Oliver Postgate is a name that is remembered and loved by generations of children. How lovely to actually see the man and some of his wonderful creations.
One of my most treasured memories is meeting Oliver after a talk he gave at Cardiff Animation Festival in the late 90s. He handed me the original Bagpuss (one of two, Oliver said - "the other is on top of my wardrobe") and I was able to hold and cuddle Bagpuss carefully for a few minutes. Cuddling The Most Important, The Most Beautiful, The Most Magical Saggy Old Cloth Cat in the Whole Wide World will live with me forever. Thank you, Oliver, for everything you and Peter did with Small Films.
When I watched 'The Clangers' at aged four years, it inspired my interest in music, and music in speaking (poetry). When I introduced 'The Clangers' to my child at aged 4 years, they asked, "What is a planet?". Which was the catalyst for a trip to the library to find children's books on astronomy. Our respective Clanger inspired passions have continued. 😊 😊
I loved the Clangers when I was wee, and first and foremost love music and astrophysics today. Never thought that might all be thanks to Clangers! Wow!
Oliver Postgate had a wonderful voice which fills me with nostalgia, I was lucky enough to meet him once, he gave the impression of being just the perfect uncle. If only programmes with such imagination an integrity were still made.
Happy 50th birthday Bagpuss. This was the first tv i ever watched in 1972, loved Oliver's voice and just loved Ivor and the Clangers. Thankyou Mr Postgate for my wonderful childhood.
What a beautiful interview with the most wonderful people. Like most people, these characters bring back the most wonderful memories. They should all return to TV!!
My hero. I wished he'd been my father. He's the reason for much of the joy in my childhood. Noggin the Nog was a masterpiece and Bagpuss a complete delight. ❤
How did I not know he did the narration and voices! He went between narrator, professor, Bagpuss, and more just in the first minute. That’s great. It’s a sad thing he mentioned they weren’t shown on TV anymore back then. Thankfully they were shown on Channel 4 in the late-90s and 00s :)
You cannot describe the alternative world you entered in these shows as a child. Today it can be dismissed as primitive, but it was like being transported to worlds where toys and materials were real. And sometimes, even today, that's preferable to how the real world acts.
Bagpuss, Mr Ben, Chigley. Camblewick Green, Trumpton, Bod, King Rollo, Chockablock, Play school, Play Away, Fingermouse, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Rainbow, Jamie and the Magic Touch, Danger Mouse, Pigeon Street, Button Moon, Jimbo and the Jetset, Willow the Wisp, Rhubarb and Custard, Words and Pictures, Charlie Chalk, The Wombles All the ones I remember watching firm the 70/80’s, they just don’t make kids TV like that any more
i remember seeing an essay on the inherent socialism of bagpuss years ago. we moved to arizona in 1980 when in the u.s., Every cartoon, including the smurfs, features an antagonist who ruins the fun until they're vanquished, cue bad joke and credits. which is the mindset. but to me, there never was any bad people in bagpuss, rupert or the wombles.
Postgate was very socialist and it amazes me how many people cit Bagpuss as their favourite kids programme, yet seem to have veered away from its ideals of community and camaraderie.
@@octaviussludberry9016I’ve genuinely seen some people call it anti-socialist because it’s set in a shop. Some people just operate on the surface level like that…
1993 seemed like an end of the old school English gent on the BBC. A few years after this interview we got Richard Bacon on Blue Peter and The Teletubbies.
It’s perhaps a bit generational of a joke. Of course everyone can basically understand the Clangers’ dialogue without being re-dubbed, that’s the whole idea. But it was a joke among Germans back then to show understanding by proclaiming the thing in question was in fact “perfect German”. (Which itself is not really a thing, given how many versions of German there are! Which is also part of the joke.) A dog, a strange sounding engine, whatever. “Oh, it told me in perfect German.” Basically it means they were trying very hard to make Mr Postgate feel very welcome 😊
@@skymanifest8339 what’s British about a pink cat and moon mice? And how do you get more diverse than that? Talking absolute waffle. Kids today don’t want to watch grainy, muffled 4:3 ratio shows on a 60” TV. It’d look cack. Same reason we don’t air Steamboat Willie anymore. Times change.
@@carlcarlson983plus the dragons (or whatever they were, I only really remember the episode with the egg) moving in. Interplanetary immigrants. Sooo anti-woke lmao
Kids' TV programming is starting to take a real turn towards imitating the style of popular TH-cam channels. Grown men in their 20s, whooping and screaming in excitement, like toddlers at yet another expensive stunt or prank they've carried out in the name of entertainment.
