Peter Firmin obituary

Innovative designer who co-created the children’s TV shows Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and The ClangersThe artist Peter Firmin, who has died aged 89, was a pioneer of children’s TV. The classic programmes he made with Oliver Postgate, including Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and The Clangers, were loved by generations of British viewers.The world they created during their 30-year partnership involved a crude but innovative animation system. Characters were moved by magnets positioned under a