Daniel Postgate takes us behind the scenes in the cow shed where cartoon classics were made He was the cheeky cartoon steam engine that sang in his local choir, went out on his own and provokes ...

In April 2005 the BBC's Cult website spoke to Oliver Postgate about his creations. In this extract he discusses the magic of Ivor The Engine. Was there a philosophy behind the way you made programmes?

Peter Firmin's work will always be remembered by an entire generation of children Peter Firmin, who - along with the late Oliver Postgate - dreamt up such other enduring childhood favourites as The ...

As the co-creator of the animated programmes Bagpuss, The Clangers, Noggin the Nog, Pogles' Wood and Ivor the Engine, Oliver Postgate was one of a handful of pioneers who turned children's television ...

Bagpuss creator Oliver Postgate has died aged 83, his family has confirmed. Postgate, who lived in Kent, created some of the best-loved children's TV series including Ivor the Engine, the Clangers and ...

One of Wales' best loved TV characters - Ivor the Engine - is steaming back to Welsh television screens. Ivor was a children's favourite through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and even voted one of Wales ...

With his gentle peep-peep and distinctive puffing sounds, Ivor the Engine was a firm favourite with a whole generation of 1970s schoolchildren. Now the son of co-creator Oliver Postgate is planning to ...

Bagpuss creator Oliver Postgate has gone to sleep. And all his friends have gone to sleep, too. Postgate, who also came up with children's TV classics Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine and The Clangers, ...

He was the cheeky cartoon steam engine that sang in his local choir, went out on his own and provokes nostalgic memories of an innocent childhood. Now 60 years since Ivor the Engine first steamed onto ...