Oliver Postgate
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British animator, puppeteer and writer (1925-2008)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925
- Died
- 2008
- Works
- 85
Top works
- The Ice Dragon
- The Saga of Noggin the Nog
- Ivor the Engine
- Saga of Noggin the Nog
- Omruds
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1925-04-12
- Active to
- 2008-12-08
has german audiobooks
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 75
- Total plays
- 471
Tags
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Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008) 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 poll <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Oliv
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oliver
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Hendon
- Place of death
- Broadstairs
- Father
- Raymond Postgate
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- Kingston University
- Languages spoken
- English language
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1925-04-12
- date of death
- 2008-12-08
- Commons category
- Oliver Postgate
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