He scripted and presented the first 50 episodes, then turned some of them into books. In the 1990s, Cunliffe's other well-known creation, Rosie and Jim, was also written for television.
Following the success of Postman Pat, Cunliffe became something of a local celebrity, and had a room dedicated to him at Kendal's Museum of Lakeland Life. He created Pat and Greendale as an idyllic village where everyone was nice to each other, in contrast to the bullying he suffered while growing up. Ĭunliffe was commissioned by the BBC to write Postman Pat, which was produced by Ivor Wood and first aired in 1981. Cunliffe worked for many years as a librarian, and also as a teacher at Castle Park Primary School.
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'Greendale', where Cunliffe's character and series are set, are based on the valley of Longsleddale, near Kendal. He attended Colne Grammar School, and later lived in Kendal, Westmorland, where the area's small towns and villages provided inspiration for his most famous character, Postman Pat. Cunliffe was very tall for his age, and bullied at school because of this. His great-uncle Herbert introduced him to the literary works of Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare, and let him use the microscope he kept in his front room. His father left the family when John was a baby. Biography Ĭunliffe was born in Colne, Lancashire, the only child of Nelly and Arthur Cunliffe. John Arthur Cunliffe (16 June 1933 – 20 September 2018) was an English children's book author and television presenter who created the characters of Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim.
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