Biography
Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 β 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
all 16
TV Shows 9
Movies 7
Narrator 7
self 4
Voice 1
Self
Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films (2009)
Movie
Bagpus (voice)
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009)
Movie
Self
Children's TV on Trial (2007)
TV
Actor
The Complete Ivor the Engine (2006)
Movie
Self
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)
Movie
Bagpuss / Mice / Narrator
The Complete Bagpuss (2005)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Alchemists of Sound (2003)
Movie
Narrator
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House (1984)
TV
Alice the Elephant / Ivor / Jones the Steam
Ivor the Engine (1976)
TV
Narrator / Editor / Camera Operator / Idea / Creator
Vote for Froglet (1974)
Movie
Bagpuss / Mice / Narrator
Bagpuss (1974)
TV
Narrator
Clangers (1969)
TV
Mr. Pogle / Magic Plant / Hedgehog
Pogles' Wood (1965)
TV
Narrator
The Seal of Neptune (1960)
TV
Told by / Narrator
Noggin the Nog (1959)
TV
Actor
The Pingwings
TV
Ratings
Average 5.34
Based on 3.73 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1959
1974
2003
2005
2009
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Known ForCreator
GenderMale
Birthday1925-04-12
Deathday2008-12-08 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceHendon, United Kingdom
ChildrenDaniel Postgate
FatherRaymond Postgate
MotherDaisy Postgate
SiblingsJohn Postgate
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsRichard Oliver Postgate
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