In April 2005 the BBC's Cult website spoke to Oliver Postgate about his creations. In this extract he discusses the magic of Ivor The Engine. Was there a philosophy behind the way you made programmes?

...Not very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway. It wasn't a very long railway or a very important railway, but it was called The Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail ...

"And in a shed, in a siding at the end of the railway, lives the Locomotive of the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Ltd, which was a long name for a little engine so his friends just ...

CHILDREN’S favourite Ivor the Engine has been re-invented in a new adventure computer game. CHILDREN’S favourite Ivor the Engine has been re-invented in a new adventure computer game. Ivor the Engine ...

With his gentle peep-peep and distinctive puffing sounds, Ivor the Engine was a firm favourite with a whole generation of 1970s schoolchildren. Now the son of co-creator Oliver Postgate is planning to ...

In the 'top, left hand corner of Wales' runs an archaic railway line staffed by such characters as Jones the Steam and Dai Station. Their pride is Ivor, the steam engine with a will of his own and a ...

To celebrate the release of Ivor the Engine: The Complete Collection on DVD and Blu-ray from 20th November, we’re giving away a Blu-Ray Complete Collection! The end of the 1950s found Oliver Postgate ...

A typical day in the life of Ivor the Engine. Ivor delivers Coal to Grumbly Gasworks, tomatoes to Mr Davy and Fish to Mrs Thomas. Ivor also goes to choir practice.

A collection of Ivor the Engine episodes which have not been seen since the 1960s have been unearthed in Kent. The 24 reels were found at the back of the converted pigshed in Blean, Kent, where Peter ...

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He was the cheeky cartoon steam engine that sang in his local choir, went out on his own and provokes nostalgic memories of an innocent childhood. Now 60 years since Ivor the Engine first steamed onto ...