When was postman pat made

At this point, while Ken Barrie still voiced most of the same characters he had voiced in the past, Lewis MacLeod who voiced the shows newst character Ben Taylor also took over the role of Pat. In , Pat's cat Jess got his own spin-off series aimed at pre-schoolers, Guess with Jess.

In this same year Specsavers Optical Group Ltd. In , as the Postman Pat celebrated its 30th birthday, the BBC announced that the famous postman was to be coming to motion picture screen. Postman Pat the Movie was finally released in In , the television series moved into a new animation studio.

Mackinnnon and Saunders Ltd. The company had also only been previously responsible for manufacturing the puppets from Series 3 onwards. Pat as seen in Postman Pat: The Movie. Chris - Penny Bridge. As a lifelong fan of Postman Pat I was delighted when it came back to our screens on cbeebies, and although the show has been heavily modernised it still manages to retain the charm and sheer brilliance that made the series such a childrens' favourite.

Would you be so kind as to shed some light on this most delicate matter as I would be eternally greatful if you could. Jonathan Hardwick life-time fan. Home Explore the BBC. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving. Explore the BBC. BBC Homepage England. Contact Us.

Postman Pat - Message page. Greetings from Greendale. Official Postman Pat website Ideal for children. This site makes good use of animation.

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The Puppet Doctor is on call for any emergency surgery or repairs. Every expression a character makes requires a change of mouth and eyelids — each character has seven mouth shapes and two pairs of eyelids. As their fingers are manipulated over time, the wires weaken and can break. It can take a day to make a new pair of hands, so the production team always have a dozen or so on standby. Still beautifully crafted with stop-frame, an animator on Postman Pat typically completes about 10 seconds of footage each day, which is teeny-tiny movements!

You need a lot of patience — each second of finished animation is made up of 25 separate frames, and for each frame the animator has to move the puppets 25 times. There are six animators all working on different shots from different episodes, and between them they make around a minute of finished animation per day! Our Pat is a fashion guru - he needs frequent wardrobe updates. His uniforms wear out quite regularly, and as there are five Pat figures, the production team have to make about 20 new uniforms over the course of a series.

Some of the houses in Greendale are original structures, which date back to the first series of Postman Pat, 35 years ago! Sign In. Episode guide. Animation Family. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Photos Top cast Edit. Carole Boyd Mrs. Goggins as Mrs. Goggins …. Melissa Sinden Jess as Jess ….