Bagpuss opening intro

[@garyslater1243]

I'm in my 60s now, but I have very fond memories of my 2 children watching this utterly enchanting programme. I love the air of warm nostalgia that it holds, just a simple thing of beauty - my daughter always joined in with "but Emily loved him". Not ashamed to admit to a small tear when I think back . ........

[@jessicaseal7074]

same. beautiful. and stop-motion, no less. amazing. 🙂

[@martybennett1861]

Childhood memories are very powerful , so there is nothing unusual about getting emotional ❤. There is a scene in the French film Amelie , where a grown man discovers his childhood toy box , hidden for over 40 years . He also bursts into tears !

[@ashataylor1020]

My nan used to show me this when I was a child ❤️‍🩹 she died recently at 68 , hurts me every time I hear this intro

[@krissisu1111]

@@ashataylor1020 I'm so sorry about your beloved Nan; you'll reunite with her again one beautiful day.

[@firstcanonkill1767]

@@ashataylor1020 if you can, get a plush, there are a billion out there on sale second hand. Then, when you miss her, you can cuddle bagpuss!

[@Topline40]

So nice to read the comments from people born after 2000 and watched it. Things were a lot slower back then in those times. This was children’s entertainment at its finest when it was first on tv. It’s one of those programs that stays with you forever when you were little. Happy times and nice memories of times long gone.

[@RugsAreComfy]

Yes it is nice, it’s probably from parents I’m 2009 but I’ve got 70s parents so I grew up on Ivor the engine, Wombles, flumps ect

[@rachelbrough8160]

Ahh... my favourite, it's so utterly cosy and nostalgic, wish I could live in this world for awhile. It reminds me of the lovely old Ladybird books, with Illustrations that I wish I could climb right into. Kids TV was so much better back then and even some 80's stuff was excellent, like The Moondial, Wind In The Willows and Box Of Delights.

[@L.Roy.Walton]

Lovely words Rachel , know exactly what you mean

[@eleanorhogan8643]

I could not agree more, some children's television programmes now are just absolutely terrible, badly written, badly acted, boring and annoying piles of dog excrement that frankly I would rather have my teeth pulled out with no anaesthetic.

[@jessicaseal7074]

oozy indeed. simple, but stunning. every detail. x

[@uv77mc85]

It reminds me of long days when I was off school sick in front of the TV.

[@lynne6417]

I'm an American woman, age 55. Never in my life heard of Bagpuss until The Crown. My goodness, what a sweet sweet show. I grew up with Mr. Rogers and Grimms FairyTales...I only wish I had grown up with Bagpuss. So touching and tender.

[@simonhoward7396]

Born in 1969, one of my earliest memories is watching Bagpuss and eating a fish finger sandwich at maybe 5yrs old.... such happy memories, and at the risk of sounding a proper old codger, they don't make kids programs like they used to..... much love and thanks for sharing, think it's time for a lie down now.... ;)

[@alexrobert13]

I'm 10 years younger and feel exactly the same!

[@amyfisher6698]

Simon Howard I'm 34 years younger and Bag Puss was my favourite programme till about 8

[@Loverboy19691]

Hi Simon, I was also born in 1969, August in fact, and I'm so glad of it. My earliest memory is of watching Jon Pertwee in Doctor Who, January 1972, with my family in Wales. By the time Bagpuss came along in 1974 I was 5. You and I grew up in a fantastic decade Simon. Star wars in the cinema, On the buses films on TV, great music, sadly all gone now.

[@erikagehr8273]

My mother was born in the same year, she raised me on 1960s and 70s kids shows, she absolutely loved bagpuss as do I :)

[@kyrah.13]

My parents were born in '65 and 67' respectively, and I (born in 2003) watched this with then my whole childhood!

