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Bagpuss (1974)

6.80h 15mKids — Animation

Bagpuss is a UK children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974 through their company Smallfilms. The title character was, "An old, saggy, cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams." Although only 13 episodes of the show were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was regularly repeated in the UK for thirteen years. In 1999 Bagpuss topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme.

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Director: Peter Firmin

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Oliver Postgate as Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice

Oliver Postgate

Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice

Sandra Kerr as Madeleine the Rag Doll / Mice

Sandra Kerr

Madeleine the Rag Doll / Mice

John Faulkner as Gabriel the Toad / Mice

John Faulkner

Gabriel the Toad / Mice

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