| Bagpuss | |
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 The opening sequence of Bagpuss features a series of sepia toned photographs, which suggest the Victorian or Edwardian period.[1] | |
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| Narrated by | Oliver Postgate |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Smallfilms |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 12 February – 7 May 1974 |
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Bagpuss is a British animated children's television series which was made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of thirteen episodes was first broadcast from 12 February[2] to 7 May 1974. The title character was "a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams".[3] Although only thirteen episodes were produced and broadcast, the programme remains fondly remembered,[4] and was frequently repeated in the UK until 1986.[5] In early 1999, Bagpuss topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's television programme.
- ^ R. Moseley (2016). Hand-Made Television: Stop-Frame Animation for Children in Britain, 1961-1974. Springer. p. 62.
- ^ Runcie, Charlotte (12 February 2014). "Happy 40th birthday, Bagpuss!". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Bagpuss – The intro". The Smallfilms Treasury. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
- ^ "Bagpuss – See Emily Play". BBC. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
- ^ Hayward, Anthony (2012). "Postgate, (Richard) Oliver (1925–2008)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/100678. ISBN 978-0-19-861411-1. Retrieved 28 May 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)