X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Peter Firmin


Blean

The programmes were filmed in a barn on the Blean farm owned by co-founder Peter Firmin (the other founder being Oliver Postgate).

Ivan Owen

Owen had already developed expertise in puppet voices when he met Peter Firmin, Basil's designer, in the 1960s.

Peter Firmin

Charlotte is also an illustrator; as is Hannah, known for her book jacket illustrations for Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series; Josie, who runs hand-painted china shops in London and Canterbury; Katy,who works for a farmers' cooperative in Faversham, Lucy,a pattern-cutter for fashion houses in Italy and Emily, the youngest, who appeared in the opening sequence of Bagpuss, and is a papier mache artist and printmaker living in Whitstable.



see also

Clanger

Clangers, a television series by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin