Seeing Things - Couverture rigide

Postgate, Oliver

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847678408 ISBN 13 : 9781847678409

Editeur : Canongate Books, 2009

Synopsis

Oliver Postgate's death last December was greeted with great sadness. For over forty years his name was synonymous with the best in children's television - Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, The Pogles, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings. Oliver wrote and narrated the stories, while Peter Firmin illustrated the characters and made the puppets. Their classic films are still loved by viewers of all ages. In this delicious autobiography Oliver Postgate describes how he came to create his stories and characters, developing innovative techniques of animation and puppetry alongside his friend and co-producer Peter Firmin. Amazingly, almost all of Oliver's films were made in a cowshed in Kent on a budget of next to nothing. But the path to film-making was far from conventional, or even planned. Oliver Postgate was the grandson of George Lansbury, leader of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and his father was Raymond Postgate, who became famous as the founder and author of The Good Food Guide. Oliver followed in neither's footsteps. Before his first TV production, Alexander the Mouse in 1958, he had already been a war evacuee; a conscientious objector; a farm labourer; a relief worker in post-war Germany; an artist; an actor; and an inventor. The story of Oliver Postgate's extraordinary and adventurous life, and the wonderful characters who populated it, both real and imagined, is witty, charming, beautifully remembered and beautifully told.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Stephen Fry is a British actor, playwright, comedian and all round national treasure. As well as his work in television, Fry is the author of four novels and three volumes of autobiography, and has lent his voice to many audiobooks, including the Harry Potter series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Canongate Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847678408
• ISBN 13: 9781847678409
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible