Oliver Postgate's guest appearances

Oliver Postgate

Arts & Ideas

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010

Into the Archives with Peter Fleming

Stories for Levi & Ella

Julia Donaldson

David Tennant

Karen Armstrong

Patrick Stewart

Ricky Gervais

David Starkey

Tony Adams

David King

Andy McNab

Stephen King

Sebastian Faulks

Jacqueline Wilson

Anthony Horowitz

Robert Harris

Ian Rankin

OwlTail

The creator of much-loved children's TV classics including The Clangers, Bagpuss and Pogles' Wood is discussed by Matthew Sweet and his guests Daniel Postgate who took over Smallfilms from his father, singer Sandra Kerr who was the voice of Madeleine in Bagpuss, composer and author Neil Brand, and writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed. Oliver Postgate's father was a communist and his mother was a political activist, daughter of prominent Labour figure George Lansbury - how much of this political background can we find in the fantastical worlds that he created? There's also discussion of the music that plays such a major role in the programmes - the deep folk roots of the songs performed by Sandra and John Faulkner in Bagpuss and Vernon Elliot's sparse and poignant compositions for The Clangers, Noggin the Nog and Ivor the Engine.CLANGERS: The Complete Scripts 1969-1974 is published on November 10th.You can find more programmes celebrating 100 years of the BBC on iPlayer and BBC Sounds.Producer: Torquil MacLeod

The creator of much-loved children's TV classics including The Clangers, Bagpuss and Pogles' Wood is discussed by Matthew Sweet and his guests Daniel Postgate who took over Smallfilms from his father, singer Sandra Kerr who was the voice of Madeleine in Bagpuss, composer and author Neil Brand, and writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed. Oliver Postgate's father was a communist and his mother was a political activist, daughter of prominent Labour figure George Lansbury - how much of this political background can we find in the fantastical worlds that he created? There's also discussion of the music that plays such a major role in the programmes - the deep folk roots of the songs performed by Sandra and John Faulkner in Bagpuss and Vernon Elliot's sparse and poignant compositions for The Clangers, Noggin the Nog and Ivor the Engine. CLANGERS: The Complete Scripts 1969-1974 is published on November 10th. You can find more programmes celebrating 100 years of the BBC on iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Producer: Torquil MacLeod

Peter Firmin

Graydon and Erin read “Noggin the King” by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin

A true gem from Peter's personal archive.Peter is proud to present this unique and surreptitious recording of a rare Oliver Postgate story, performed by the great man himself at a party in 1995.See the story brought to life in this special VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/pw3oLWSybLYVideo artwork by Lise Richardson: https://www.liserichardson.com/Music and video editing by Sam Nicoresti: https://twitter.com/samnicorestiHelp Peter's search for his programmes by leaving a review of this podcast, or donate to help his archivist pay his bills: https://ko-fi.com/peterflemingtvTwitter: @PeterFlemingTVFacebook: /PeterFlemingTVPodcast artwork by Soggy Milk Design. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A true gem from Peter's personal archive.Peter is proud to present this unique and surreptitious recording of a rare Oliver Postgate story, performed by the great man himself at a party in 1995.See the story brought to life in this special VIDEO VERSION: <a href="https://youtu.be/pw3oLWSybLY" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/pw3oLWSybLY</a>Video artwork by Lise Richardson: <a href="https://www.liserichardson.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.liserichardson.com/</a>Music and video editing by Sam Nicoresti: <a href="https://twitter.com/samnicoresti" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/samnicoresti</a>Help Peter's search for his programmes by leaving a review of this podcast, or donate to help his archivist pay his bills: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/peterflemingtv" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/peterflemingtv</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterFlemingTV" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@PeterFlemingTV</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peterflemingtv" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">/PeterFlemingTV</a>Podcast artwork by Soggy Milk Design. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

BONUS: Oliver Postgate's Party Piece

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the animator Oliver Postgate. As the creator of Noggin the Nog, The Clangers and Bagpuss, Oliver holds a special place in many childhoods. So it may come as something of a surprise that he never thought about how his programmes would be received by children; instead he says he simply focussed on making the stories great - everything else was secondary. For 20 years he toiled in a converted pigsty in Kent, animating the characters Peter Firmin drew, churning out 120 seconds of film a day. He says a respectable average for an animation company now would be two seconds! Oliver's own childhood was a lonely one; ignored by his busy parents and sent to an experimental school he hated. He says that to this day, he has no meaning unless he is doing something, and this is a direct legacy of his desperation to be noticed as a child.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: When the Saints Come Marching In by Pete FountainBook: Huge book of English PoetryLuxury: A comfortable bed.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the animator Oliver Postgate. As the creator of Noggin the Nog, The Clangers and Bagpuss, Oliver holds a special place in many childhoods. So it may come as something of a surprise that he never thought about how his programmes would be received by children; instead he says he simply focussed on making the stories great - everything else was secondary. For 20 years he toiled in a converted pigsty in Kent, animating the characters Peter Firmin drew, churning out 120 seconds of film a day. He says a respectable average for an animation company now would be two seconds! Oliver's own childhood was a lonely one; ignored by his busy parents and sent to an experimental school he hated. He says that to this day, he has no meaning unless he is doing something, and this is a direct legacy of his desperation to be noticed as a child. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: When the Saints Come Marching In by Pete Fountain Book: Huge book of English Poetry Luxury: A comfortable bed.