Postman Pat produced by Lionsgate and Icon Productions and animated by Rubicon Group Holding. The story revolves around Pat entering a talent show audition which leads to robots taking over his postal service whilst he is away. The film stars Stephen Mangan as the voice of Pat and also features Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, David Tennant, Ronan Keating, Susan Duerden, Sandra Teles, TJ Ramini and Peter Woodward. A CGI spin-off to the series was made called "Guess with Jess" which follows Pat's cat Jess now with the ability to talk and his adventures with the farm animals. The series debuted on 9
Postman Pat postman since he needed a character who could visit the countryside and interact with many different people. The inspiration for the post office itself comes from that located on the Kendal street where Cunliffe lived when he was writing the original treatment. The post office, at 10 Greenside, closed in 2003. Cunliffe did not retain rights to the character, and was disappointed by some of the tie-in media later released. He wrote the stories to the series "Rosie and Jim", which he also presented, as a show which he could have tighter control of. While Cunliffe visited post offices for