Ivor the Engine Narrator
G Bell
>Quick question....
>Any ideas of the name of the narrator on that great old classic Ivor the
>Engine? I think he did one or two other animated series.
>
>David
Wasn't it Ringo Starr? And has anybody noticed it got reviewed in a
recent, can't remember which, issue of Wired.
Graham
Mr R M Green
I thought Ringo narrated "Thomas the Tank Engine", which was completely
separate from "Ivor the Engine".
Richard
Matthew Edmunds
Mr R M Green (ma...@csv.warwick.ac.uk) wrote:
-> In article <Cy9w8...@festival.ed.ac.uk>, gb...@festival.ed.ac.uk (G Bell) writes:
-> |> da...@dspencer.demon.co.uk (David Spencer) writes:
-> |>
-> |> >Quick question....
-> |>
-> |> >Any ideas of the name of the narrator on that great old classic Ivor the
-> |> >Engine? I think he did one or two other animated series.
-> |> >
-> |> >David
-> |>
Was it Peter Firmin? If so, did he also do the Clangers,
and maybe Bagpuss?
Matt, being sad...
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Richard Evans
: Quick question....
: Any ideas of the name of the narrator on that great old classic Ivor the
: Engine? I think he did one or two other animated series.
: Is he still around...
Wasn't that Oliver Postgate ?
Has anybody seen an early animation of Oliver Postgate's ? He must have made
it at the start of his career before his great classics. It was about a family
- mum, dad, daughter and dog. The father leaves, a new man arrives who the dog
dislikes, the father returns and the new man leaves. It was on the box about
two years ago, and seemed to be a rather personal story.
richard
G Bell
>|> Wasn't it Ringo Starr? And has anybody noticed it got reviewed in a
>|> recent, can't remember which, issue of Wired.
>|>
>|> Graham
>I thought Ringo narrated "Thomas the Tank Engine", which was completely
>separate from "Ivor the Engine".
> Richard
Sorry, I wasn't thinking.
Graham
Andrew J Stewart
: da...@dspencer.demon.co.uk (David Spencer) writes:
: >Quick question....
: Graham
Wasn't Ringo narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine. Wasn't the narrator of
Ivor the Engine the same as the one for Noggin the Nog ? Can't remember
his name though.
Andrew
Tim Kirby
: |> >Any ideas of the name of the narrator on that great old classic Ivor the
: |> >Engine? I think he did one or two other animated series.
: |> Wasn't it Ringo Starr? And has anybody noticed it got reviewed in a
: |> recent, can't remember which, issue of Wired.
: I thought Ringo narrated "Thomas the Tank Engine", which was completely
: separate from "Ivor the Engine".
Ringo did the "Thomas the Tank Engine" stories - the production of which
on television is positively eons after Ivor the Engine hit the rails. Ivor
was doing his thing in the early '60s. I'm almost positive it was Oliver
Postgate - who, if I recall, also did several others of a similar production
style ("Noggin the Nog", anybody?) and, of course, he narrated the Clangers.
Tim
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Rupert Wilson (Herbarium, RNG)
> Quick question....
>
> Any ideas of the name of the narrator on that great old classic Ivor the
> Engine? I think he did one or two other animated series.
>
Yeah, wasn't it Oliver Postgate, the guy who also did Noggin The Nog?
If so then I guess he must R.I.P.
TTFN
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Eric Skean
In a previous article, ma...@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr R M Green) says:
>I thought Ringo narrated "Thomas the Tank Engine", which was completely
>separate from "Ivor the Engine".
>
> Richard
Quite true...wacker.....
Ta..ra...
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steve holden
da...@dspencer.demon.co.uk "David Spencer" writes:
> Any ideas of the name of the narrator on that great old classic Ivor the
> Engine? I think he did one or two other animated series.
The credits on my Ivor the Engine video are:
Story by Oliver Postgate
Picture by Peter Firmin
Music by Vernon Elliot
Told by Owen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson and Oliver Postgate.
I think it is Oliver Postgate you were referring to
A similar team produced another classic, Noggin the Nog.
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