[@steviesvideos319]

I'm 50 this December...I haven't heard the theme song to bagpuss for decades , I just melted at the opening chord, my heart cracked open, 😢😢 it's like being transported back to the late 70''s , i was 4 or 5 years old I'd come running home from school at lunchtime to watch bagpuss....its, one of many programmes that was like a warm embrace and uplifting , along with trupmton, camberwickgreen ,the wombles, wind in the willows, the flumps, huckleberryfinn, the waltons, littlest hobo, little house on the prairie ..when life was , full of innocence and so much more simple 😂❤

[@neenastodden6837]

❤

[@Evo836]

Crystal tipps and alistair

[@music112ify]

I can't explain it but every time I watch those opening credits the tears roll down my face

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

abe risk same mate same

[@jellybull]

Same, if I need a good cry I come here.

[@maxheadroom3839]

abe risk 😢.

[@heartwilson.8943]

I do it too, I think because I miss these amazing times, and being a popular kid, now I have about 1 or two friends .

[@piccalillipit9211]

ME TOO...!!! came as a bit of a shock to have tears in my eyes

[@vbrvideoproductions4643]

Just searched for this after watching The Crown Season 4 - don’t now why but I just started crying, FFS I’m a grown man in my 50’s.

[@MeansofIntrigue]

It was quite an appropriate device for expressing Diana's situation.

[@vbrvideoproductions4643]

@Sony It's possibly to do with the emotions associated with our childhood shows, returning in our mind to that time and that feeling of i'm old now where did the time go?

[@MeansofIntrigue]

@Sony Well there you go. Since you never saw it, there's no emotional connection.

[@carmenward7839]

I CAME HERE BC THE CROWN TOO

[@NameName-dx8lb]

I myself did the same thing.

[@sweetnsourpuss]

Look I know it takes all sorts to make a world, but really! There is a special circle of Hell reserved just for people who vote down Bagpuss.

[@bobdavis4848]

@Alan Cogan What's the meaning and point in that? I'm basically Democrat, I just discovered Bagpuss and I love him.

[@bobdavis4848]

@Alan Cogan I am fine with staying on topic, being tolerant of others' views and agreeing to disagree. :-)

[@StormadoMan]

I think they're already in it, hence the down vote.

[@barriewright2857]

Could not agree more. 👍

[@JobeMI6]

I don’t think it’s actually possible? If anything they have hit the thumbs down by mistake; bloody mittens?

[@rompiguess]

I suddenly remembered this and now I’m crying. Was not expecting to get this emotional.

[@piccalillipit9211]

ME TOO...!!! came as a bit of a shock to have tears in my eyes

[@perilousjack1964]

Powerful things childhood memories. 😢

[@MonstehDinosawr]

I'm sobbing 🥹

[@leeosborne3793]

Does exactly the same to me, every single time! Trumpton is even worse!

[@louisegormley7461]

RIP Peter Firmin, thank you for giving me such a happy childhood, your wonderful creations and stories have entertained millions of kids for over 50 years, your art will live forever......

[@MOLMENTUSS]

I wish life was like this again x

[@nualakinsella3652]

So do I. ❤

[@Mushy72]

Me too... The Dreams we had as children fade away 🍀

[@danielmiller1781]

Yes! My fav programme as a child 👶 what happened to the world 🌎

[@haroldkane9714]

Life was so simple, there is a big bad world out there

[@DragonsTooth]

I agree 🥰

[@papalaz4444244]

"...but Emily loved him." kills me every time

[@Noblerot1830]

The most important! The most beautiful! The most magical! Saggy old cloth cat in the Whole wide world!

[@dragami1607]

As a child born in 2006. I used to watch this when I was like 3 or 4 years old. I used to love it, but it always scared me the way the characters moved, still, I watched it all the time. I know I'm only young, but this show still has a special place in my heart

[@WRGOP]

I did the same thing, my dad would put on a VHS on a tiny TV in my room and I used to watch Bag puss, stop motion fireman Sam and the original Thomas the Tank engine.