Oliver Postgate is a name that is remembered and loved by generations of children. How lovely to actually see the man and some of his wonderful creations.
Lovely reassuring voice ..hot .toast with butter, strawberry jam, tea sort of voice !
Children's world !
@@luiathmorgan7709 A nice description!
One of my most treasured memories is meeting Oliver after a talk he gave at Cardiff Animation Festival in the late 90s. He handed me the original Bagpuss (one of two, Oliver said - "the other is on top of my wardrobe") and I was able to hold and cuddle Bagpuss carefully for a few minutes. Cuddling The Most Important, The Most Beautiful, The Most Magical Saggy Old Cloth Cat in the Whole Wide World will live with me forever. Thank you, Oliver, for everything you and Peter did with Small Films.
That man will never know how happy he made me and the memories he created for me I’ve taken right through life.
Absolutely.
Bagpus Graduated with my sister in 1987, wearing that cap and gown, Canterbury cathedral, he got a massive cheer from the graduands.
The golden age of children's programmes - Clangers, Bagpuss, Ivor The Engine, Roobarb And Custard - still fun today!
Thank you for my childhood Oliver Postgate.
Legendary voice ❤
The old kids TV, can't beat it
If anyone still hasn't seen it, I never tire of Charlie Brooker's marvellous send off to Postgate he did back when he passed.
I second this.
Not often I get upset about stuff but when he died (and Peter Firmin) I did and also when I watched Brooker's tribute.
Thanks for the reminder! After your comment, I watched it again. Thank you. Appreciated.
Thank you. I'd forgotten about this. Just watched it again, it's a beautiful tribute.
"he's an orthodox meowist" lmao 😭
When I watched 'The Clangers' at aged four years, it inspired my interest in music, and music in speaking (poetry). When I introduced 'The Clangers' to my child at aged 4 years, they asked, "What is a planet?". Which was the catalyst for a trip to the library to find children's books on astronomy. Our respective Clanger inspired passions have continued. 😊 😊
I loved the Clangers when I was wee, and first and foremost love music and astrophysics today. Never thought that might all be thanks to Clangers! Wow!
A wonderful and inspirational man. I would thoroughly recommend reading his autobiography to anyone who enjoyed this short film.
Oliver Postgate had a wonderful voice which fills me with nostalgia, I was lucky enough to meet him once, he gave the impression of being just the perfect uncle. If only programmes with such imagination an integrity were still made.
Beautifully said .
I've never met this man but good grief I'm sure I know him and his voice like he's family.
He, amongst many others, made me the creative person I am today. Thank you so very very much. Bless you.
It was such a treat to see Oliver Postgate and his recounting of those times. What a lovely man.
Happy 50th birthday Bagpuss. This was the first tv i ever watched in 1972, loved Oliver's voice and just loved Ivor and the Clangers. Thankyou Mr Postgate for my wonderful childhood.
Ah Bagpuss was brilliant I have it on DVD. Loved it how the mice made chocolate biscuits out of butter beans and breadcrumbs
Fiddlesticks and flapdoodle. You can't make chocolate biscuits out of breadcrumbs and butter beans.
@@duncanward6226 you obviously need your go watch the episode
@@CricketEnglandWeeeee!!! look that Professor Yaffle reference went right over your head
@@SandraDeefanok
@@duncanward6226read it in his voice in my head 😊
What a beautiful interview with the most wonderful people. Like most people, these characters bring back the most wonderful memories. They should all return to TV!!
This was only 19 years from when Bagpuss was made, and 24 years from when Clangers was made, but it's now 31 years since this interview.
They made amazing programs that left positive lasting impressions on millions of children. They don't make programs like that anymore...
I must be old l remember these great programs 😊
Magical childhood days :)
My hero. I wished he'd been my father. He's the reason for much of the joy in my childhood. Noggin the Nog was a masterpiece and Bagpuss a complete delight. ❤
R.I.P Oliver Postgate.
How did I not know he did the narration and voices! He went between narrator, professor, Bagpuss, and more just in the first minute. That’s great.
It’s a sad thing he mentioned they weren’t shown on TV anymore back then. Thankfully they were shown on Channel 4 in the late-90s and 00s :)
You cannot describe the alternative world you entered in these shows as a child. Today it can be dismissed as primitive, but it was like being transported to worlds where toys and materials were real. And sometimes, even today, that's preferable to how the real world acts.
