Oliver Postgate

[Pogle]

The Master liked the Clangers.

I hope he was waiting for his hero Oliver Postgate to die before he launched his world domination master plan.

I remember the episode well 'twas the sea devils I believe.

[TykeMerc]

I remember his voice so well from my childhood and for that matter watching many of the classics again with my kids.

[Doggy Styles]

I bought a video of six early Ivor the Engine adventures. Magnificent. The first three were in black and white.

The kids preferred Thomas the Tank Engine though. So I killed and ate them.

[Bagpuss]

I'm surprised Bagpuss hasn't commented on this.

I've been out for a run and didn't know. Oliver Postgate and Cosgrove Hall were 1970s kids TV.

[NickFitz]

The original scripts for Clangers actually included the Clangers' dialogue - this was then performed on the swannee whistle so as to mimic the sounds of English speech.

This led to the BBC having grave doubts about broadcasting the episode where Major Clanger says - or rather, whistles - "Sod it, the bloody thing's stuck again!" when a door jams

[Old Greg]

If we are going to have honours, these are the sort of people who should be knighted, not non-entities like rubber-lips Jagger. This guy didn't even get an MBE.

I'm off to find the soup dragon...

He was a bit too anti-establishment, I expect. Conscientious Objector in WW2 etc.

I have a Soup Dragon but I don't think I'll be telling her the news in a hurry. 'You know what it's like slaving over a hot volcano all day. A dragon gets fed up sometimes.' Genius.