[@sips4296]

Lmao same I deadass cried but I still watched it

[@theannoyingone6265]

i was born in the same year, love it

[@Cat-sl9ik]

Me too. It's amazing how many memories you dont realise you have. I used to watch this and Clangers.

[@marnicusmaximus2120]

Same but born in 2008

[@saitamabeach2200]

I swear...the amazing coincidence...just as I watch this someone somewhere in the house decides to cut onions! I ask you!

[@MarjorieEarlDean]

😂 There goes those pesky onions again.

[@seanycage2610]

"but Emily loved him" tears blinding me FFS.

[@jellybull]

Oh I know that feeling.

[@DragonsTooth]

😢🥰

[@rachelbrough8160]

This was my favourite children's programme. I still love it now. 😊

[@andrewjbryning9163]

Me too

[@teacupalice]

i adored bagpuss when i was a kid, my mum bought me a vhs of all the episodes in the 90s, and i watched it again and again, i was kinda like emily i always had my favourite toy and i loved him.

[@maxheadroom3839]

The guys voice takes me right back to my childhood his voice was so chilled.

[@elaineb4490]

Love, love, LOVE Bagpuss. Fabulous narration, characters and voices. Always makes me cry because it’s so nostalgic, innocent and beautiful. I have two big Bagpuss toys and several mice that sing. A few years ago there was an exhibition with all the characters in a Bradford museum, near me. Went to see it and was amazed at the sizes of them all! It will never grow old. Where are all these children’s programmes now and why do they not get repeated on mainstream TV? We need them all to be shown again and get children away from gadgets, gizmos and violence.

[@matimus100]

You love easy!

[@elaineb4490]

@@matimus100 yes I do, for animals, nostalgia and toys. I think there needs to be more love and innocence in this world as it’s gone crazy.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Postgate and Firmin deserve to be in the same hall of fame as Lewis Carroll, Kenneth Grahame and AA Milne. The story of Smallfilms demonstrates that you don't need big studios, huge budgets, fancy special effects, fast pace and noise to captivate kids and leave an indelible trace on their memory and imagination. Today's grandparents are sharing the magic with their children's children and reliving their own childhoods, when they were quietly engrossed.

[@susanbraithwaite9354]

it really was the golden age of television, i grew up in the 70's, after school tv was just magical, and then you got The Goodies!

[@oddities-whatnot]

Beautiful childhood memories. I was born in 1969 and this paints such an idyllic picture of how Britain used to be.

[@melgrant7404]

@Mark Richardson better than the society we live in now

[@Jack-fn7by]

Aye Britain used to be full of wee mice running about fixing things

[@distressedmegan3364]

Bloody hell I was born in 2003 and everyone’s here speaking about the 1970’s I didn’t know it was that old

[@miaxx937]

Well it’s not hard to see is it, all that dusty/grainy footage, that’s what gives it the charm :)

[@angeloddrev]

I can't imagine being born after the year 2000, my god you missed out on some awesome times and things lol

[@cazzy_101]

Glad I am not the only 2003 here

[@sophiecooke2839]

Same here. I was born in 2003 and I also don't know what this show is either. I have heard of this show before though.

[@aestheticgarbage6671]

i was born in 2001 and i used to watch bagpuss lmao. this is my childhood 😪

[@nickrobinson8339]

Oliver Postgate's voice was the soothing sound of a generation. I am 59 but I still get a pleasant chill run down my spine when I hear that voice that brings back my childhood and its happy memories. Now to look up some Noggin the Nog.

[@SillyCreatureSally]

Now I can't go more than a day without hearing Jack Haley singing! His voice was so dreamy 🥰

[@emilyjonah3691]

Ik! And to think that almost a decade after this show, he narrated storytapes for a toyline about teddy bears that were also part wolf!

[@rosiebargoed681]

I’ve just been transported back 45 years. Glorious memories 💗💗💗

[@euchariaoconnor8201]

So have I, 👍👍👍

[@danoi99]

Why have I started to cry ? not sad, but feel very strange !! A rush of emotions just hit me like a freight train !!!!

