Oliver Postgate
Kirsty Young's castaway is animator Oliver Postgate.
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the animator Oliver Postgate. As the creator of Noggin the Nog, The Clangers and Bagpuss, Oliver holds a special place in many childhoods. So it may come as something of a surprise that he never thought about how his programmes would be received by children; instead he says he simply focussed on making the stories great - everything else was secondary. For 20 years he toiled in a converted pigsty in Kent, animating the characters Peter Firmin drew, churning out 120 seconds of film a day. He says a respectable average for an animation company now would be two seconds!
Oliver's own childhood was a lonely one; ignored by his busy parents and sent to an experimental school he hated. He says that to this day, he has no meaning unless he is doing something, and this is a direct legacy of his desperation to be noticed as a child.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: When the Saints Come Marching In by Pete Fountain
Book: Huge book of English Poetry
Luxury: A comfortable bed.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major
Orchestra: The Bath Festival Orchestra Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
- Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1- Bath Festival Orchestra.
- EMI Classics.
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Josh White
The Lass with the Delicate Air
- Ballads & Blues.
- Brunswick.
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Frederick Delius
Summer Evening
Orchestra: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham
- Delius - Orchestral Works.
- EMI Classics.
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Pete Fountain
When the Saints Come Marching In
- Pete Fountain鈥檚 New Orleans.
- Coral.
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The Vernon Elliot Ensemble
Graculus's Memory Music
- Graculus鈥檚 Memory Music.
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Pyatnitsky State Russian Folk Choir
Steppe, Oh Steppe Around
- Moonlight Over Moscow.
- BMG.
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Thijs van Leer
Introspection Two
- Thijs Van Leer/Introspection.
- CBS.
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脡dith Piaf
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
- Edith Piaf: Legends of the 20th Century.
- EMI.
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Book Choice
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Huge book of English Poetry
Luxury Choice
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A comfortable bed
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Oliver Postgate |
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 Jul 2007 11:15麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
- Fri 20 Jul 2007 09:00麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
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