Bagpus is dead

[Warden]

Bagpuss creator Oliver Postgate has died aged 83, his family has confirmed.

Mr Postgate, who lived in Kent, created some of the best-loved children's TV series including Ivor the Engine, the Clangers and Noggin the Nog.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7772620.stm

Harry

 

[tempestbella42]

i was only watching a documentary on BBC3 with him on a couple of weeks ago!!
i love the "saggy old baggy old cat" called bagpus and the clangers...take me back to my childhood!
sad loss for Mr Postages family, at least he left a lovely legacy! xx

 

[Edward]

All staples of my early childhood in the mid 70s.... I adored, still adore, Bagpuss. In fact, one of the rintones I have on my phone is the mice's song... We will fix it, fix it, fix it....

 

[Warden]

Click here for a video from the BBC about Mr Postgate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7772654.stm

Harry

 

[Miss Neecerie]

As the only Usa-ian here who has a clue what this is all about....


very sad indeed....I was introduced to Bagpuss via an ex while I was over there......hehe...



D..who might even still have a bagpuss keyfob somewhere around here.

 

[byronic]

That is sad news, i grew up with all those too, but Bagpuss was my favourite, i loved the nostalgic intro especially. but wasn't Noggin the Nog Danish or Norwegian or similar? That was my earliest tv memory and it's really just a blur now.

 

[MEDIUMMYND]

A sad day indeed the clangers were my favorite am i right in thinking they were originally shown on a Sunday afternoon.

 

[Warden]

I always enjoyed Ivor the Engine, I suspect becuase it was about steam trains.

Harry