The Day The Clangers' Moon Stood Still: RIP Oliver Postgate 1925-2008

Clangers : The Intruder (season 1, Episode 5)

Back from its wee break, Film Studies For Free was saddened to hear of the passing of one of the DIY geniuses responsible for its author's early fascination with the world of filmmaking: Oliver Postgate, co-creator (with Peter Firmin) of numerous magical Small Films shown on television (Bagpuss, Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pogles, Pingwings), died peacefully in Broadstairs on the Kent coast on 8 December 2008.

Here are some Postgate weblinks:

• screenonline: Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin
• Oliver Postgate's Website
• Oliver Postgate Facebook
• Oliver Postgate at IMDB
• Oliver Postgate Blog for the New Statesman
• Noggin the Nog site
• Ivor the Engine site
• Pingwings site
• Postgate and Firmin's Small Films company website
• Oliver Postgate Wikipedia page
• BBC - Cult - Classic TV - The Clangers Oliver Postgate Interview
• An Interview With Oliver Postgate
• Bagpuss creator Oliver Postgate dies Media guardian.co.uk
• BBC website Obituary
• BBC website news of Postgate's death
• Cartoon Brew weblog post 'Pingwings Rediscovered' link added 11.12.08
• Cartoon Brew weblog post 'Oliver Postgate, RIP' link added 11.12.08 (thanks to GreenCine Daily)