The Postman Pat characters and setting have also been used in the UK and Australia in television advertisements for the company Specsavers. An extended version of the tune was released as a single in the UK where it reached number 44 in the charts in July 1982.

Music for the original 1981 series was by Bryan Daly, [12] who wrote a number of songs including the well-known theme tune. In October 2023, Norwegian singer Leo Moracchioli released a heavy metal cover version of the theme song. The inspiration for the post office itself comes from one located on the street in Kendal where Cunliffe lived when he was writing the original treatment. Together with his new boss, Ben, a fleet of new vehicles and, of course, his faithful companion, Jess the cat, Pat proves that he can always be relied upon to come to the rescue and save the day. It was installed during the 1990s, was relocated during 2008 in preparation for a new animal area and was revamped a third time for 2013.In Series 7, Barrie left completely and MacLeod, Bradley Clarkson, and Dan Milne took over the rest of Barrie's characters. The Complete Series 1 (also known as Postman Pat Takes A Message) is a UK Universal Pictures/Classic Media DVD released in 2014. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. Pratt likes to clear his workload as quickly as he can by dumping the post rather than delivering it.

The film stars Stephen Mangan as the voice of Pat and also features Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, David Tennant, Ronan Keating (as Pat's singing voice), Susan Duerden, Sandra Teles, TJ Ramini and Peter Woodward. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at ourwarehouse. Although he initially concentrates on delivering his letters, he nearly always becomes distracted by a concern of one of the villagers, and is always keen to help resolve their problems. While Cunliffe visited post offices for inspiration, he has said that the character and village was not based on any one place or person.

The edits made to the intro on the DVD involved some shots being replaced by scenes from "Pat's Difficult Day", "Pat Takes A Message", and "Pat's Foggy Day".

A new version of the series was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films from 2003 to 2008 and expanded on many aspects of the original series.In his new role, Postman Pat commutes to the nearby town of Pencaster where he collects his special deliveries from the Pencaster Mail Centre. The theme song has undergone several adaptations; from 1994 to 2006, the theme tune had additional instruments such as synthesised strings and a tambourine.

For Series 1, the original opening titles which featured Pat driving in the original version of his van with a crown logo (which Pat used until Pat's Thirsty Day) was replaced with an edited version of the shot for shot remake of the original intro (which had Pat driving the Royal Mail Van) as used when the show aired in countries like France and Australia. In 1986, an episode of Bobby Davro on the Box featured Postman Pete, alongside other characters with spoofed names, such as Granny Wisden and Fred Ben. In Series 2, Carole Boyd joined to voice all the female characters and child characters except Granny Dryden who was still voiced by Barrie. At the end, there is a communist revolution in Greendale, and Pat is shot and killed by fascist soldiers.

John Cunliffe wrote the original treatment and scripts for the series, which was directed by animator Ivor Wood, who also worked on The Magic Roundabout, The Wombles, Paddington, and The Herbs. In the second series of the show, which aired in 1996, the village at the centre of the series was briefly referred to as Garner Bridge, while Greendale was the name of the valley in which Garner Bridge was situated.