Oliver Postgate 1925-2008

Bagpuss and Ivor creator dies (BBC)

A man whose quirky, homemade short films can still take me to a nostalgic place where I’m eight years old, all is right in the world and there’s going to be lots of snow on the ground when I wake up tomorrow.

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3 Responses to Oliver Postgate 1925-2008

  1. SteveShark says:

    Amen.

  2. IanM says:

    Beautifully put.

  3. Steve Dix says:

    I’ve often thought that the people responsible for “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and the like should be forced to sit through “Bagpuss” as an abject lesson in how to make children’s TV.

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