Clangers on QI

Clangers on QI

Clangers on QI

A clip from the Children In Need special. Oliver Postgate, creator of The Clangers, Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog, dies 8th December 2008

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unclebulgariaunclebulgaria (348 days ago)

What a sad loss. Oliver Postgate was a giant in children's TV.

irishfellaIrishFella (348 days ago)

Maxwell, I also enjoyed Noggin the Nog, but preferred Ivor the Engine, was that his as well ? It seemed like his stuff. I liked that you said for the not so young, cause I can still enjoy it today.

irishfellaIrishFella (348 days ago)

And when Bagpuss was asleep, All his friends were asleep. The mice were ornaments on the mouse organ. Gabriel and Madeleine were just dolls. Professor Yaffle was just an old wooden bookend in the shape of a woodpecker. Even Bagpuss himself, once he was asleep, was just an old, saggy cloth cat, Baggy, and a bit loose at the seams, But Emily loved him. Todays childrens programs don't engage the imagination in the same way, I loved all his programs, but bagpuss was best.

Guest: Maxwell (347 days ago)

Latest comment: "IrishFella - yes, Ivor the Engine, Pogles Wood, Bagpuss (liked your quote), Clangers and more I can't recall just now. He was a one-off and we are all richer for having enjoyed his quiet brilliance. "

Guest: Maxwell (348 days ago)

I doubt we shall see his like again. I'm old enough to remember most of his work from Noggin the Nog onward. Lovely, gentle stuff for the young and not so young alike.

irishfellaIrishFella (348 days ago)

Goodbye and thankyou Oliver, Emily loved you, we all did.

Guest: NeilH (348 days ago)

I've heard that story before, told by Oliver Postgate in an interview. It was actually a BBC exec who tried to censor the clanger's "expletives". In an esoteric twist, I bought a talking clanger toy for a friend's kid and that's the phrase that it says.