Iconic children's TV character Bagpuss celebrates his 40th anniversary today (February 12).
All 13 episodes of the show have been digitally remastered in HD to mark the anniversary, and will be shown in Picturehouse cinemas thoughout the country during the year.
A new range of merchandise featuring the "old fat furry catpuss" - including a set of Royal Mail stamps - will also enter production.
Bagpuss has also been reunited with owner Emily Firmin to celebrate the anniversary. Now aged 48, Emily played the then-8-year-old girl who featured in the photographs for the much-loved children's programme's opening credits.
Speaking about being reunited with the original cloth cat - which is now an exhibit in Canterbury Heritage Museum in Kent - she told The Telegraph: "It's lovely to be reunited with Bagpuss after all these years.
"I can barely believe it's been 40 years since I sat in that old Victorian outfit and posed...
All 13 episodes of the show have been digitally remastered in HD to mark the anniversary, and will be shown in Picturehouse cinemas thoughout the country during the year.
A new range of merchandise featuring the "old fat furry catpuss" - including a set of Royal Mail stamps - will also enter production.
Bagpuss has also been reunited with owner Emily Firmin to celebrate the anniversary. Now aged 48, Emily played the then-8-year-old girl who featured in the photographs for the much-loved children's programme's opening credits.
Speaking about being reunited with the original cloth cat - which is now an exhibit in Canterbury Heritage Museum in Kent - she told The Telegraph: "It's lovely to be reunited with Bagpuss after all these years.
"I can barely believe it's been 40 years since I sat in that old Victorian outfit and posed...
- 2/12/2014
- Digital Spy
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