Oliver Postgate

[Pogle]

RIP
Somewhere a clanger is crying.

[Spacecadet]

Bagpuss probably won't be around for a few days

I hope he's ok

[PM-Junkie]

Very sad news...I'm sure most people won't have heard of him until today, but he was a very unassuming chap who did a heck of a lot of good.

If we are going to have honours, these are the sort of people who should be knighted, not non-entities like rubber-lips Jagger. This guy didn't even get an MBE.

I'm off to find the soup dragon...

[Moscow Mule]

I'm off to find the soup dragon...

Well, you are free, to do what you want, any old time.

[Doggy Styles]

tssshhhh-di-gup, tssshhhh-di-gup, tssshhhh-di-gup. Good night Ivor.

[Alf W]

Conservative leader David Cameron told BBC Radio 5 Live that Ivor the Engine was his favourite of Postgate and Firmin's characters.

"I never really got the Clangers," he added. "My wife's a big Clangers fan - I never quite got that in the same way.

Do you think he really felt it necessary to issue a statement on the subject or do you think someone's just made this up?

[Pogle]

I'd never trust a man who doesn't like the clangers.

[Doggy Styles]

I'd never trust a man who doesn't like the clangers.

The Master liked the Clangers.

I hope he was waiting for his hero Oliver Postgate to die before he launched his world domination master plan.

[Mich the Tester]

I'm surprised Bagpuss hasn't commented on this.

[zara_backdog]

Shame - no more Pogels Wood...