Where to watch Oliver Postgate in the UK
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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…
Oliver Postgate films streaming in the UK
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- Clangers (1969) Director
- Ivor The Engine (1959) Animation
- Ivor the Engine (1976) Creator
- Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009) as Bagpus (voice)
- Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House (1984) Director
- Noggin the Nog (1959) Creator
- 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) as Self
- Bagpuss (1974) Director
- The Alchemists of Sound (2003) as Self
- The Seal of Neptune (1960) Creator
- The Complete Ivor the Engine (2006) Writer
- Pogles' Wood (1965) Creator
- The Pingwings Director
- The Complete Bagpuss (2005) as Narrator / All Voices
- Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films (2009) as Self
- Tottie: The Doll's Wish (1986) Director
- Vote for Froglet (1974) Editor
- Clangers: Complete Collection (2023) Animation
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What are Oliver Postgate's most popular films?
Most-watched Oliver Postgate films currently: Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009), 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), The Alchemists of Sound (2003), The Complete Ivor the Engine (2006), The Complete Bagpuss (2005).
What TV shows has Oliver Postgate appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Clangers (1969), Ivor The Engine (1959), Ivor the Engine (1976), Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House (1984), Noggin the Nog (1959).
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