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

D.P Warry good God I feel just the same!

[@jenniferjones188]

I feel the same I remember watching it with my mum shes passed away now. Quite emotional.

[@davidpinnock4227]

@@jenniferjones188 why is bag puss so emotional ? lol - i felt it was very special but also melancholic for some reason even when i was little i was aware of this :)

[@jenniferjones188]

In reply to David Pinnock. I think it is memories of my parents especially my mum she watched that programme with me. I also remember I had a teddy has a child that was worn out to bits and quite saggy but I loved this teddy and wouldnt go anywhere without it. Sadly as I got older the bear couldnt be mended and obviously thrown out. Bagpuss reminds of an era of childhood inocence and lovely days with my parents.

[@vbrvideoproductions4643]

@@jenniferjones188 Yep

[@crystalicecheetah1815]

24 dislikes = 24 heartless bastards who never had a childhood. I want to cry right now, I will always remember this cute show ;-;

[@nikkielucero4343]

What year you were born? Im on year 2009

[@avrock1874]

labour voters no doubt.They probably think bagpuss is racist.

[@squeekymoon]

Memories, wonderful memories of a childhood filled with programmes like this and no social media. Bliss!

[@TheGrayfrog100]

52 and I just found this. Shared it with all my friends. We all Love the Soggy Old Cloth Cat and his Wonderful Friends.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaa_99]

I used to love this show even though it's years older than me. I remember getting really excited as I am called Emily.

[@1414yorks]

And I thought you were named after Emily Pankhurst!!

[@thegranddilligaf]

Much as I admire Emily's entrepreneurial nature, I don't think having a shop that doesn't actually sell anything is a sustainable business model. Although it seems to have worked for Facebook.

[@forestdenizen6497]

Because capitalism is the only possible way to run society. OK.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Retail in the high street is pretty much finished anyway. She needs to embrace online methods of selling and keep up with technology if she wants to survive in this day and age. Can't she just whack it all on ebay?

[@JulieWallis1963]

Dilligaf? No cobblers, hairdressers, nail bars, key cutting or locksmiths, printers or the likes where you live then Dilligaf? Not all shops sell _things_ plenty sell a service.

[@danw1374]

😂

[@redstar7292]

Emily is a pioneer in recycling.

[@peskygull9279]

I was born 2008, and my mum always put this on for me. It’s so nostalgic and I love this show to pieces

[@jenniferjones188]

I used to watch bagpuss with my mum. One of my favourite programmes as a child takes me back. Quite tearful as I write this. So emotional. Loved it

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

Massive lump in my throat when he says "she loved him" tears flowed

[@gavinoabsinthe6797]

"Baggy and a bit loose at the seams, but Emily loved him". Makes me cry every time. I think it's the innocent, pure love we remember having as kids, before the world beat it out of us.

[@gavinoabsinthe6797]

The narrators voice and delivery are perfect too.

[@ameliax4270]

I’m 21 and I love this show I used to watch it as a kid and for some reason it was always so relaxing and feels so nostalgic now 😢

[@welshy8216]

just makes tears in your eyes watching this classic :)

[@continueswithwings]

OMG right now I'm wearing bag puss slippers and I have a teddy of bag puss sitting right next to me! I'm quite a MASSIVE fan of bag puss! Love ya!❤️

[@SisterDogmata]

Loved this as a child and still do. I named my daughter Emily in honour of my favourite program. I still have a bagpuss teddy

[@avamaia9371]

I’m only 13 but I used to watch bagpuss ever since I was little on dvd, it made me so happy ☺️

[@swardola]

Sorry, haven't cried so much for a lomng time.

[@RachelCB555]

+Mark Seward , happy tears i hope x

[@fifismith2377]

+Mark Seward I wish I was 7 again :(

[@berniefitzpatrick6786]

+Mark Seward Has taken me back 8 again and not care in the world .

[@carpypark]

Mate. Gimme a hug. Love you man!

