Bagpuss: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Strange as it may seem, Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin made only 13 episodes of Bagpuss, but they've captured the imaginations of children for over a quarter of a century. Bagpuss is a cat who spends his time slumbering in a shop owned by Emily. The shop itself doesn't sell anything, and Emily seems a little young to be a shopkeeper - it is a most unusual shop, after all. Each week Emily brings Bagpuss objects to mend and repair. Bagpuss will wake up and examine them, in the company of his friends - including Madeleine the rag doll, and the mice from the Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ. All this happens under the watchful eye of Professor Yaffle, the carved woodpecker book end, who comments scathingly on the toys and the stories they tell. Then at some point, Bagpuss becomes very very tired, and they all go back to sleep. That's basically it, so why did this all happen? Simp...

Series details

• Title: Bagpuss
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1974-02-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 1974-05-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 5723
• IMDb ID: tt0070970
• TVDB ID: 79430

Cast and credited roles

• Oliver Postgate — Narrator & Bagpuss
• John Faulkner — Gabriel
• Sandra Kerr — Madeleine

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1974-02-12; final listed air date 1974-05-07; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bagpuss on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.