Postman Pat: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Postman Pat was based on a series of books by John Cunliffe, the program is about a rural postman who helps his friends in the village of Greendale, based supposedly in Cumbria, England. The first series of thirteen 15-minute episodes was produced by Woodland Animations and broadcast by the BBC in 1981. Ivor Wood, a vetaran of animations like The Magic Roundabout, was at the helm as producer. Ken Barrie sang the well known theme tune and provided the narration. The stories were very successful and have seen endless repeats over the years. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show in 1991, the old production crew was reunited for two one-off 25 minute specials, again shown by the BBC. Two more came in 1995, and these were followed by a second full series of 13 adventures. Then, after almost 10 years of absence from our screens, Postman Pat returned in 2004 for his third series.

Series details

• Title: Postman Pat
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1981-09-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-03-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBeebies
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9551
• IMDb ID: tt0149509
• TVDB ID: 73854

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1981-09-16; final listed air date 1981-12-09; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1996-04-03; final listed air date 1996-06-26; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2003-09-16; final listed air date 2004-10-14; episode order: 26.
• Season 4: premiered 2005-02-27; final listed air date 2005-04-01; episode order: 26.
• Season 5: premiered 2006-02-09; final listed air date 2006-03-20; episode order: 28.
• Season 6: premiered 2008-09-29; final listed air date 2008-12-19; episode order: 26.
• Season 7: premiered 2013-02-11; final listed air date 2013-12-20; episode order: 26.
• Season 8: premiered 2016-11-21; final listed air date 2017-03-29.

Source and licence

Adapted from Postman Pat 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.