' He's an orthodox meowist' 😬😳🤣
Ah, Kenneth Kendall, one of the best BBC newsreaders we ever had. Still remember him from Treasure Hunt..!
Class act , top draw material, which today’s humans just can’t replicate , was a wonderful moment in time .
I have a big Bagpuss on my bed and I'm 50 🙂
Me to and Charlie mouse i'm 51. The only soft toys i have
Bagpuss, Mr Ben, Chigley. Camblewick Green, Trumpton, Bod, King Rollo, Chockablock, Play school, Play Away, Fingermouse, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Rainbow, Jamie and the Magic Touch, Danger Mouse, Pigeon Street, Button Moon, Jimbo and the Jetset, Willow the Wisp, Rhubarb and Custard, Words and Pictures, Charlie Chalk, The Wombles
All the ones I remember watching firm the 70/80’s, they just don’t make kids TV like that any more
I remember a cartoon called Balthazar
Wasn't it 'Camberwick Green' ?
Excellent list! I also remember 'Captain Pugwash'.
Don't forget "Listen with Mother" and "Watch with Mother" predated all of these.
@@daniellamcgee4251 That's right.
i remember seeing an essay on the inherent socialism of bagpuss years ago. we moved to arizona in 1980 when in the u.s., Every cartoon, including the smurfs, features an antagonist who ruins the fun until they're vanquished, cue bad joke and credits. which is the mindset. but to me, there never was any bad people in bagpuss, rupert or the wombles.
Postgate was very socialist and it amazes me how many people cit Bagpuss as their favourite kids programme, yet seem to have veered away from its ideals of community and camaraderie.
@@octaviussludberry9016I’ve genuinely seen some people call it anti-socialist because it’s set in a shop. Some people just operate on the surface level like that…
He only made 13 episodes of Bagpuss.
Richard Oliver Postgate 12 April 1925 - 8 December 2008
1993 seemed like an end of the old school English gent on the BBC. A few years after this interview we got Richard Bacon on Blue Peter and The Teletubbies.
Balamory next please ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
“It’s not going to finish, is it?”
Sorry Mr Postgate, but it did. Around 2009 imho.
Postgate was backing away from Anna Home in his chair, like she was the Bride of Satan......there's an untold history, there.😂
An Orthodox Meowist LOL
That “speaking German” joke fell a bit flat haha.
Hardly; English is a Germanic language.
It’s perhaps a bit generational of a joke.
Of course everyone can basically understand the Clangers’ dialogue without being re-dubbed, that’s the whole idea. But it was a joke among Germans back then to show understanding by proclaiming the thing in question was in fact “perfect German”. (Which itself is not really a thing, given how many versions of German there are! Which is also part of the joke.) A dog, a strange sounding engine, whatever. “Oh, it told me in perfect German.”
Basically it means they were trying very hard to make Mr Postgate feel very welcome 😊
Why don't you show them anymore, BBC?
Too British and "lacking in diversity". That's the actual truth, btw.
@@skymanifest8339 what’s British about a pink cat and moon mice? And how do you get more diverse than that? Talking absolute waffle. Kids today don’t want to watch grainy, muffled 4:3 ratio shows on a 60” TV. It’d look cack. Same reason we don’t air Steamboat Willie anymore. Times change.
@@carlcarlson983plus the dragons (or whatever they were, I only really remember the episode with the egg) moving in. Interplanetary immigrants. Sooo anti-woke lmao
@@carlcarlson983 Sadly, rarely for the better.
Anna Home… the woman who cancelled Play School 😐
The last decent childrens tv show was "Woof" and that was spoilt once Equity made sure only their top drawer subjects got involved.
"That dog said woof."
"Could have been worse, mister, I could have said meow."
I’m sure they are turning in their graves at what children’s tv has become….
Kids' TV programming is starting to take a real turn towards imitating the style of popular TH-cam channels. Grown men in their 20s, whooping and screaming in excitement, like toddlers at yet another expensive stunt or prank they've carried out in the name of entertainment.
@@noplace82Just like Blue Peter did then.
@carlcarlson983 I'll have to take your word on that, haven't watched it in 30 years!
From when the BBC was British.
Go on then, I'll bite - what is it now?
@@linalmeemow It's woke
@@bardo0007 And what does "woke" mean? I'd wager you don't know and you're just parroting whatever the Daily Mail tells you.