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How BBC failed to spot Bagpuss's star quality: Animator's son says Beeb got it wrong by axing beloved 70s show
The family of the creators of the popular children's show Bagpuss have said the BBC 'were mistaken' about the show's enduring appeal as the cat character celebrates 50 years.
Artist and puppeteer Peter Firmin and animator Oliver Postgate, who also made Clangers through their Kent-based production company Smallfilms, only put out 13 episodes of the series about the 'saggy old cloth cat' on the BBC, which began on February 12 1974. However, the show, which is set in a shop that does not sell anything and features the characters Professor Yaffle the woodpecker; Gabriel the toad; rag doll Madeleine and various mice, has continued to be popular. Mr Postgate joked that he will use Hollywood star and singer Jennifer Lopez, who is co-producing a film about cartoon character Bob The Builder, as inspiration to get the classic series remade, hopefully with the help of American musicians Taylor Swift or Mariah Carey.
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