Oliver Postgate
British animator, puppeteer and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Oliver Postgate | |
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Born | Richard Oliver Postgate (1925-04-12)12 April 1925 |
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 |
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