postman pat, postman pat, postman pat and his black and white cat. cat. —— postman pat. a television favourite for generations of children. in the fictional town of broomdale, eve ryo ne fictional town of broomdale, everyone in town was your friend and everyone in town was your friend and every day was and adventure. it was inspired by a cricket bat and home in the lake district. a postman who travels around and meet a lot of people, a friendly character and they said, sounds quite likely, i don't think anybody has done it. you go back and write an outline for 13 episodes. john cunliffe also wrote and appeared in rosie andjim, another gentle programme aimed at entertaining and educating youngsters. born in lancashire, he had been a librarian and a teacher. hill go on to write nearly 200 books, also several volumes of poetry. but he will be best remembered for postman pat, a character of genuine warmth and charm who lived in the hearts of millions of children. john cunliffe, the creator of postman pat, who's died at the age of eighty—five. hello, good

tim allman has more. # postman pat, postman pat. # postman pat and his black and white cat... # earlyarming. postman pat and his black and white cat — a television favourite for generations of children. in the fictional town of greendale, everyone was your friend, and every new day was an adventure. it was a place inspired by creator john cuncliffe's own home in the lake district. who else lives in the countryside? and a postman, well, he travels around, he meets a lot of people, friendly character and they said, "ooh, sounds quite likely, i don't think anybody‘s done it." ok, you go back to kendal and write an outline for 13 episodes. # rosie and jim, rosie and jim. # chugging along on the old ragdoll... john cunliffe also wrote and appeared in rosie andjim, another gentle programme aimed at entertaining and educating youngsters. born in colne in lancashire, he had been a librarian and a teacher. he would go on to write nearly 200 books, and also several volumes of poetry. but he will be best remembered for postman pat, a character of genuine warmth and charm, who lived in the hearts

john cunliffe, who created the much loved children's character postman pat, has died at the age of 85. john cunliffe lived in the lake district for several years, and the picturesque villages and valleys he was familiar with inspired pat's home of greendale. john cunliffe went on to create rosie and jim in the 1990s. time for a look at the weather... here's helen willetts after last week's storms it's been much quieter. there have been interesting temperature contrasts. we've seen very little variation gci’oss we've seen very little variation across the northern half of the country in the last couple of days because we've been sat under a cloud but now that the nights are getting longer somewhere further south such as exeter, temperatures fell within as exeter, temperatures fell within a degree of freezing last night, plenty of sunshine is following and temperatures leaping up now and it feels warm under the sunshine. but that blanket of cloud in the north is giving us some rain and it is starting to progress further southwards, so i think as we go towards the end of today and overnig

john cunliffe, who created the much loved children's character postman pat, has died at the age of 85que villages and valleys he was familiar with inspired pat's home of greendale. john cunliffe went on to create rosie and jim in the 1990s. time for a look at the weather...

the author of postman pat, john cunliffe, has died.ld south—westerly air right across the uk. it is going to bring cloud and outbreaks of friend, eventually bringing cooler air behind it as well. david peters out across scotla nd well. david peters out across scotland and northern ireland. cloud moving on to the far north of england, but for most of england and wales, it is going to be sunny and pretty one. the oranges and this site is, those temperatures into the 20s. further north, a fresher feel. that line of cloud moves the south, and it will be milder across southern areas. and a colder night than the one just gone across northern areas, with temperatures about three or four degrees. on friday, that weather front from his size, and behind it, a north—westerly wind which will bring an chilly air right across the uk on friday. a different feel to the day. it staff are many. lots of sunshine. co—developing in scotland and northern ireland. with that sunshine, still feeling quite pleasant, but those are temperatures taking a significa

think it would be a mild understatement to say that tony blair was probably more likely to recruit postman patwas prime minister and recruiting jeremy corbyn. now, mr blair looks very, very different and feels alienated from the party he led. —— the labour party of mr blair looks very different. like vince cable, he also has speculated openly in this interview with nick robinson for the bbc‘s political thinking podcast about the idea of another party emerging. he doesn't know what form that might take whether mps would be willing to leave to join it, such are the strengths of tribal affiliation with political parties, but take a look at this extract from the podcast which gives you a sense of his thinking. the type of politics people like me represent, which i would describe as modern, a more moderate progressive politics, if that is not represented by the labour party, it doesn't matter what i think what these mps think, i don't think the british people will tolerate a situation where for example the choice at the next election is borisjohnson versusjeremy corbyn. next election is borisjohnso

the age of 85. # postman pat and his black and white cat... resque villages and valleys he was familiar with inspired pat's home of greendale. john cunliffe went on to create rosie and jim in the 1990s. time for a look at the weather. helen willetts is here with us. let's talk first of all about the latest typhoon in the far east, helen. yes, a massive one. you can see it here on the picture, we had typhoon mangkhut last week, but this one is going to brush close by to taiwan, and we think it is going to head towards japan, it is already heading that way, and it is giving a hundred millimetres of rain in the likes of honshu. there is more of this to come, so it is a really nasty beast, quite nasty, and it is heading its way, very slow—moving and quite powerful, and it is notjust going to affect japan, but also potentially into parts of korea as well. and we were talking about a medicaine, what is that? it isa medicaine, what is that? it is a smaller one that forms over the warmer water, the waters are quite warm at the moment, so you have the c

minister and jeremy corbyn was perched on his backbenchers, mr blair was more likely to recruit postman pat secretary then bring upjeremy corbyn and offer him a job in the cabinet. but what is striking in this conversation, a 30 minute conversation, where minute by minute tony blair is full of gloom about the future of the party and talking about and ex potential threat to its future and also speculating, and we will play you a chunk of this interview, about what might happen in terms of another party emerging. take a look at this. the type of politics that people like me represent, which i would describe as more moderate, progressive politics, if that isn't represented by the labour party, it doesn't matter what i think what these mps think, i don't think the british people will tolerate a situation where, for example, the choice at the next election is borisjohnson against jeremy corbyn. i don't know what will happen and i don't know how it will happen and i don't know how it will happen, but ijust don't believe people will find that, in the country as a whole, and a cce pta ble the count

frankly, postman pat was more likely to be invited to the cabinet table than jeremy corbyn then. in charge and tony blair is reflecting he is solidly in charge, that the labour party has fundamentally changed. he is asked on the podcast, if he was a 21—year—old now, would hejoin? tony blair can't offer a definitive a nswer to blair can't offer a definitive answer to that question. he was particularly critical of the row that's dominated news about the labour party over the summer, the row about anti—semitism. take a look at this. imean, i mean, this anti—semitism thing has been bad because, as i say, it's been, in the end, something ijust can't imagine ever having happened in the labour party that ijoined all the way through to this moment. i can't all the way through to this moment. ican't imagine all the way through to this moment. i can't imagine that we've had 3—4 months debating over something where we have, you know, profoundly insulted the jewish community in our country. he says the labour party has changed ina he says the labour party has changed in a profound way and wh