Bagpuss
Created by Peter Firman and Oliver Postgate, Bagpuss was an old, saggy cloth cat who lived in magical Lost & Found shop. The shop owner was a young girl called Emily, who left things she'd found in there for repair. Alongside Bagpuss was Professor Yaffle, Madeleine the ragdoll, Gabrielle the toad and the Mice on the Mechanical Mouse Organ.
Episode guide
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The Owls Of Athens
Emily brings in a very old, very dirty dirty bit of rag, which Yaffle can see no value in (as ever), the mice start to vigourously clean the cloth before being stopped by Madeleine. She imp…
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The Frog Princess
Emily brings a collection of ornamental enamel pieces. For a while these are a cat and a bird, but later they decide that it is a necklace of jewels for a frog princess who doesn't fancy an…
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The Ballet Shoe
One dirty old shoe is left for Bagpuss & Co to repair, and the mice suggest that it might be suitable for living in, which leads Madeleine to sing along with the Mouse Organ. Yaffle doesn't…
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The Hamish
Nobody really knoes what the floppy tartan cloth object that Emily has brought is, except Bagpuss. He says it is a small soft hamish, a Highland beast that keeps its distance because it mak…
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The Wise Man
Emily brings some broken pieces of what seem to be Ivory. They fit together into a nodding Chinaman. Professor Yaffle tells the story of the wise man of Ling-Po who just wanted to be left t…
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The Elephant
The thing that Emily has brought is obviously a tatty straw elephant without any ears. They try to solve the mystery of how it lost its ears by singing songs, some of which are rather painf…
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The Mouse Mill
Emily leaves a box in front of Bagpuss. A box with windows and a front door. The mice open up the box to reveal the Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Mill. Gabriel and Madeleine then sing a song…
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The Giant
This is a heap of pieces, probably of a Staffordshire figurine. It is also said to be a statue of a giant, but if so, it must be the smallest giant in the world. A story is told about Mrs.…
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Old Man's Beard
Emily brings in a bunch of tangled cottony plant. it is Old Man's Beard. Why is it Old Man's Beard? Bagpuss tells them the story of the king who had a marvellously silver beard which would…
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The Fiddle
This is an old bucket upside-down, with holes in it. Smoke is coming from it. The mice run to fetch water but the sound of Irish fiddle-playing is coming from it. Gabriel recognises it as b…
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Flying
Yaffle comes down from his bookend to find a basket with things in it. The mice search the basket and find a twig broom, which leads Madeleine and Gabriel to sing the song about the woman w…
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Uncle Feedle
Emily brings in a piece of cloth, which Charliemouse identifies as a house for a rag doll, which leads to a number of rag jokes from the mice. The mice fold up the cloth so that bagpuss can…
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Ship In A Bottle
Emily brings home a bottle with some bits of wood in it. Professor Yaffle tells them it is a ship-in-a-bottle. Bagpuss finds this puzzling, wondering where it would sail to. With the help o…
