Postgate
Proper noun
Meaning
Postgate (plural Postgates)
A surname.
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After Postgate's death in December 2008 Smallfilms was inherited by his son Daniel Postgate.
Although the episodes were scripted, most of the music used in the two series was written in translation by Postgate in the form of "musical sketches" or graphs that he drew for Elliott, who converted the drawings into a musical score.
It was originally a partnership between Oliver Postgate (writer, animator and narrator) and Peter Firmin (modelmaker and illustrator).
As Postgate wholly voiced many of the productions, including the WereBear story tapes, his distinctive voice became familiar to generations of children.
In 2000 Postgate and his friend Loaf set up a small publishing company called the Dragons Friendly Society to look after Noggin the Nog, Pogles Wood, Pingwings.
In April 2012, Marc Jenner from Tunbridge Wells in Kent ran in the Virgin London Marathon dressed in a convert Bagpuss costume to raise money for the charity, supported by Emily Firmin and Postgate 's family.