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Bagpuss

Bagpuss

Bagpuss

1974 1 Seasons 13 Episodes ⭐ 6.8 Kids Animation

Bagpuss is a UK children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974 through their company Smallfilms. The title character was, "An old, saggy, cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams." Although only 13 episodes of the show were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was regularly repeated in the UK for thirteen years. In 1999 Bagpuss topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme.

Bagpuss is a UK children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974 through their company Smallfilms. The title character was, "An old, saggy, cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams." Although only 13 episodes of the show were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was regularly repeated in the UK for thirteen years. In 1999 Bagpuss topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Ship in a Bottle

Emily Brings home a bottle with some bits of wood in it. Professor Yaffle tells them it is a ship-in-a-bottle. Bagpuss

EP 2

The Owls of Athens

Emily brings in a very old, dirty bit of rag, which as ever, Yaffle can see no value in. The mice start to vigorously cl

EP 3

The Frog Princess

Emily brings a collection of ornamental enamel pieces. For a while these are a cat and a bird, but later they decide th

EP 4

The Ballet Shoe

One dirty old shoe is left for Bagpuss and his friends to repair, and the mice suggest that it might be suitable for liv

EP 5

The Hamish

Nobody really knows what the floppy tartan cloth object that Emily has brought is, except Bagpuss. He says it is a smal

EP 6

The Wise Man

Bagpuss and his friends learn of a Chinese wise man, his turtle friends and his love of solitude.

EP 7

The Elephant

Emily brings a tatty straw elephant without any ears. Bagpuss and his friends try to solve the mystery of how it lost i

EP 8

The Mouse Mill

Emily leaves a box in front of Bagpuss, which has windows and a front door. The mice open it up, revealing the Marvellou

EP 9

The Giant

Emily brings in a model of a giant, and Bagpuss tells the story of how a kindly witch makes an sad giant happy.

EP 10

Old Man's Beard

Emily brings in a plant called Old Man's Beard. The friends try to figure out why it is has this name, and Bagpuss tells

EP 11

The Fiddle

Emily brings in an old bucket with a hole in it, which turns out to be the home of a leprechaun, an old friend of Bagpus

EP 12

Flying

Yaffle comes down from his bookend to find a basket, containing items. The mice search it and find a twig broom, which

EP 13

Uncle Feedle

Emily brings in a piece of cloth, which Charlie Mouse identifies as a house for a rag doll, leading to a several rag jok

Popular Cast

Oliver Postgate

Oliver Postgate

Narrator / Bagpuss / Professor Yaffle / Mice

Sandra Kerr

Sandra Kerr

Madeleine the Rag Doll / Mice

John Faulkner

John Faulkner

Gabriel the Toad / Mice