2008 is pissing me off again: Oliver Postgate died

As the BBC news puts it:

Bagpuss creator Oliver Postgate has died aged 83, his family has confirmed.

Mr Postgate, who lived in Kent, created some of the best-loved children’s TV series including Ivor the Engine, the Clangers and Noggin the Nog.

His work, screened on the BBC from the 1950s to the 1980s, was often in collaboration with the artist and puppeteer Peter Firmin.

(And why isn’t the BBC showing these programmes anymore when they’re so beloved, hmmm?)

Have some Clangers to cheer you up

And a QI tribute: