Directed credits
4
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Director
Oliver Postgate
Creator
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 4All crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 1214985
IMDb ID: nm0692927
Known for: Creator
Born: April 12, 1925
Died: December 8, 2008
Age: 83
Place of birth: Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2023
Years active: 65
Wikidata: Q3309512
Also known as
Richard Oliver Postgate
Frequent jobs
Director (4)Creator (3)Animation (2)Writer (2)
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.
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Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Oliver Postgate.
Movies
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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'
as Self
2005 Movie
9.0
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
as Bagpus (voice)
2009 Movie
6.5
The Alchemists of Sound
as Self
2003 Movie
Clangers: Complete Collection
Animation
2023 Movie
6.0
The Complete Ivor the Engine
Writer
2006 Movie
Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films
as Self
2009 Movie
6.9
The Complete Bagpuss
as Narrator / All Voices
2005 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Oliver Postgate.
6.9
Clangers
Director • 13 eps
1969 Series
9.0
Ivor The Engine
Animation • 72 eps
1959 Series
6.8
Bagpuss
Writer • 13 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Ivor the Engine
Creator
1976 Series
8.3
Noggin the Nog
Creator
1959 Series
6.0
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
Director • 5 eps
1984 Series
The Seal of Neptune
Creator
1960 Series
The Pingwings
Director • 12 eps
Series
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
Director • 5 eps
1986 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Oliver Postgate.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Oliver Postgate.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Oliver Postgate.
Clangers: Complete Collection
as Narrator (Voice)
2023 Movie
Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films
as Self
2009 Movie
9.0
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
as Bagpus (voice)
2009 Movie
6.0
The Complete Ivor the Engine
as Narrator / All
2006 Movie
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'
as Self
2005 Movie
6.9
The Complete Bagpuss
as Narrator / All Voices
2005 Movie
6.5
The Alchemists of Sound
as Self
2003 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Oliver Postgate.
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
as Narrator • 5 eps
1986 Series
6.0
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
as Narrator, Mr. Plantagenet (voice) • 5 eps
1984 Series
7.0
Ivor the Engine
97 eps
1976 Series
6.8
Bagpuss
as Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice • 13 eps
1974 Series
The Pingwings
12 eps
Series
6.9
Clangers
as Narrator (voice) • 26 eps
1969 Series
The Seal of Neptune
as Narrator • 6 eps
1960 Series
9.0
Ivor The Engine
as Narrator (voice) • 72 eps
1959 Series
8.3
Noggin the Nog
as Narrator • 27 eps
1959 Series