Bagpuss rag doll called Madeleine. The wooden woodpecker bookend became the drily academic Professor Yaffle (based on the philosopher Bertrand Russell, whom Postgate had once met), while the mice carved on the side of the "mouse organ" (a small mechanical pipe organ that played rolls of music) woke up and scurried around, singing in high-pitched voices. Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner provided the voices of Madeleine and Gabriel respectively, and put together and performed all the folk songs. All the other voices (including the narrator and one out-of-tune mouse) were provided by Postgate, who also wrote the stories. The toys discussed
A Man Called Hawk "A Man Called Hawk". In "Spenser: Small Vices" (1999), Hawk was portrayed by Shiek Mahmud-Bey. In "Walking Shadow" (2001), the role went to Ernie Hudson. See Spenser (TV movies). "A Man Called Hawk" was a spin-off of the recently cancelled "", which aired on ABC from 1985 through 1988. Brooks co-wrote the theme music for the show with jazz legends Stanley Clarke and Butch Morris, the latter of whom also did most of the incidental music for the show. The series was also filmed in Washington D.C. During the first three seasons of "", Brooks wore a full head of