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 above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Postgate, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Created 9
1980s
- 1986
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
Creator
- 1984
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
Creator
1970s
- 1976
- 1974
1960s
- 1969
Clangers
Creator
- 1960
The Seal of Neptune
Creator
1950s
- 1959
Ivor The Engine
Creator
Noggin the Nog
Creator
No release date
The Pingwings
Creator
Directed 5
1980s
- 1986
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
Director
- 1984
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
Director
1970s
- 1974
1960s
- 1969
Clangers
Director
No release date
The Pingwings
Director
Acted in 3
2000s
- 2009
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Bagpus (voice)
No release date
The Pingwings
TV
Wrote 3
2020s
- 2023
Clangers: Complete Collection
Writer
2000s
- 2006
The Complete Ivor the Engine
Writer
1970s
- 1974
Visual effects 2
2020s
- 2023
Clangers: Complete Collection
Animation
1950s
- 1959
Ivor The Engine
Animation
Produced 1
2000s
- 2006
The Complete Ivor the Engine
Producer
Other crew 1
2020s
- 2023
Clangers: Complete Collection
Creator
Appearances13
2020s
- 2023
Clangers: Complete Collection
Narrator (Voice)
2000s
- 2009
Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films
Self
- 2006
The Complete Ivor the Engine
Narrator / All
- 2005
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'
Self
The Complete Bagpuss
Narrator / All Voices
- 2003
The Alchemists of Sound
Self
1980s
- 1986
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
Narrator · 5 episodes
- 1984
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
Narrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice) · 5 episodes
1960s
- 1969
Clangers
Narrator (voice) · 26 episodes
- 1960
The Seal of Neptune
Narrator · 6 episodes
1950s
- 1959
Ivor The Engine
Narrator (voice) · 72 episodes
Noggin the Nog
Narrator · 27 episodes