Bagpuss creator Peter Firmin dies aged 89. The man who gave us Bagpuss, Basil Brush and Clangers, Peter Firmin, has sadly passed away at the age of 89.
The English artist and puppet-maker worked alongside his business partner, Oliver Postgate, to create wonderful children's television shows such as Bagpuss, Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog and Pogles Wood.
Firmin was also famous for having created the mischievous fox, Basil Brush, who recently made a comeback on The Generation
