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Title

Beyond Bagpuss

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  • Monograph
  • Text

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Subject

  • Animated television programs--Great Britain (LCSH)
  • Smallfilms (Motion picture studio)--History. (LCSH)

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Summary

"Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles Wood, Clangers, and Bagpuss - the iconic animations produced by the Canterbury-based Smallfilms studio between 1958 and 1984 - constitute a significant thread of British cultural history. The lasting appeal of the imagined worlds created by Smallfilms is evident in the highly-successful BBC reboot of Clangers (2015-present), which has introduced a whole new audience to the pink moon mice. As well as the shows likely to be famiilar to readers, this history expands the Smallfilms story to include those less well-known animated shows that nonetheless played an important part in the studio's history. Through extensive studio access, interviews with many key Smallfilms collaborators, press and audience analysis, Chris Pallant provides a comprehensive and definitive historical record of the studio's work. Bagpuss and Beyond is illustrated with more than 100 images from the Smallfilms archive, including those that have not previously been published"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- The whimsical authenticity of Smallfilms: Ivor the engine (1959-1964; 1975-1977) -- Building worlds--the Sagas of Noggin the Nog (1959-1965; 1982) -- Aesthetic transition and the persistence of the hand-made in The Seal of Neptune (1960), The mermaid's pearls (1962) and Pigwings (1961-65) -- Low-angle persons--The Pogles (1965) and Pogles Wood (1966-1968) -- Technology and inventiveness within Smallfilms animation: Clangers (1969-1974) -- The forgotten history of Smallfilms: Sam on Boffs' Island (1972-1973) -- Creative collaboration and the Bricolage of Bagpuss (1974) Smallfilms at the the end of the road? Tottie (1984/1986), Life on earth perhaps (1985), and Pinny's house (1986) -- The afterlife of 'Smallfilms': adaptation and renewal -- Appendix A: Smallfilms-statistical perspectives -- Appendix B: Examples of Oliver Postgate's screenwriting style.

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Pallant, Chris. Beyond Bagpuss

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:23:03.609599+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 22387358

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  • Description language: eng
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