Seeing Things - Hardcover

Postgate, Oliver; Foreword By Stephen Fry; Afterword By Daniel Postgate; Illustrations By Peter Firmin

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ISBN 10: 1847678408 ISBN 13: 9781847678409

Publisher: Canongate, 2009

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For over forty years Oliver Postgate's name was synonymous with the best in children's television - Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, The Pogles, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings. His work is still loved by viewers of all ages. In this delicious autobiography Oliver Postgate describes how he came to create his stories and characters, developing innovative techniques of animation and puppetry alongside his friend and co-producer Peter Firmin. The story of Oliver Postgate's extraordinary and adventurous life, and the wonderful characters who populated it, both real and imagined, is witty, charming, beautifully remembered and beautifully told.

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Book Description:

A warm and charming memoir from the cult creator of Bagpuss, the Clangers and Ivor the Engine.

About the Author:

Oliver Postgate was born in north London in 1925. He attended several different schools including, inadvertently, Dartington Hall. He attempted several different professions before founding Smallfilms with Peter Firmin in 1957. They went on to make a multitude of children's films for television, from a cowshed near Canterbury. He died, aged 83, in Broadstairs, Kent, in December 2008.

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