RIP Peter Firmin

[stephec]

I don't think I've seen one already, even though he's been gone a few days, so I thought I'd start this one off.

The co creator of some of the finest kids TV alongside Oliver Postgate, The Clangers is still my all time favourite.

 

[MichaelW2]

Peter Firmin also had a hand in Basil Brush.

 

[jefmcg]

Peter Firmin also had a hand in Basil Brush.

Boom boom!

Edit: though technically it was Ivan Owen who had a hand in Basil Brush.

 

[Profpointy]

I don't think I've seen one already, even though he's been gone a few days, so I thought I'd start this one off.

The co creator of some of the finest kids TV alongside Oliver Postgate, The Clangers is still my all time favourite.

Between them, they've left an enduring legacy of pure joy for generations to come. I now in late middle age, but the Bagpuss poem still brings a tear to my eye. Not certain if Postgate or Firmin was the author, but jointly they produced so many genuinely magical shows. Bringing joy to millions is not a bad legacy

 

[captain nemo1701]

I don't think I've seen one already, even though he's been gone a few days, so I thought I'd start this one off.

The co creator of some of the finest kids TV alongside Oliver Postgate, The Clangers is still my all time favourite.

In this awfully cynical world of ours, their productions were wonderful oases of childhood innocence and joy. RIP .

 

[roadrash]

A creator of a big piece of many peoples childhood, including mine

 

[raleighnut]

Sad News.

 

[Lonestar]

The Clangers.So cute. (and bagpuss) oooh I forgot Ivor The Engine.

 

[Profpointy]

mind you, both Firmin and Postgate were involved in Nasa's conspiracy to fake the moon landings

http://pigeonsnest.co.uk/stuff/nasa-fakes-moon-landing.html

 

[stephec]

Peter Firmin also had a hand in Basil Brush.

I've met him.

 

[AndyRM]

In this awfully cynical world of ours, their productions were wonderful oases of childhood innocence and joy. RIP .

The new Clangers is very good, not all is lost!

 

[Hyslop]

I don't think I've seen one already, even though he's been gone a few days, so I thought I'd start this one off.

The co creator of some of the finest kids TV alongside Oliver Postgate, The Clangers is still my all time favourite.

Wah Hey....Yeah

 

[captain nemo1701]

The new Clangers is very good, not all is lost!

Year ago, I was in the Museum of Film & Photography in Bradford and they had on display one of the surviving original Clangers puppet (?).

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Clangers - classic stuff

 

[Profpointy]

[QUOTE 5300979, member: 259"]Clangers, Noggin The Nog, Pogle's Wood, Ivor the Engine - genius. I was too old for Bagpuss but my little sister was obsessed by it.[/QUOTE]

Too old for Bagpuss ? I don't understand that at all !