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Simply the best children's animation entertainment ever - forget Disney and those modern kung-fu-in-outer-space atrocities!

Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's creations were the stuff of legend: Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss, The Clangers and Noggin the Nogg Surreal, dangerous, touching and bizarrely real to children (of all ages) they provided entertainment whilst feeding the imagination and educating the sense of narrative.

The set designs were fabulous - despite being made largely in the producers' garden sheds and kitchen tables - the stories engaging and Oliver Postgate's narration simply IS the voice of my childhood!

Don't deny your children the pleasure, terror and sheer happiness that comes from these masterpieces

Although the animation in the noggin the nog series is not very advanced compared to modern day animations, the plot, music and voices are all far in advance. The characters and settings are all very original and are far more interesting than much if the rubbish coming out of Disney currently. My dad purchased a VHS version of four noggin the nog episodes when me and my sister were four and six respectively and it is a genuinely classic children's animation, that I feel should still be shown on television, even today. Oliver Postgate has done a great job here, and i would recommend people of any age watching this extremely well put together animation series.

I have been looking for new animated series to watch, and I had watched this 1959 series from the U. K. on YouTube (despite six episodes missing), and I really love it. Also, I really wish the series was on North American DVD. For those of you who don't know, this series is a children's fantasy series about a Viking prince-turned-king named Noggin and the adventures he, his family, and friends have.

You know, from watching the episodes I've seen, I thought the animation reminded me a little of the "cut-out" animation of the human characters from the "Paddington Bear" TV series from 1976. I'm afraid there is nothing else to say other than I love this rare children's series, even though I'm 37 years old. And again, I really wish the series was on North American DVD.