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BAGPUSS |
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FIRST SHOWN ON TV IN 1974. |
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IS EMILY'S
FAVOURITE PINK CAT STILL IN THE SHOP? |
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"BAGPUSS" WAS
FIRST SHOWN ON BBC TV IN 1974 AND WAS SET IN A SHOP WHERE A
MAGICAL TOY CAT CAME TO LIFE EACH TIME A GIRL CALLED EMILY LEFT
THE SHOP. |
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WHEN BAGPUSS AWOKE OTHER
TOYS IN THE SHOP CAME TO LIFE TOO. |
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OTHER CHARACTERS INCLUDED
MADELEINE (A RAG DOLL), PROFESSOR YAFFLE (A WOODPECKER), GABRIEL
(A TOAD) AND A GROUP OF MICE. |
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BAGPUSS WAS CREATED BY PETER
FIRMIN AND OLIVER POSTGATE WHO ALSO BROUGHT US "THE CLANGERS",
"IVOR THE ENGINE" AND "NOGGIN THE NOG". |
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EMILY WAS PETER FIRMIN'S
DAUGHTER. |
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13 EPISODES WERE MADE IN
TOTAL INCLUDING "THE MOUSE MILL", "THE BALLET
SHOE" AND "SHIP IN A BOTTLE" (WHICH FEATURED
TOPLESS MERMAIDS!) |
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F T E R |
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ALL 13 EPISODES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD
OR VIDEO. |
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FROM CUDDLY TOYS TO SHOT
GLASSES, A WIDE RANGE OF BAGPUSS MERCHANDISE IS NOW AVAILABLE. |
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A CD IS NOW AVAILABLE FEATURING
MUSIC FROM THE SHOW INCLUDING THE SINGING MICE. |
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EMILY FIRMIN APPEARED ON
THE CHANNEL 4 SHOW 'THE PRIORY' WHERE CONTESTANTS HAD TO GUESS
HER CLAIM TO FAME. |
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"BAGPUSS" WON
A BBC POLL TO FIND THE NATION'S FAVOURITE BBC CHILDREN'S TELEVISION
PROGRAMME OF ALL TIME. |
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BAGPUSS AND ALL THE OTHER
TOYS STILL LIVE WITH THE CREATOR PETER FIRMIN IN THE SHOP. |
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EMILY NOW MAKES PAPIER-MACHE
ANIMALS AND SELLS THEM IN A SHOP IN WHITSTABLE IN KENT. |
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O Y O U R E M E M B E R ? |
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THE POEM THAT EMILY SAID
- "BAGPUSS, DEAR BAGPUSS, OLD FAT FURRY CAT-PUSS…" |
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I D Y O U K N O W ? |
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BAGPUSS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED
TO BE GINGER, BUT THERE WAS A MIX UP WITH THE FABRIC BOUGHT
TO MAKE HIM. |
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THE SHOP WAS ACTUALLY CREATOR
PETER FIRMIN'S HOUSE. |
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