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Bagpuss celebrates his 50th birthday today, and several celebratory happenings have been laid on to mark this milestone – and there's the opportunity to celebrate this special birthday in aid of a good cause, Hospices of Hope, too

Bagpuss celebrates his 50th birthday today, Monday 12th February marking the stop-motion series, centred on a  “saggy old cloth cat” and his friends, was first broadcast on the BBC back in 1974. Several celebratory happenings have been laid on to mark this milestone – and there’s the opportunity to celebrate this special birthday in aid of a good cause, Hospices of Hope, too. Just 13 episodes of…

Coming up: “Smallfilms … a reflection” online talk by Simon Postgate

Simon Postgate will be giving an online talk on his father Oliver Postgate’s film company Smallfilms on Wednesday – the producer of television shows such as Bagpuss, The Clangers and Noggin the Nog. Smallfilms was the company that produced children’s television programmes such as Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pogles Wood and The Pingwings. Set under construction for…