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Peter Firmin's sister talks about her animator brother

Suffolk woman Gloria Wilson reminiscences about her brother, Peter Firmin, co-creator Bagpuss and the Clangers, who has died aged 89.

The siblings grew up in Harwich, with Peter going on to delight generations of children with the animations he created with Oliver Postgate.

Meanwhile Gloria went on to teach at Ipswich High School for Girls.

She has been telling Stephen Foster that her brother had always been creative, and how she accidentally helped create some of his early characters.

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