History Series / Bagpuss

* NaughtyIsGood: The mice are harmless, but sometimes rambunctious and like to play tricks on the others.

Only 13 episodes were made, though [[https://www.facebook.com/watch/officialbagpuss/ Oliver Postgate did also narrate several audio stories]] that have recently been uncovered by his family in the form of ''Bagpuss Mouse Tales''.

* AdaptationExpansion: Not only are there far more episodes of ''Mouse Tales'' than the series itself, but due to being audio only, the events are no longer limited by the stop motion film making. Gabriel and Madeleine now move about and take part in the antics with the others for example, while Bagpuss' ImaginationPowers can cause wilder events besides just fixing toys (especially due to his occasional PowerIncontinence).

* ImaginationPowers: Bagpuss, whose daydreaming and stories not only fix the objects that come to the store but in fact give life to all his friends. A lot of ''Mouse Tales'' are HilarityEnsues plots caused by Bagpuss merely daydreaming about something and causing it to spring to life.

Only 13 episodes were made, though [[https://www.facebook.com/watch/officialbagpuss/ Oliver Postgate did make several audio stories]] that have recently been uncovered by his family in the form of ''Bagpuss' Mouse Tales''.

* CouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Bagpuss is generally dozy and lets the others call the shots, but is magically endowed enough to give them all life in the first place.

* RomanticismVsEnlightenment: The pedantic and rationalist Professor Yaffle vs, well, the rest of the cast. A relatively nuanced example, though, as Yaffle does clearly enjoy art and likes good stories, even if they are "silly".

* SpeciesSurName: A stranger example, Professor Yaffle comes from 'Yaffle', another word for a European green woodpecker.

'''Bagpuss''' is an Creator
Oliver Postgate/Smallfilms animation, which means it works at approximately three frames per second. Most of the show was produced using StopMotion, except for some of the stories and songs which were illustrated by paper cutout animation. Postgate had used both techniques before, but had never combined them in a single series. Some of the scenes involving Gabriel singing included a few live-action shots of him strumming his guitar, and the opening titles depict Emily in a series of sepia-tinted still photographs.

'''Bagpuss''' is an Creator/OliverPostgate/Smallfilms animation, which means it works at approximately three frames per second. Most of the show was produced using StopMotion, except for some of the stories and songs which were illustrated by paper cutout animation. Postgate had used both techniques before, but had never combined them in a single series. Some of the scenes involving Gabriel singing included a few live-action shots of him strumming his guitar, and the opening titles depict Emily in a series of sepia-tinted still photographs.

'''Bagpuss''' is an OliverPostgate/Smallfilms animation, which means it works at approximately three frames per second. Most of the show was produced using StopMotion, except for some of the stories and songs which were illustrated by paper cutout animation. Postgate had used both techniques before, but had never combined them in a single series. Some of the scenes involving Gabriel singing included a few live-action shots of him strumming his guitar, and the opening titles depict Emily in a series of sepia-tinted still photographs.

* TheCastShowOff: Most episodes are basically written around the songs of folk singers John Faulkner and Sandra Kerr, who played Gabriel and Madeleine.

* StopMotion: All of the action involving the main characters and some of the stories, except for short live-action shots when Gabriel is strumming his guitar.

* StopMotion: All of the action involving the main characters and some of the stories, except for short live-action shots when Gabriel is strumming his guitar.

* TheDanza: Emily is played by Emily Firmin, the daughter of Postgate's partner and character designer, Peter Firmin.

-> Once upon a time
-> Not so long ago
-> There was a little girl and her name was Emily
-> And she had a shop

''Bagpuss'' is still fondly remembered (there is even a ShoutOut to it in ''{{Series/Spaced}}''), and is widely regarded as the pinnacle of Postgate's career.

''Bagpuss'' is still fondly remembered (there was even a ShoutOut to it in ''{{Spaced}}''), and is widely regarded as the pinnacle of Postgate's career.

'''Bagpuss''' is an OliverPostgate animation, which means it works at approximately three frames per second. Each episode begins with Emily leaving some item in the shop. When she has gone, Bagpuss and his friends wake up and try to figure out what the object is, and repair it.

* TheDanza: Emily is played by Emily Firmin, the daughter of Postgate's partner.
* StopMotion

* TheDanza: Emily is played by Emily Fimin, the daughter of Postgate's partner.

{{Bagpuss}} is an OliverPostgate animation, which means it works at approximately three frames per second. Each episode begins with Emily leaving some item in the shop. When she has gone, Bagpuss and his friends wake up and try to figure out what the object is, and repair it.