Oliver Postgate - Early Life

Early Life

Postgate was born in Hendon, Middlesex, England. His father was Raymond Postgate; his mother was Daisy Lansbury, making him the cousin of actress Angela Lansbury and grandson of Labour politician, and sometime leader, George Lansbury. His other grandfather was the Latin classicist John Percival Postgate.

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