Bagpuss (series)
- User score: 6.7
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Creator: Oliver Postgate , Peter Firmin
- Production companies: Smallfilms
- Genre: Kids, Animation
- Release date: 2/12/1974
- Release date of last episode: 5/7/1974
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 13
- Run time: 15 min.
Series description
Bagpuss is a UK children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974 through their company Smallfilms. The title character was, "An old, saggy, cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams." Although only 13 episodes of the show were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was regularly repeated in the UK for thirteen years. In 1999 Bagpuss topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme.