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Clangers co-creator Peter Firmin has died, aged 89.

In a long career, Firmin worked with Ivan Owen to create Basil Brush; and Oliver Postgate on Bagpuss, Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog and Pogles Wood.

Clangers production company Coolabi noted, “During a career spanning over six decades Peter worked with great skill in a remarkably wide variety of creative disciplines as a fine artist, craftsman and author.

“Of all his work he will probably be most fondly remembered for the characters he co-created and made.

“Peter continued to work with great enthusiasm on creative projects right up until the beginning of 2018, most notably on a new series of Clangers, which won a Bafta in 2015.”

A full appreciation of his work can be found here.