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Postman Pat creator John Cunliffe dies

Author who created children’s TV shows including Rosie and Jim dies aged 85

John Cunliffe, the author and creator of the much-loved children’s TV shows Postman Pat, and Rosie and Jim, has died, aged 85.

Cunliffe’s family placed a death notice in their local newspaper, the Ilkley Gazette, announcing that he died on 20 September and was buried after a private funeral on Wednesday.

“[John Cunliffe] left his Ilkley home in a deluge of rain on Thursday 20 September, never to return,” read the notice. “Even the skies wept for John, the gifted creator of Postman Pat, Rosie and Jim and author of many earlier published collections of poetry and picture story books for children.”

Cunliffe created the character of Postman Pat Clifton and his black and white cat, Jess, who lived in the fictional village of Greendale after being inspired by his time living in the Lake District. He wrote the show on an old Triumph typewriter in the back bedroom of a house in Kendal and teamed up with the animator Ivor Wood, who had worked on the Magic Roundabout, The Herbs, The Wombles and Paddington Bear.

Cunliffe presented the BBC with 13 stories about Pat and Jess, which eventually aired in 1981 and would be the start of a children’s TV franchise worth millions. He continued to write books about Postman Pat but signed a deal which meant he didn’t have control over merchandising or the way the character would be developed on screen.

In 1994, Nick Davies wrote that when Cunliffe raised concerns about the direction his creation was going and the volume of promotional merchandise being created, he “protested quietly and was told to face commercial realities”.

Cunliffe was bullied as a child growing up in Colne, Lancashire. He created the idyllic life of Postman Pat and “a community where everyone was happy and nobody broke anybody else’s spectacles for the sheer pleasure of it”, in part as a response to his childhood.

His other major success was Rosie and Jim, a show about a pair of rag dolls “who gently meandered around the British countryside on a canalboat”. It was produced by Ragdoll, the same company that went on to produce Teletubbies.

Cunliffe is survived by his wife, Sylvia, and son, Edward.

A spokesman for Royal Mail said: “Royal Mail was saddened to hear of the death of John Cunliffe.

“He created a character loved by young and old alike, while highlighting the unique role that postmen and women, in their red vans, play in communities across the country.”

Director of BBC Children’s Alice Webb said: “We are saddened to hear the news of John’s death. Postman Pat has been a hugely popular character on the BBC for nearly 40 years and was an absolute favourite from my own childhood. Postman Pat’s enduring popularity speaks to the genuine charm and warmth that John imbued in the characters that populate Greendale. 

“It’s a world you’d like to be part of - a community that cares, is full of heart and full of fun - and that is a lovely thing to show audiences, both young and old.

“John created a real and relatable world that will continue to entertain our audience for a long time to come and I count myself lucky to be one of millions of children whose childhoods were enriched by John’s creations.”

The Guardian

 

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Remembering TOS Guest Star, Celeste Yarnall, 1944-2018

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StarTrek.com is saddened to report the passing of actress Celeste Yarnall, who played Martha Landon, Chekov’s love interest in The Original Series episode “The Apple” and was a beloved figure on Star Trek convention circuit. Yarnall succumbed to ovarian cancer on October 7 after a brave four-year battle with the disease, a battle she chronicled in detail for StarTrek.com via a series of guest blogs. She was surrounded by family upon her death, which occurred at her home in Westlake Village, California.

Yarnall in the hospital

As an actress, Yarnall counted among her credits such television shows as The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Land of the Giants, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Columbo, Melrose Place and on and on, and such films as The Nutty Professor, Live a Little, Love a Little (in which Elvis Presley crooned “A Little Less Conversation” to her), The Velvet Vampire (a cult fave from Roger Corman that, along with Eve and Beast of Blood, established her scream queen cred), Scorpio, Bob and Ted and Carol and Alice, The Mechanic, Funny About Love (directed by Leonard Nimoy) and the upcoming comedy, Unbelievable!!!!!, on which she served as a producer. An utterly stunning beauty in her youth -- and still radiant to the end -- Yarnall was the last Rheingold Girl, earning the honor in 1964.

William Shatner and Celeste Yarnall

More recently, she had been a regular on the sci-fi convention/autograph show circuit and authored several books about holistic health care for both humans and pets. She was also an entrepreneur, public speaker and avid dancer (particularly the Argentine Tango), appeared in recent documentaries about Elvis Presley and Star Trek, including William Shatner’s Get a Life!, and served as the muse and inspiration for her British husband’s art.

As noted, Yarnall wrote several guest blogs for StarTrek.com, detailing her illness after she was diagnosed in late 2014 with stage 3 Primary Peritoneal cancer, or ovarian cancer. In her first entry, in February 2015, she kicked it off with the following words: “I have cancer.” She ended it with: “And, I think Dr. McCoy would be proud of this: My doctor has some exciting things for me planned, as we banked a bit of my tumor for future use to make a vaccine to give me to help my body defend itself against this cancer. This is very expensive and not covered by insurance and I will need to travel most likely by air to Texas to get these shots regularly. He has other things in mind, too, but again this requires your help. Please join me on my journey so that I can get well and get back out in the world and be of help to others, which is what I like doing best, through my books, personal appearances, speaking engagements, film production and on and on. However I can reach and inspire people to help themselves personally and help our planet come together in oneness and peace, I want to do it, and sharing my cancer story is part of that. Thank you so much dear friends! All my love and blessings to each and every one of you and Nazim and I wish you all a healthy, happy 2015!” In one of her final public appearances, Yarnall greeted fans and participated in a guest star panel in August at Star Trek Las Vegas.

Yarnall with her husband, Nazim

Yarnall is survived by her husband, Nazim, daughter, Cami, granddaughter, Gaby, and son-in-law, Stephen Forte. Please join StarTrek.com in offering our condolences to her family, friends, colleagues and fans.

startrek.com

 

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