LONDON — Oliver Postgate, creator of cuddly stuffed cat Bagpuss and other much-loved British children’s television characters, has died at the age of 83, his family said Tuesday. Postgate’s partner, ...

Oliver Postgate, who died on December 8 aged 83, was the creator of well-loved children's television programmes of the 1960s and 1970s such as Ivor the Engine, The Clangers, Noggin the Nog and Bagpuss ...

Generations of British children grew up in thrall to Oliver Postgate's animated creations. Lifelong fan John Walsh pays tribute to the man who gave us Noggin, the Clangers and Ivor the Engine John ...

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Dan (above, centre) is owner of Smallfilms and son of original creator Oliver Postgate. He is an executive producer on the show, as well as a scriptwriter and the voice of the Iron Chicken, Soup ...

Postgate's partner, Naomi Linnell, said the artist and puppeteer died Monday at a nursing home in Broadstairs, 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of London. Both surreal and warmhearted, Postgate's ...

Oliver Postgate's work was both whimsical and matter-of-fact, magical and mundane. It was popular with generations of children who loved both its strangeness and the reassuring warmth of Postgate's ...

Oliver Postgate, creator of cuddly stuffed cat Bagpuss and other much-loved British children’s television characters, died Monday in Broadstairs near London. He was 83. Both surreal and warmhearted, ...

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