Seeing Things by Oliver Postgate
This is the autobiography of Oliver Postgate, the man who wrote, narrated and filmed "Bagpuss", "The Clangers", "Ivor the Engine", "Noggin the Nog" and "Pogle's Wood". The book begins with Postgate's childhood, then goes on to cover his years as a conscientious objector, farmer, inventor, actor and stage manager before looking at the period, beginning in the late 1950s, when he created children's films. In more recent years he has become an advocate of solar power and an opponent of nuclear weapons. This is a humourous account of a colourful life.
"'A glorious gallimaufry that manages to be amusing, affecting, instructive and inspiring' Daily Mail"
Oliver Postgate was born in 1925. He is the grandson of George Lansbury prewar leader of the Labour Party. He is the cousin of Anglea Lansbury and, by marriage, Peter Ustinov. His father was Raymond Postgate, creator of The Good Food Guide. Oliver wrote, narrated and filmed Bagpuss, the Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog and Pogle's Wood, among many others, while his partner Peter Firmin drew the pictures and made the puppets. All their best known work was produced in a cowshed near Whitstable.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330390002 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330390007 |
| Title | Seeing Things |
| Author | Oliver Postgate |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2001-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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