Editing Postman Pat (section)

{{Short description|British stop motion-animated TV series}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Mcn|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox television
| image                = Postman Pat logo.png
| caption              = 
| alt_name             = 
| genre                = [[Animated television series]]<br />[[Slice of life]]<br />[[Stop motion]]
| creator              = [[John Cunliffe (author)|John Cunliffe]]<ref name=BBCLookBack>{{cite news|title=Postman Pat's creator looks back at its conception|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-14939816|access-date=24 June 2014|publisher=BBC News|date=16 September 2011|quote=The first episode, Postman Pat's Finding Day, was broadcast on 16 September 1981}}</ref>
| developer            = [[Ivor Wood]]
| director             = Ivor Wood<ref name=BBCLookBack /><br>Kitty Taylor<br>Derek Mogford<br />Chris Taylor
| voices               = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ken Barrie]]
* [[Carole Boyd]]
* [[Lewis MacLeod (actor)|Lewis MacLeod]]
* [[Kulvinder Ghir]]
* Janet James
* [[Archie Panjabi]]
* Melissa Sinden
* Anji Kreft
* Shaun Harvey
* [[Angela Griffin]]
* [[Jimmy Hibbert]]
* Bradley Clarkson
}}
| narrated             = [[Ken Barrie]]<br>[[Peter Sallis]]<ref name="abebooks.co.uk">{{cite web | url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780001016552/Postman-Pats-Parcel-Stories-Cunliffe-0001016555/plp | title=Postman Pat's Parcel of Stories - Cunliffe, John: 9780001016552 - AbeBooks }}</ref>
| opentheme            = "Postman Pat" by Bryan Daly
| endtheme             = "Postman Pat (Can You Guess What's In His Bag?)" by Simon Woodgate (2004–2007)
| composer             = {{Plainlist|
* Bryan Daly (1981–1996)
* Simon Woodgate (2004–2017)
}}
| country              = United Kingdom
| language             = English
| num_episodes         = 184
| list_episodes        = List of Postman Pat episodes
| executive_producer   = ''for [[Children's BBC]]:'' {{Plainlist|
* [[Theresa Plummer-Andrews]]
* [[Michael Carrington (television executive)|Michael Carrington]]
* [[Chris Rose]] }}
''for [[Entertainment Rights]]:''{{Plainlist|
* Jane Smith
* Oliver Ellis
}}
''for [[Cosgrove Hall Films]]:''{{Plainlist|
* Chris Bowden
}}
| producer             = {{Plainlist|
* Debbie Pears
* Jo Jorden
* Owen Ballhatchet
}}
| editor               = Martin Bohan
| runtime              = {{Plainlist|
* 15 minutes (series)
* 30 minutes (specials)
}}
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Woodland Animations]] (1981–1996)
* [[Entertainment Rights]] (2004–2008)
* [[Cosgrove Hall Films]] (2004–2008)
* [[Classic Media]] (2013)
* [[Mackinnon & Saunders|Mackinnon and Saunders]] (2013–2017)
* [[DreamWorks Classics|DreamWorks Classic Productions]] (2015–2017)
}}
| network              = [[BBC One]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1981|9|16|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1982|9|27|df=y}}
| network2             = [[Children's BBC]] on [[BBC One]]
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|1997|4|3|df=y}}
| last_aired2          = {{End date|1997|9|8|df=y}}
| network3             = [[CBeebies]]
| first_aired3         = {{Start date|2004|9|7|df=y}}
| last_aired3          = {{End date|2008|12|19|df=y}}
| first_aired4         = {{Start date|2013|2|11|df=y}}
| last_aired4          = {{End date|2013|12|20|df=y}}
| first_aired5         = {{Start date|2016|11|22|df=y}}
| last_aired5          = {{End date|2017|3|29|df=y}}
| num_series           = 8
}}

'''''Postman Pat''''' is a British [[stop motion]] [[animated television series|animated]] children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. The series follows the adventures of Pat Clifton, a [[Mail carrier|postman]] who works for the [[Royal Mail]] postal service in the fictional village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of [[Longsleddale]] near [[Kendal]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Postman Pat|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2006/03/30/cumbriaonfilm_postman_pat_feature.shtml|access-date=20 December 2011|publisher=BBC|date=30 March 2006}}</ref>

''Postman Pat''{{'s}} first 13-episode series was screened on [[BBC One]] in 1981.<ref name=AWNKicksOff30>{{cite web|last1=DeMott|first1=Rick|title=Postman Pat Kicks Off 30th Birthday Celebration|url=http://www.awn.com/news/postman-pat-kicks-30th-birthday-celebration|publisher=Animation World Network|access-date=24 June 2014|date=13 June 2011|quote=First introduced on BBC1 on September 16, 1981,...}}</ref> [[John Cunliffe (author)|John Cunliffe]] wrote the original treatment and scripts for the series, which was directed by animator [[Ivor Wood]], who also worked on ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]'', ''[[The Wombles (1973 TV series)|The Wombles]]'', ''[[Paddington (TV series)|Paddington]]'', and ''[[The Herbs]]''. Following the success of the first series, four TV specials and a second series of thirteen episodes were produced during the 1990s. In this series, Pat had a family shown on screen for the first time (though his wife had been mentioned in a number of episodes<ref>Series one - Episode 3 - Postman Pat's Birthday.</ref>).

A new version of the series was produced by [[Cosgrove Hall Films]] from 2004 to 2008 and expanded on many aspects of the original series.

The show ended on 29 March 2017, after eight series, twelve specials and five runs. The Special Delivery Service spin-off is still being rerun on [[CBeebies]] on weekends, and the previous Cosgrove Hall series from the 2000s was being rerun on [[ITVBe]]'s children's block littleBe from September 2023 to May 2024. The original two Ivor Wood series are available to watch on [[BritBox]], [[Amazon Prime Video|Prime Video]] and on DVD.