Bagpuss
"Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss, Old fat furry cat-puss, Wake
up, and look at this thing that I bring, Wake up, be bright, be
golden and light, Bagpuss, oh hear what I sing"
 Bagpuss was written and narrated by Oliver Postgate, who along
with Peter Firmin and their company, Small Films, was responsible
for many classic British children's TV shows' including The
Clangers, Noggin The Nog and Ivor The Engine.
The Bagpuss stories were set in Victorian England in a shop
owned by a girl called Emily (played by Firmin's daughter). She
would bring various items into the shop that she had discovered,
with the object of repairing them and returning them to their
rightful owner.
She was assisted by Bagpuss, a fat pink and white striped cloth
cat, who would spring to life at the sound of Emily's voice.
Bagpuss was in turn assisted by Professor Yaffle, a carved wooden
bookend in the shape of a woodpecker, Madeline, a motherly rag
doll, Gabriel a banjo-playing toad, and the mice of the Mechanical
Mouse Organ.
 "Bagpuss
gave a big yawn, and settled down to sleep. And when Bagpuss goes
to sleep, all his friends go to sleep too. The mice are ornaments
on the Mouse Organ, Gabriel and Madeleine are just dolls."
"And Professor Yaffle (pictured at left) is just a carved wooden
bookend in the shape of a woodpecker. "
"Even Bagpuss himself, once he is asleep, is just an old, saggy
cloth cat; baggy and a bit loose at the seams. But Emily loved
him"
Despite only appearing in 13 brief episodes, Bagpuss was voted
Britain's favourite children's TV show in a 1999 poll, leading to
100 lines of merchandise and a comfortable retirement for all
concerned.
EPISODES
Ship in A Bottle | The Owls of Athens | The Frog Princess | The Hamish
| Flying | The Ballet Shoe | The Wise
Man |
The Giant | The Mouse Mill | The Elephant | Old Man's
Beard | The Fiddle | Uncle Feedle
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