[@jamesbagguley3448]

Not so long ago . I cried too . Beautiful and Magical even after all these years . Magical words let all be bright golden and light

[@trojanzeus]

A grown man to tears.......... memories, just beautiful, how i miss our Great Britain

[@natasharoberts6468]

Lol you miss it? Where'd it go?

[@natasharoberts6468]

@us2 you're excused, considering I didn't make a joke to laugh at

[@natasharoberts6468]

@us2 "please excuse me" "You're excused" "I don't need your permission to be excused"

[@natasharoberts6468]

@us2 um....scroll up and read your own comment?

[@natasharoberts6468]

@us2 this has gotten messy. You seem confused

[@rickogden204]

I said those magical words to my two lovely cats once...they just stared at me blankley and then slept on my chest the rest of the night....I love cats...so mysterious

[@SillyCreatureSally]

Then you'll like The Cat Returns. It's my favourite animated film. There is this one character called Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, and he's so hot 😩

[@davidrichards3718]

OMG I am 51 and this has just taken me back 40+ years....thank you sooooo much

[@stephmcglynn5016]

Strange how a memory stays fresh.....I recalled the girl was called Emily as soon as it started......must be nearly 40yrs since I saw this....Can't imagine other generations of Children's TV being so memorable.

[@Charloteblahblah]

Yeah they are. All tv shows that you watched as a child are memorable. Duh. Because they're some of your first memories. Old people are so patronising.

[@dragami1607]

@@Charloteblahblah I know this was 2 years ago but damn, bit harsh isn't it? Dude was literally just saying how he remembers watching this as a child you dont have to be so rude

[@modmutha8608]

Awww Oliver postgate’s lovely voice.. makes me so cosy and comfy. I loved everything he did. I’m 60 now and these are all wonderful childhood memories

[@nyx6903]

16 and this still brings back memories...

[@ofnbhjs]

why did i just see your other comment on a eye astigmatism video a hour ago

[@adminlifestylenortheast8328]

Brought back so many good memories living at home when I was young.

[@marybhip]

Thanks 🙏 for sharing a wonderful memory from my childhood. When I was a child, I thought Bagpuss and the crew were real. I used to wish, I could be friends with Emily. The wonderment and innocence of childhood. Thank you 🙏

[@themarvelchickenxd9285]

Oh well Emily is an old woman now

[@lindastanley229]

I loved this programme as a kid and still do,wonderful.❤

[@ThatCoalSoul]

Emily loved Bagpuss ...we all loved Peter. RIP and happy trails.

[@Tiresias55]

2:02 The most important, The most beautiful, the most magical, saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world. I was born in 1987, and spent my life watching these old classics. I was a terrible sleeper when young, and would often wake up at silly O'clock in the morning, and put on my old portable TV, that was in fact the size of a Sherman tank. This was a time when changing chanels meant deciding between BBC 1, 2, ITV or Channel 4. S4C if you were lucky and got a good signal. I'd turn on the tv, and flick to Channel 4, and there they'd all be, the old cartoons that were so wholesome, Ivor the Engine, The Klangers, Sesame Street, and Bagpuss. I don't know if it's from Bagpuss I learned to love my toys and stuffed animals growing up, but I have such an attachment to several things from my childhood this show always brought home the love one could have for a saggy old cloth cat. This was Toy Story decades before the idea would ever hit the screen, and it is a wonderful show from years gone by that can still be enjoyed today. Thanks to anyone who made it to the end of my nostalgic babble. ❤❤❤🤗

[@nickg2431]

For anyone here who loves bagpuss there is a big ginger cat in my greek village that looks the spitting image of bagpuss.Its incredibly gentle and it sleeps on the doorstep of one of the villagers.Yesterday i saw it walking quietly past 2 kittens without bothering them at all despite its size.Its huge but gentle just like bagpuss!

