Postman Pat

*Postman Pat*
Postman Pat
	Postman Pat and his cat, Jess, in the original series
Genre	Animated television series; Slice of life (series 1–2); Stop motion
Created by	John Cunliffe
Developed by	Ivor Wood
Directed by	Ivor Wood; Kitty Taylor; Derek Mogford
Voices of	Lewis MacLeod; Ken Barrie; Carole Boyd; Kulvinder Ghir; Janet James; Archie Panjabi; Melissa Sinden; Anji Kreft; Shaun Harvey; Angela Griffin; Jimmy Hibbert; Bradley Clarkson;
Narrated by	Ken Barrie; Peter Sallis
Opening theme	"Postman Pat (Can You Guess What's In His Bag?)" by Simon Woodgate
Composers	Bryan Daly (1981–1996); Simon Woodgate (2003–2017);
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	184 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	for Children's BBC: Theresa Plummer-Andrews; Michael Carrington; Chris Rose; for Entertainment Rights: Jane Smith; Oliver Ellis; for Cosgrove Hall Films: Chris Bowden;
Producers	Debbie Pears; Jo Jorden;
Editor	Martin Bohan
Running time	15 minutes (series); 30 minutes (specials);
Production companies	Woodland Animations (1981–1996); Entertainment Rights (2003–2008); Cosgrove Hall Films (2003–2008); Classic Media (2013); Mackinnon and Saunders (2013–2017); DreamWorks Classic Productions (2015–2017);
Original release
Network	BBC One (Series 1); Children's BBC on BBC One (Series 2); CBeebies (Series 3–8);
Release	16 September 1981 –; 29 March 2017

Postman Pat is a British stop motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. The series follows the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman who works for Royal Mail postal service in the fictional village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of Longsleddale near Kendal).

Postman Pat's first 13-episode series was screened on BBC One in 1981. John Cunliffe wrote the original treatment and scripts for the series, which was directed by animator Ivor Wood, who also worked on The Magic Roundabout, The Wombles, Paddington, and The Herbs. Following the success of the first series, four TV specials and a second series of 13 episodes were produced during the 1990s. In this series, Pat had a family shown on screen for the first time (though his wife had been mentioned in a number of episodes).

A new version of the series was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films from 2003 to 2008 and expanded on many aspects of the original series.

The show ended on 29 March 2017, after 8 series and 12 specials. The SDS spin-off is still being rerun on CBeebies on weekends, and the previous Cosgrove Hall series from the 2000's is being rerun on ITVBe's children's block littleBe, starting from September 2023. The original two Ivor Wood series are available to watch on BritBox, Prime Video and on DVD.

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