Once upon a time.....
....Not so long ago,
There was a little girl and her name was Emily.
And she had a shop.
There it is.
It was a rather unusual shop because it didn't sell anything.
You see, everything in that shop was a thing that somebody had once lost,
And Emily had found,
And brought home to Bagpuss.
Emily's cat Bagpuss.
The most important,
The most beautiful,
The most magical,
Saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world.
Well now, one day Emily found a thing.
She brought it back to the shop,
And put it down in front of Bagpuss,
Who was in the shop window fast asleep as usual.
But then Emily said some magic words.
'Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss,
Old fat furry cat-puss,
Wake up and look at this thing that I bring.
Wake up, be bright,
Be golden and light,
Bagpuss, O hear what I sing.'
And Bagpuss was wide awake.
And when Bagpuss wakes up all his friends wake up too.
The mice on the mouse-organ woke up and stretched.
Madeleine, the rag doll.
Gabriel, the toad.
And last of all, Professor Yaffle, who was a very distinguished old woodpecker.
He climbed down off his bookend and went to see what it was Emily had brought.
The Bagpuss Index
Introducing Bagpuss
Bagpuss is a popular 1974 UK children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The title character is "an old, saggy cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams"
Although only 13 episodes of the show were ever made, to this day it remains fondly and widely remembered.
Episode Guide
Ship In A bottle
The Hamish
The Giant
The Owls Of Athens
The Wise Man
The Old Man's Beard
The Frog Princess
The Elephant
The Fiddle
The Ballet Shoe
The Mouse Mill
Flying
Uncle Feedle
Meet Bagpuss' Friends
The Mice
They might be small but the mischievous mice play a major role in every episode with their truly remarkable singing and tricks. Their pride and joy is the Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ which would show each episodes story with accompanying music.There are six mice in all Eddiemouse, Janiemouse, Jenniemouse, Lizziemouse, Williemouse and Charliemouse.
Professor Yaffle
There's no doubt about it, Professor Yaffle is the show's resident intellectual.Despite this he falls victims to pranks played by the mice on more than one occasion.
Gabriel the Toad
Gabriel is a banjo playing toad who sits perched on a tin on the shelf next to Madeleine the ragdoll.Gabriel often accompanied by Madeleine provides much of the music in the series.
Madeleine
Madeleine sits on a wicker chair near Gabriel who she often sings with. She has a strong maternal streak most often directed towards the mice. Bugpuss Reads and DVDs
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And When Bagpuss Goes To Sleep....
And of course when Bagpuss goes to sleep, all his friends go to sleep too.
The mice were ornaments on the mouse-organ.
Gabriel and Madeleine were just dolls.
And Professor Yaffle was a carved wooden bookend in the shape of a woodpecker.
Even Bagpuss himself once he was asleep was just an old, saggy cloth cat.
Baggy, and a bit loose at the seams.
But Emily loved him.
