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Classic English children's television show
In a BBC poll, Bagpuss was voted the most popular children's series ever, even though only 13 episodes were made back in 1974. It is a very gentle show of imaginative and witty storytelling based around the odd (and usually broken) objects that a little girl brings home to her toys: Bagpuss, the pink and cream striped stuffed cat, Professor Yaffle the carved wooden bookend bird, Madeleine the rag doll, Gabriel the banjo-playing toad who lives on top of a round tin, and the little cloth mice and their Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ. The atmosphere is quiet and thoughtful as the toys try to figure out what the objects are, and the music is usually English folk music. It's one of those shows that is somehow simple and yet complex - my one and a half year old, my six year old, and my husband enjoy it equally, and I think that if you are searching for alternatives to standard commercial modern children's programming (for example, if you are a Montessori or Steiner education family), I'm sure that Bagpuss and any of the other series created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin will be welcomed into your home.