born
Richard Oliver Postgate
(1925-04-12)12 April 1925
Hendon, Middlesex, England
Died
8 December 2008(2008-12-08) (aged 83)
Broadstairs, Kent, England
Occupation(s)
Animator, puppeteer, writer
Spouse
Prudence Myers
(m. 1957; died 1982)
Partner
Naomi Linnell (1985–2008)
Children
3, including Daniel
Parent(s)
Raymond Postgate Daisy Lansbury
Family
Postgate family Angela Lansbury cousin Margaret Cole aunt John Postgate brother
Blue plaque on Oliver's former home, with Clangers mosaic below
Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008) was an English animator, puppeteer, and writer.[1] He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes. Bagpuss, Pingwings, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers and Pogles' Wood, were all made by Smallfilms, the company he set up with collaborator, artist and puppet maker Peter Firmin. The programmes were originally broadcast by the BBC from the 1950s to the 1980s. In a 1999 BBC poll Bagpuss was voted the most popular children's television programme of all time.[2]
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Richard OliverPostgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008) was an English animator, puppeteer, and writer. He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's...
in 1974. The series was made by Smallfilms, the company set up by OliverPostgate (who was the show's writer, animator and narrator) and Peter Firmin...
Engine is a British cutout animation television series created by OliverPostgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It follows the adventures of...
1950s to the 1980s. OliverPostgate had three sons, Stephen Postgate, Simon Postgate and Daniel Postgate. His youngest son Daniel Postgate is a children's...
animated children's television series which was made by Peter Firmin and OliverPostgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of thirteen episodes was...
member of the Postgate family. Raymond Postgate was born in Cambridge, the eldest son of John Percival Postgate and Edith Allen, Postgate was educated...
and a series of illustrated books (published 1965–1977), created by OliverPostgate and Peter Firmin. The television series is considered a cult classic...
show was slightly changed. It was originally a partnership between OliverPostgate (who wrote the scripts, animated the characters, and voiced many of...
grandfather to the animator and puppeteer OliverPostgate and the microbiologist John Postgate FRS (1922–2014). Postgate's relationship with his son Raymond and...
artist and puppet maker. He was the founder of Smallfilms, along with OliverPostgate. Between them they created a number of popular children's TV programmes...
family as the other Postgates) Nicholas Postgate (academic), Professor of Assyriology at the University of Cambridge OliverPostgate, British animator,...
influence" is OliverPostgate. Davenport has paid tribute to Postgate at the 2007 JM Barrie Awards, in a BBC documentary "OliverPostgate: A Life in Small...
between 1961 and 1965. It first aired on Southern Television. Created by OliverPostgate and Peter Firmin of Smallfilms, it starred a family of penguin-like...
Dream Vacuum Machine, and Big Mum Plum. In 2014, he collaborated with OliverPostgate’s business partner and other founder of Smallfilms, Peter Firmin on...
death in 2022. Lansbury was a cousin of the Postgate family, including the animator and activist OliverPostgate. She was also a cousin of the actor Kate...
historian Raymond Postgate, who was George Lansbury's first biographer, and founder of The Good Food Guide. Their son OliverPostgate was a successful...
Dame Margaret Isabel Cole DBE (née Postgate; 6 May 1893 – 7 May 1980) was an English socialist politician, writer and poet. She wrote several detective...
Grigson, Miriam Gross, Martin Bernal, Matthew Huxley, Max Fordham, OliverPostgate, Richard Leacock, Jasia Reichardt, Nicolas Rea and the sculptor Sokari...
Canterbury was home to Smallfilms, the production company founded by OliverPostgate and Peter Firmin and responsible for children's TV favourites Noggin...
Telegraph. 20 October 2000. Retrieved 23 November 2017. McGown, Alistair. "OliverPostgate and Peter Firmin". BFI Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved...
reminiscent of Connections. It was written by Ben Moor, narrated by OliverPostgate and produced by Jon Naismith. The series deals with subjects such as...
for masterminding a 2006 £53 million armed raid.[citation needed] OliverPostgate, after he declared himself a conscientious objector (from his early...
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