Postman Pat

Postman Pat is a British stop-motion animated television series first produced by Woodland Animations. The series follows the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman who works for Royal Mail postal service in the fictional village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of Longsleddale near Kendal).

Postman Pat's first 13-episode series was screened on BBC One in 1981. John Cunliffe wrote the original treatment and scripts, and it was directed by animator Ivor Wood, who also worked on The Magic Roundabout, The Wombles, Paddington, and The Herbs. Following the success of the first series, four TV specials and a second series of 13 episodes were produced during the 1990s. Here, Pat had a family shown on screen for the first time (though his wife had been mentioned in a number of episodes). A new version of the series was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films from 2003, which expanded on many aspects of the original series.

The show ended on 29 March 2017, after 8 series and 12 specials. Reruns of this series continue to air on CBeebies on the weekends. 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, and debuted on 9 November 2009 and ended in 2013. A 3D computer-animated comedy children's feature film, Postman Pat: The Movie, was theatrically released on 23 May 2014 in the United Kingdom.

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