Bagpuss

Bagpuss (1974)


  • Genre: Kids, Animation
  • Creator: Oliver Postgate, Peter Firmin
  • First Air Date: 1974-02-12
  • Last Air Date: 1974-05-07
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 13
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 15 min.
  • Production Company: Smallfilms
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Network: BBC one
  • Directors: , .
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Summary

Bagpuss is a UK children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974 through their company Smallfilms. The title character was, "An old, saggy, cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams." Although only 13 episodes of the show were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was regularly repeated in the UK for thirteen years. In 1999 Bagpuss topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme.

  • Keywords: cat, banjo, shop, mouse, puppet, folk music, toad, woodpecker, rag doll, toy comes to life
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    Bagpuss Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1974-02-12
    13 Episodes

    Bagpuss Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Ship in a Bottle15 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Owls of Athens15 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Frog Princess15 min
    Season 1Episode 4The Ballet Shoe15 min
    Season 1Episode 5The Hamish15 min
    Season 1Episode 6The Wise Man15 min
    Season 1Episode 7The Elephant15 min
    Season 1Episode 8The Mouse Mill15 min
    Season 1Episode 9The Giant15 min
    Season 1Episode 10Old Man's Beard15 min
    Season 1Episode 11The Fiddle15 min
    Season 1Episode 12Flying15 min
    Season 1Episode 13Uncle Feedle15 min
    • Oliver Postgate

      as Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice
    • Sandra Kerr

      as Madeleine the Rag Doll / Mice
    • John Faulkner

      as Gabriel the Toad / Mice
    Writing Peter Firmin Writer
    Sound Sandra Kerr Music
    Writing Oliver Postgate Writer
    Directing Peter Firmin Director
    Sound John Faulkner Music
    Directing Oliver Postgate Director

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