Another bit of joy has disappeared from the world. Oliver Postgate, the co-creator of some of the most charming and enduring children's programmes in TV history, has died at the age of 83.BBC Obituary
Oliver Postgate's work was both whimsical and matter-of-fact, magical and mundane.
It was popular with generations of children who loved both its strangeness and the reassuring warmth of Postgate's voice-overs.
With his story-telling skills, his love of found objects and mechanical improvisation, his funny voices and air of eccentricity, the man himself gave a good imitation of everyone's favourite uncle.
And his creations live on, at once surreal and comforting.
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