No doubt fans of the Postgate and Firmin children’s characters will seek this autobiography out but I’d like to urge everyone to read this wonderfully idiosyncratic and meandering story of a life not lived by the rules. As one might expect from someone in Oliver Postgate’s line of work, the visual imagery is very strong leading to delightful descriptions and vivid scene painting.
Following his father’s death in 2009, son Daniel provides an afterword paying tribute to his eccentric, inventive, complex and inspired father. He writes from his father’s work shed where Bagpuss still sits on a shelf overseeing events with benign solicitude.
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Oliver Postgate's death in December 2008 was greeted with great sadness. For over forty years his name was synonymous with the best in children's television - Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, The Pogles, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings. Oliver wrote and narrated the stories, while Peter Firmin illustrated the characters and made the puppets.
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Oliver Postgate's death in December 2008 was greeted with great sadness. For over forty years his name was synonymous with the best in children's television - Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, The Pogles, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings.
Seeing Things features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
Paperback, Ebook. £13.49, down from the £14.99 cover price. In Stock.
Seeing Things was written by Oliver Postgate and published by Canongate Books Ltd
Seeing Things has 425 pages
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. In Stock.