[@tweakiepop]

I always present the thing that i bring to my cats, for their inspection and approval xx. Oliver Postgate has such a kind voice

[@robyn1768]

I was born in 2004 but every time I went round to my granny and grandads me and my cousins would all sit on little stools and watch this together. Such happy memories! Thank you for sharing this ❤️

[@motodd6882]

My most favourite TV programme from when I was very little. Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin did wonderful things and I will always be extremely fond of their work. One of the most precious things is that I've been able to share them with my children, thanks to the BBC archives and DVD publishing. Thank you all :)

[@sbrl]

An absolute classic along with the clangers! Smallfilms made some great stuff :D

[@carabiner7999]

Clangers! We need Clanger to text translations for coded messages for those in the know...!

[@francefradet2116]

... but Emily loved him. Adored Bagpuss as a child. Whimsical and poetic. Very gentle.

[@marklynch5149]

_'but Emily loved him'_ comes in the end piece if I'm not mistaken.

[@derekparker2534]

How very magic. I was a little kid.... My mother looked after me very happily. God bless my mother she's 93 now and runs her own house. My brother is dead my dad is dead my 2 aunties are dead. But me Albere and our 2 rescue cats Esther and Mercy are here still. Bless you all.. Happy days ❤️🌈🙏😻

[@71771PAULTHEWALLOFSOUND]

My childhood. I still love bagpuss and have 2 bagpuss stuff toys. And a bagpuss on my denim cut.

[@2e1r3s2]

the girl is Emily firmin, daughter of the writer. she runs the museum for all her father's work in Canterbury, Kent.

[@lordgnippoc2278]

K

[@limeyosu2000]

that's wot I heard think there is a youtube vid about her too.

[@harrietwp]

also her sister paints China things like mugs (my family has some and she does them personally I think)

[@soupdragon151]

Yes, she makes ceramics too (a potter)

[@richjermy7930]

I was lucky enough to meet Peter Firmin in Canterbury a few years back. There was an exhibition of his and Oliver Postgate’s most famous creations and I just happened to wander in when no one else was there. I chatted to him for a while, and it gave me the chance to just say thanks. I’m sure he’d heard it many times, but Bagpuss, the Clangers, Ivor the Engine and friends brought much enjoyment to my early childhood, and still do. Imagine talking to the guy, surrounded by all these wonderful characters. Special. 😊

[@71771PAULTHEWALLOFSOUND]

I bet that was wonderful. 😊

[@headboy]

The narrators voice conjures up so many thoughts, feelings and memories for me.. going right back to Noggin The Nog haha. Something about his voice.. can't describe it.. certainly had something.

[@jessikatkins1173]

This brings me so much happiness but also so much sadness...both for the very same reason. My childhood memories. My child hood was far from charmed but Bagpuss brought me most of the innocent, magical joy I was missing as a child. I'm now 50 and I'd love to feel something even slightly similar again.

[@robyn.k1180]

i used to watch this all the time when i was little. i mean. i still am a teenager but the memories, nostalgia and just. the feeling this brings is so wonderfully overwhelming and makes me cry every. single. time i bring myself back to it. and just to travel back to when i was 5 😤🙏🏻 i love bagpuss 💖

[@stevepettit2064]

brings a tear to your eyes and a lump in your throat brings back loads of memories that is the kind of effect bagpuss has on you timeless i still watch them now the ship in the bottle was a highlight timeless.

[@JH-kt2vr]

I'm only 13 and i used to watch this! Memories!!!!😍😍😭

[@erikahommel4409]

Ik heb dit hooguit drie of vier keer gezien en zat op de basisschool. In de derde klas maakten we een trekpop van stevig papier; ik maakte Bagpuss die met zijn poten bewegen kon. Heeft jaren op mijn kamer gehangen tot ik vond dat ik er te groot voor werd. Als ik het liedje hoor denk ik aan de tijd dat de wereld nog groot en het leven een stuk minder gecompliceerd was 😊

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

Ahhhh the memories...Don't mind me I'm just visiting my old haunts and BAGPUSS was part of my life growing up.Im 50 years old born in 1971 and I'd love to be back there because the world looked better then than it is today and the years have flew by so quick...😟

[@quint3570]

I’m 47 and I feel the same 😢

[@jenniferjones188]

I'm 58. I was 9 when Bagpuss came out and absolutely loved it. You are right the years have gone by too quickly.

