History Trivia / PostmanPat

** Ken Barrie played the role of Pat until ''Special Delivery Service'', when he was replaced by Creator/LewisMacLeod, although he still retained his supporting roles as Alf, Ted Glen, PC Selby and Reverend Timms. He was dropped from the show completely in 2013, meaning Macleod now voices Alf, Bradley Clarkson now voices Ted and Selby and Dan Milne now voices Timms.
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/DavidTennant as Wilf in the movie. While he normally plays/voices mild-mannered and nice characters (with the occasional villan or jerk), he voices a music manager who doesn't play fair when it comes to a competition and tries very hard to stop Pat from winning the talent competition.

** Wilf, Sara, and Simon Cowbell were originally going to be voiced by [[Creator/KerionElliot different]] [[Creator/KateWinslet voice]] [[Creator/SimonCowell actors]] very early in production, but at the last minute, they were replaced by the ones we're used to.

** [[https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/hollywood-post-for-pat-1125113.amp According to this article]], the Postman Pat movie would've been made as far back ''as a decade earlier'' if big movie companies said so!

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* ActingForTwo: Ken Barrie voiced all the characters in the 1980s, [[CrossDressingVoices including the females...]]

** Ken Barrie played the role of Pat until ''Special Delivery Service'', when he was replaced by Lewis Macleod, although he still retained his supporting roles as Alf, Ted Glen, PC Selby and Reverend Timms. He was dropped from the show completely in 2013, meaning Macleod now voices Alf, Bradley Clarkson now voices Ted and Selby and Dan Milne now voices Timms.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series is remarkably hard to come across in North America, even the American dub that was made for out-of-print VHS releases from Celebrity Video. The only DVD release the series has ever got in North America is the CGI movie. The mid-2000s era episodes (with the other theme tune) aired on [[Creator/{{HBO}} HBO Family]] and Creator/{{qubo}} for a while, though. With the advent of Creator/{{Peacock}}, almost all ''Postman Pat'' episodes are now available for streaming in the United States, with the first two seasons being suspiciously absent (making their absence even more conspicuous is the fact that the original stop-motion ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' episodes are on Peacock, along with ''Make Way For Noddy'' and ''Noddy In Toyland''; ''Noddy, Toyland Detective'' is still held by Creator/{{Netflix}}).

* NoExportForYou: ABC, 123, and Read Along had no American dub. Few countries outside the UK actually received the said specials.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: With the notable exception of letters now mostly being replaced by email, and use of mobile phones, this is largely averted, in that many of the problems encountered by Pat and his friends are still just as pertinent today, and have not been solved by technology, especially weather-related problems, such as rain, wind, hot weather or snow.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: With the notable exception of letters now mostly being replaced by email, and use of mobile phones, this is largely averted, in that many of the problems encountered by Pat and his friends are still just as pertinent today, and have not been solved by technology, especially weather-related problems, such as rain, wind, hot weather, snow. In "Postman Pat's Rainy Day", Bill Thompson's radio-controlled model aeroplane is an interesting comparison to battery-powered drones used nowadays. Only serious model aircraft enthusiasts these days would fly a model biplane with a petrol engine.

* TalkingToHimself: Ken Barrie voiced all the characters in the 1980s, [[CrossDressingVoices including the females...]]

* HeAlsoDid: John Cunliffe and Ivor Wood. The former went on to create a Creator/RagdollProductions TV series called ''Series/RosieAndJim'', and the latter also did the animations for The Herbs, ''WesternAnimation/PaddingtonBear'' and the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/{{Bertha}}.'' Additionally, the studio that made Special Delivery Service is Creator/CosgroveHall, which also created ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'', ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'', and the evergreen favorite ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse''.

* HeAlsoDid: John Cunliffe and Ivor Wood. The former went on to create a Creator/RagdollProductions TV series called ''Series/RosieAndJim'', and the latter also did the animations for The Herbs, ''WesternAnimation/PaddingtonBear'' and the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/{{Bertha}}.'' Additionally, the studio that made Special Delivery Service is Creator/CosgroveHall, which also brought created ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'', ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'', and the evergreen favorite, ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse''.

* HeAlsoDid: John Cunliffe and Ivor Wood. The former went on to create a Creator/RagdollProductions TV series called ''Series/RosieAndJim'', and the latter also did the animations for The Herbs, ''WesternAnimation/PaddingtonBear'' and the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/{{Bertha}}.'' Additionally, the studio that made Special Delivery Service is Creator/CosgroveHall, who also brought you ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'', ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'', and the evergreen favorite, ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series is remarkably hard to come across in North America, even the American dub that was made for out-of-print VHS releases from Celebrity Video. The only DVD release the series has ever got in North America is the CGI movie. The mid-2000s era episodes (with the other theme tune) aired on HBO Family and Creator/{{qubo}} for a while, though. With the advent of Creator/{{Peacock}}, almost all ''Postman Pat'' episodes are now available for streaming in the United States, with the first two seasons being suspiciously absent (making their absence even more conspicuous is the fact that the original stop-motion ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' episodes are on Peacock, along with ''Make Way For Noddy'' and ''Noddy In Toyland''; ''Noddy, Toyland Detective'' is still held by Creator/{{Netflix}}).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series is remarkably hard to come across in North America, even the American dub that was made for out-of-print VHS releases from Celebrity Video. The only DVD release the series has ever got in North America is the CGI movie. The mid-2000s era episodes (with the other theme tune) aired on Creator/{{qubo}} for a while, though. With the advent of Creator/{{Peacock}}, almost all ''Postman Pat'' episodes are now available for streaming in the United States, with the first two seasons being suspiciously absent (making their absence even more conspicuous is the fact that the original stop-motion ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' episodes are on Peacock, along with ''Make Way For Noddy'' and ''Noddy In Toyland''; ''Noddy, Toyland Detective'' is still held by Creator/{{Netflix}}).

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/DavidTennant as Wilf in the movie.

** Pat's NonSingingVoice was originally going to be provided by Gary Barlow, but he was replaced for unknown reasons.

** Wilf, Sara, and Simon Cowbell were originally going to be voiced by [[Creator/KeironElliot different]] [[Creator/KateWinslet voice]] [[Creator/SimonCowell actors]] very early in production, but at the last minute, they were replaced by the ones we're used to.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series is remarkably hard to come across in North America, even the American dub that was made for out-of-print VHS releases from Celebrity Video. The only DVD release the series has ever got in North America is the CGI movie. The mid-2000s era episodes (with the other theme tune) aired on Creator/{{qubo}} for a while, though. With the advent of Creator/{{Peacock}}, almost all ''Postman Pat'' episodes are now available for streaming in the United States, with the first two seasons being suspiciously absent (making their absence even more conspicuous is the fact that the original stop-motion ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' episodes are on Peacock, along with ''WesternAnimation/MakeWayForNoddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/NoddyInToyland''; ''WesternAnimation/NoddyToylandDetective'' is still held by Creator/{{Netflix}}).