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Oliver Postgate

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Also known as Richard Oliver Postgate

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

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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Oliver
Gender
male
Place of birth
Hendon
Place of death
Broadstairs
Occupation
film director
Languages spoken
English language
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date of birth
1925-04-12
date of death
2008-12-08
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Oliver Postgate
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