[@Vangough792]

Aww I loved Bagpuss. It was my favourite programme in the 70s ❤

[@leesyloo131]

Oliver Postgate - The voice of my childhood x

[@paulmcnamara4774]

I loved this show i am 48 now this was made year i was born remember watching it in the 80s what wonderful times they were unlike now.

[@jackspring7709]

I remember this from when I was a child. Every Saturday morning! I'm in my fifties now and, just a few months ago, bought a Bagpuss plush which now has pride of place on my sofa! :)

[@emerzely3732]

i was born 2005, and i used to sit on my grandmas carpet watching it with her, this is so special to me.

[@jasminevillaccio9182]

I was born in 2008 but my mum watched this when she was young so she thought I should try watching it. I became obsessed and carried a toy of bagpuss everywhere. I still have pictures of me holding the little toy at about 4 or 5...

[@71771PAULTHEWALLOFSOUND]

I was born 1971 this was my childhood. I still have 2 bagpuss soft toys and i treasure them.

[@sevenseasonsofbrown]

I was born in 2006 and this was my favourite show 😭

[@71771PAULTHEWALLOFSOUND]

@@sevenseasonsofbrown Really!!!!!!!??? Well thats fantastic tbh it just shows how good it is.

[@SillyCreatureSally]

I was also born that year. I had four plushies and the complete DVD!

[@tracyhodgkins7516]

Just watching this brings back so many memories. I loved Bagpuss as a child and still do. I’ve got all the episodes on DVD and I’m not ashamed to say I’ve watched them even though I don’t have children. There is just something about a lot of these characters from different stories, Bagpuss, Paddington, Ivor the Engine etc, an innocence that’s lacking in TV aimed at children now. Bagpuss must have been showing repeats when I was a child in the 70s, but there’s something about the stories that seems enduring and new.

[@dclark988]

Absolutely agree . You can always have your memories . Watching these will help you continue to remember

[@Kub44682]

I agree with you about the innocence of this show. Kids today will have nostalgia about shows like 'Ben 10' and 'the amazing world of gumball' etc but this show just seems to OOZE nostalgia.. so much that even people who never saw it ad a child can feel it too..

[@jpj65]

I love my bagpuss a gift from a friend from England I'm the only US MARINE that has one and I love love LOVE MY BAGPUSS SO SO MUCH

[@HelenandLolly]

This was one my favourite shows as a child. It made me want to care for animals which I am doing now as an adult. Miss those years so much!

[@wv2100]

I haven’t seen this since I was a young child, and this hits me in the feels like nothing else

[@AiMA346]

90s baby here. my nanny had a video of Bagpuss for my brother and I when we came up to hers for dinner/sleepovers ❤ the nostalgia watching this ❤

[@kenyonvince9116]

I used to watch this on a dvd when I had an old DVD player, the episodes sent me straight to sleep, such a good show 💭

[@aaronodonoghue1791]

I watched this around 20 years ago, and it's bringing back memories of simpler times to me. I remembered it a few weeks ago and Googled it, never knew it dates back to the 70s! I can still remember seeing the white and pink stripy cat on TV around the late 90s/early 00s, makes me want to go back

[@Sou1defiler]

Its hard to describe what this meant to people of my generation to a younger generation spoon fed a diet of gaudy and profit driven shows full of shallow characters and even shallower storylines. Watching the shows my stepkids and my grand daughters watch just leaves me with a feeling of "oh gawd.." Then I watch this and my eyes are exploding with water. I guess it reminds me of sitting on the couch with my mum with her arm round me watching after school tv.

