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 ...

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 ...

"And in a shed, in a siding at the end of the railway, lives the Locomotive of the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Ltd, which was a long name for a little engine so his friends just ...

Kids' TV favourite Ivor the Engine is back after more than 30 years, it was announced yesterday. The Welsh engine, who entertained youngsters from 1959 to 1977, has been bought back to life in a story ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...