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 children's television programme of all time Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Postgate, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
- 1986Tottie: The Doll's WishNarrator5 ep.
- 1984Tottie: The Story of a Doll's HouseNarrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice)5 ep.
- 1976Ivor the Engine97 ep.
- 1974BagpussNarrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice13 ep.
- 1969ClangersNarrator (voice)26 ep.
- 1960The Seal of NeptuneNarrator6 ep.
- 1959Ivor The EngineNarrator (voice)72 ep.
- 1959Noggin the NogNarrator27 ep.
- —The Pingwings12 ep.
Behind the camera
- 1986Tottie: The Doll's WishDirector5 ep.
- 1984Tottie: The Story of a Doll's HouseDirector5 ep.
- 1974BagpussDirector, Writer13 ep.
- 1969ClangersDirector26 ep.
- 1959Ivor The EngineAnimation72 ep.
- —The PingwingsDirector12 ep.
Also known as: Richard Oliver Postgate