Bagpuss, the classic children’s TV character, will make a big screen comeback in a new live-action and animated feature film.

The pink and white cloth cat, who lived in a shop that was a home for lost property, turned 50 last year.

Only 13 episodes of the show were made, but it is considered to be a classic and was voted the all-time favourite children’s programme in 1999.

The stop motion animation was made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate and was filmed in Firmin’s barn in Blean, Kent, starring his daughter Emily.

"Hello? Hello! Ah good, there you are. Have you ever seen a garden gnome?" 🐭#MouseTales pic.twitter.com/Vzp54qJMAO

Bagpuss would come to life after Emily left the animals alone, as the programme turned from sepia to colour.

The new film will serve as a sequel to the Victorian-set series, and will reawaken Bagpuss, for........

© South Wales Argus