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John Cunliffe

John Cunliffe

Actor, Writer

Born June 16, 1933 in Colne, Lancashire, England, UK

Died September 20, 2018

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John Cunliffe worked for many years as a librarian and a teacher and is now a full-time writer. He has always had an interest in reading, stating that when he was a child he enjoyed the novels of writers such as H. Rider Haggard, Sax Rohmer, Norman Hunter's Professor Branestawm stories and W. E. Johns's Biggles books.

His first book, Farmer Barnes Buys a Pig, was published in 1964. Cunliffe lived in Kendal, Cumbria for six years, and it was the small towns and villages of that area which would provide the inspiration for his most famous character - Postman Pat. Greendale, where Postman Pat is set, is based on the valley of Longsleddale, near Kendal. After the success of the TV series, which he wrote as the result of a commission from the BBC, (produced by Ivor Wood) which debuted in 1981, Cunliffe became something of a local celebrity, even having a room dedicated to him at Kendal's Museum of Lakeland Life.

Cunliffe's other well-known creation, Rosie and Jim, was also written for television in the 1990s. He scripted and presented the first fifty episodes, then turned some of them into books. He is the author of around 190 books for young children, including five volumes of poetry, as well as numerous picture books and collections of stories.

He has also written a stage play, The Twelve Days of Christmas, which was presented by the Hull Truck Theatre Company during their 1997 season. He is currently working on scripts and books for new Postman Pat series, which are in production with Entertainment Rights Ltd. In 2010 he released "Ghosts", a children's story for the iPad, through the Ashley Bolser Agency in Leeds.

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Filmography

Actor

3

Type

Year

50 Greatest Kids Shows Documentary2013Self

Rosie & Jim Poster

Rosie & Jim TV Series1990John

The Saturday Picture Show TV Series1984Self

Writer

9

Type

Year

Children's Classics Audiobooks Poster

Children's Classics Audiobooks TV Series2025

Postman Pat: The Movie Poster

Postman Pat: The Movie Feature Film2014

Postman Pat Video Game2008

Calling All Toddlers 2 Video2002

Calling All Toddlers Video1999

Postman Pat's 123 Video1990

Postman Pat's ABC Video1990

Rosie & Jim Poster

Rosie & Jim TV Series1990

Postman Pat Poster

Postman Pat TV Series1981

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