Bagpuss Bagpuss Bagpuss is a British children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of 13 episodes was first broadcast from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974. The title character was "a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams". Although only 13 episodes were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was frequently repeated in the UK for 13 years. In 1999 "Bagpuss" topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme. Each programme began in the same way: through a series of sepia photographs, the
The Cat Who Thought He Was a Tiger by saying "You? a TIGER? No You're not, .. You're a little cat." On hearing this, the cat is very happy and runs back to the house where he tells everyone that he is a cat and now the cat plays, eats, and sleeps with his brothers and sisters. "Idaho State Journal" called it a "delightful fantasy" and in a star review, Kirkus Reviews wrote "Tiger colored pictures, posed with dead pan drama, add a note of gentle ferocity." The "Saturday Review" called it "a delightful story" and wrote "The stylized illustrations add charm and interest to the tale." Duncan