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==Outside the main broadcast series== ===Film=== {{Main|Postman Pat: The Movie}} ''[[Postman Pat: The Movie]]'', a British-American direct-to-video computer-animated comedy children's feature film version of the British stop-motion animated children's television show, was theatrically released on 23 May 2014 in the United Kingdom. The film was distributed and produced by [[Lionsgate]] and [[Icon Productions]] and animated by [[Rubicon Group Holding]]. The story revolves around Pat entering a talent show audition which leads to robots taking over his postal service whilst he is away. The film stars [[Stephen Mangan]] as the voice of Pat and also features [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Rupert Grint]], [[David Tennant]], [[Ronan Keating]] (as Pat's singing voice), [[Susan Duerden]], Sandra Teles, [[TJ Ramini]] and [[Peter Woodward]]. ===Spin-off=== {{Main|Guess with Jess}} A [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] spin-off to the series was made called ''[[Guess with Jess]]'' which follows Pat's cat Jess, now with the ability to talk, and his adventures with the farm animals. The series debuted on 9 November 2009 and ended in 2013. ===Music=== Music for the original 1981 series was by Bryan Daly,<ref>{{cite news|date=20 January 2012|title=Bryan DALY Obituary|newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=bryan-daly&pid=155548215|url-status=dead|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707093627/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary-preview.aspx?n=bryan-daly&pid=155548215&referrer=2282|archive-date=7 July 2012}}</ref> who wrote a number of songs including the well-known theme tune. For the 2003 series, pop writer Simon Woodgate scored the show and wrote new songs, including a new closing theme "Postman Pat (Can You Guess What's In His Bag?)". The theme tune "Postman Pat & His Black and White Cat" was sung by [[Ken Barrie]] for the original series in the 1980s and 1990s. An extended version of the tune was released as a single in the UK where it reached number 44 in the charts in July 1982.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Postman%20Pat |access-date=24 March 2011 }}</ref> An album, titled ''Postman Pat: Songs and Music From the TV Series'', was released by Post Music in 1982. The theme tune and songs for ''Postman Pat Special Delivery Service'' (including "Special Delivery Service, What's It Going to Be Today?"), was recorded by Simon Woodgate at Echobass Studios. In 2013, DreamWorks Classics released ''Postman Pat SDS'' series 2. The new 26-episode series retained Bryan Daly's original theme tune and Simon Woodgate's closing song, however new character themes and incidental music was composed by Sandy Nuttgens. The theme song has undergone several adaptations; from 1994 to 2006, the theme tune had additional instruments such as synthesised strings and a tambourine. A similar edit had already been made to the 1993 album version, which was an edit of the original 1982 album version. ===Books=== As of 2009, over twelve million books, including storybooks, integrated learning books, colouring books, and multi-character magazines, have been sold worldwide.<ref name=TelegraphGreendale>{{cite news|last1=CHappet|first1=Marie-Claire|title=Postman Pat: from Greendale to Hollywood|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8768822/Postman-Pat-from-Greendale-to-Hollywood.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8768822/Postman-Pat-from-Greendale-to-Hollywood.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=26 December 2014|work=The Telegraph|date=16 September 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ===Other=== [[Longleat Safari and Adventure Park|Longleat Safari Park]] had an outdoor reproduction of Greendale village, including the Post Office, the Cliftons' house and the Greendale station. It also had a miniature model of Greendale.<ref>{{cite web|title=Longleat β As featured on BBC's Animal Park<!-- Bot generated title -->|url=http://www.longleat.co.uk/attractions/postman-pats-village.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324113424/http://www.longleat.co.uk/attractions/postman-pats-village.html|archive-date=24 March 2005}}</ref> It was installed during the 1990s, was relocated during 2008 in preparation for a new animal area and was revamped a third time for 2013. The attraction was closed at the end of 2015 and was permanently removed in 2016.
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