[@MJN_SEIFER]

To be fair, a child of any generation can like a show from any generation in their own terms - I wasn't even part of the generation that this was created in, and I have fond childhood memories of it. I'm sure many children born after me, are still gaining fond memories of this, and continue to do so, along with fond memories of children's shows from all decades including recent ones. And also to be fair... most current children shows are really well done, they have decent to excellent storylines, and are clearly done with effort; I mean, they're not necessarily Shakespearian stories or anything, but neither were the best written shows we would have seen as kids (I was a child in the 90s, I have no idea if that's younger, the same, or older than you, but you get the idea) - there's shows that aren't as good, but the same thing happened in any generation (plus, it's all opinion anyway.)

[@Mary-mr4jr]

I am reading Andrew Cotter’s Dog Days. As I live in the Antipodes, I was unfamiliar with Bagpuss. So, I went to KZbin and sure enough there was Bagpuss. As an over three score years and ten person, I would like to have known Bagpuss sooner, especially after reading the comments posted. One of my Realpusses can do a passingly good imitation of Bagpuss.

[@stinmkytoe]

I’m 20 and Bagpuss was one of my favourite things as a kid! That and The Flumps too. I think it just depends on whether your parents wanna show you stuff they used to watch

[@kaned3570]

im 50 and this was and is my favourite child tv recollection.. mr benn close 2nd

[@Makewell_catto]

this was the thing my nan and i watched together.. everytime i see it i think of her

[@ioangwenter8768]

I’m turning 21 this year, watching this back I’m glad my mum raised me watching shows like this. Will be doing the same for my kids.

[@MsAprillady]

I'm Dutch, born in 1965 and watched this on Dutch television with Dutch voices. The original version in English is also wonderfull! It's one of the best programs for kids.

[@jackspring7709]

I was born in the sixties, too, and used to watch this every Saturday. Interestingly there was also a Song in the charts around the same time called 'I saw a mouse' about a mouse with clogs in Amsterdam and that used to always make me think of Holland: I finally visited Amsterdam for a few days a couple of years ago.

[@MsAprillady]

@@jackspring7709 That's correct. The song was sung by Rudi Carrell and the tiltle is: Een muis in een molen in mooi Amsterdam. 😊

[@johnappleton4776]

For 5 minutes watching this my mum and dad are alive again and I’m happy and content. ❤

[@kesar.8742]

Dammit im having nostalgia But *EMILY FOUND A THING*

[@lalakers1984]

I used to watch this when i was little. To hear it again on Netflix made my heart well up ❤

[@benjaminclasper9355]

1:42 the music from here to 1:56 just sounds so nostalgic mysterious and haunting in a strange kind of way as Emily’s saying the magic words It’s always stuck out in my mind with memories of the show.

[@MonstehDinosawr]

I was born in 1997 but this show was a major part of my childhood thanks to my mum who was born in 1964 introducing it

[@cliveatherton3934]

If i could just go back to being a young lad just for a day and have my beautiful mum back.

[@stringer6435]

50 years this year .. i rem the show when i was a child and the world seemed less complicated

[@TorkG8]

I can almost taste my Mum's home made soup watching this! I used to run home at lunchtime from primary school to watch this! :)

[@Talwyn22]

❤😊 The simple pleasure an innocent sweet story that is pure joy. 50 years on and it's still wonderful

[@David-uq6yb]

Wish l could be in 1977 and 10 again, with grandparents, cousins and school friends. Far from all this madness today!

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

And go and see Star Wars, huh?

[@kathleenharrison3314]

Loved watching this with my two children. I have just bought the whole series from amazon, Thank you for the memories. Kids enjoyed this simple way of imagining.

[@cameronk7448]

This was my childhood.

[@punitshah7026]

RIP Peter Firmin. What a wonderful, wonderful show you brought to us.

[@paullawrence6677]

wonderful to see bring back great memories from be young again

[@KawaiiNicoleSL]

The Crown S4 brought me here.