Peter Firmin，Known as the creator of TV's Basil Brush and for his collaborations (as writer/producer/director/animator) with Oliver Postgate (he and Postgate set up 'Smallfilms' in 1958 and produced such children's classics as Noggin the Nog (1959), The Clangers (1969), Bagpuss (1974) and Ivor the Engine (1975).