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Postman Pat
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British animated television series
Key facts
- Also known as
- Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service (2008–2017)
- Genre
- Animated television series , Slice of life , Stop motion
- Created by
- John Cunliffe
- Developed by
- Ivor Wood
- Directed by
- Ivor Wood , Kitty Taylor, Derek Mogford, Chris Taylor
- Voices of
- Ken Barrie Carole Boyd Lewis MacLeod Kulvinder Ghir Janet James Archie Panjabi Melissa Sinden Anji Kreft Shaun Harvey Angela Griffin Jimmy Hibbert Bradley Clarkson
- Narrated by
- Ken Barrie , Peter Sallis
- Opening theme
- Postman Pat
- Ending theme
- Postman Pat (Can You Guess What's In His Bag?)
- Composers
- Bryan Daly (1981–1996) Simon Woodgate (2004–2012) Sandy Nuttgens (2013–2017)
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 184 (+ 12 specials) ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Theresa Plummer-Andrews Michael Carrington Chris Rose Jane Smith Oliver Ellis Chris Bowden
- Producers
- Debbie Pears Jo Jorden Owen Ballhatchet
- Editor
- Martin Bohan
- Running time
- 15 minutes (series) 30 minutes (specials)
- Production companies
- Woodland Animations (1981–1996) Entertainment Rights (2003–2008) Cosgrove Hall Films (2003–2008) Classic Media (2013) Mackinnon and Saunders (2013–2017) DreamWorks Classic Productions (2016–2017)
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Postman Pat is a British stop motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. The series follows the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman who works for the Royal Mail postal service in the fictional village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of Longsleddale near Kendal).
Postman Pat's first 13-episode series was screened on BBC One in 1981. John Cunliffe wrote the original treatment and scripts for the series, which was directed by animator Ivor Wood, who also worked on The Magic Roundabout, The Wombles, Paddington, and The Herbs. Following the success of the first series, four TV specials and a second series of thirteen episodes were produced during the 1990s. In this series, Pat had a family shown on screen for the first time (though his wife had been mentioned in a number of episodes).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Postman Pat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.