Oliver Postgate Trailers

Clangers: Complete Collection TrailerOliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films TrailerPeter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley Trailer

Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, 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 BBC poll Bagpuss was voted the most popular children's television programme of all time

Most Popular Oliver Postgate Trailers

Total trailers found: 8

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' Trailer (2005)

05 September 2005

An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

The Alchemists of Sound Trailer (2003)

19 October 2003

A documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, responsible for creating some of the most memorable television and radio music in British popular culture, including "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Doctor Who (1963).

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley Trailer (2009)

13 November 2009

Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1.

The Complete Ivor the Engine Trailer (2006)

30 January 2006

Enjoy once again the adventures of Welsh steam engine Ivor, Jones the Steam and the good people at the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company - not to mention the dragon and his chestnut barrow!

The Complete Bagpuss Trailer (2005)

04 April 2005

Classic Children's Animation

Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films Trailer (2009)

22 December 2009

A look at the life and career of Oliver Postgate

Clangers: Complete Collection Trailer (2023)

30 October 2023

In the late 60s, with the arrival of Colour TV, the BBC was keen for something different, modern and colourful.

Vote for Froglet Trailer (1974)

10 October 1974

As the general election is held in the UK, it's polling day for the Clangers on a small blue planet far away.