Firmin, along with his friend, Oliver Postgate, composers and musicians like Vernon Elliott, Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner and various family members created some of the most enduring and endearing childrens televison programmes from a cowshed at Firmin's home. Firmin and Postgate through their production company Smallfilms created shows like Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pogles' Wood, Clangers & Bagpuss, shows that remained embedded in the popular imagination - entire generations can still imitate the Clanger's swanee whistle speech, Bagpuss' yawn or the sound of Ivor's engine.
Peter Firmin sadly passed in 2018 - Oliver Postage, a decade before in 2008 - but their creations live on. The video below documents Firmin's receipt of the BAFTA Children's Special Award 2014 and includes a lovely little behind the scenes film of both creators as well as Firmin's speech - where we get to find out how much his daughter Emily was paid for her appearence in Bagpuss.
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