Clangers - The Bags

Zusatztext

When unexpected debris from outer space crashes onto their peaceful planet, the Clangers explore these strange arrivals with curiosity and wonder. Small and Tiny Clanger stumble upon a leather bag projecting strange noises.
 
 Overcome with curiosity, the Froglets, little orange aliens, join the Clanger children in their investigation of this oddity. They instantly make friends with the musical bag and join in song with him. Tiny and Small invite the bag to dinner, but he rudely eats all the Clangers' blue string pudding! Major Clanger in his anger sends the bag away. 
 
 On behalf of the Clangers, Tiny kindly apologises for her family's hurtful behavior. She performs a magic trick for the bag to cheer him up. Tiny magically conjures a lovely jewelled bag from the top hat. Falling in love instantly, the two bags float off in space together to the sound of the Music Trees playing a romantic waltz.

Autorenportrait

Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin were the visionary duo behind some of Britain's most cherished children's television. Together, they created a string of iconic programmes under their company Smallfilms, including Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, and of course, The Clangers. With Postgate's gentle narration and storytelling, and Firmin's handcrafted animation and design, their work shaped the childhoods of generations¿quietly revolutionary in both form and spirit. The Clangers, first broadcast in 1969, was unlike anything else on television. Set on a distant, cratered planet, it introduced viewers to a family of pink, mouse-like creatures who communicated in melodic whistles and explored life's small wonders with warmth, curiosity, and kindness. The show's whimsical inventiveness, environmental themes, and deeply human values won it lifelong fans, and its original stop-motion artistry still inspires animators and storytellers today. Postgate and Firmin's work was always rooted in care¿for storytelling, for children, for craftsmanship, and for the world around them. The Clangers was produced in their converted cowshed in Kent using handmade sets, found objects, and music composed by Vernon Elliott. There was nothing cynical or commercial in their vision; these were stories made with heart. In 2015, The Clangers was lovingly revived for the BBC by Peter Firmin and Oliver's son, Daniel Postgate, introducing the characters to an entirely new generation while preserving the essence of the original series.

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