Bagpuss  

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• Emily sings "Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss, old fat furry catpuss, wake up and look at this thing that I bring. Wake up, be bright, be golden and light, Bagpuss, oh hear what I sing".
• There were six mice, called Charliemouse, Jenniemouse, Janiemouse, Lizziemouse, Eddiemouse and Williemouse.
• Bagpuss was originally meant to be a stripey, marmalade-coloured cat, but the fabric was more pink when it turned up from the manufacturer.
• One episode featured the mice running a chocolate biscuit mill, using the same biscuit to fool Professor Yaffle!
• The Bagpuss Shop was actually the rear of creator Peter Firmin's house.
• Emily, the little girl that runs the shop was Peter Firmin's daughter Emily.
• Professor Yaffle's full name is "Augustus Barclay Yaffle".
• Bagpuss was repeated 27 times between 1974 and 1993.
• If you look carefully at Professor Yaffle's feet, you will see the drawing pins that keep him standing up!
• Bagpuss came top in a 1999 BBC poll of the nation's favourite children's programmes, and came 4th in Channel 4's 2001 show 'The 100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows'.
• Bagpuss (or at least creator Oliver Postgate) was awarded an honorary MA degree in 1987 from the University of Kent.

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