postman pat delivering 30 years as postman pat turns 30 jess making big screen explains television postmans enduring appealits 30 years today postman pat delivered letter – animated childrens television graduating big screen pat black white cat jess star animated filmpat voiced episodes green wing actor stephen mangan cast includes jim broadbent rupert grint david tennant just hours letter delivery storyline focus happens pat enters tv talent threatens tear away village life pat movie – know youre begins production month release spring 2013pat jess postmistress mrs goggins friends captivated children decades – seeing competition exotic exciting children shows according postman pat creator john cunliffe wrote original 13 episode series tv specials shows familiarity everyday life plays big associate birthday presents cards nice things postman theyve seen red going i think movement story familiar characters community spirit bit like soap saidthere truth characters storylines day day life events surrounding greendale feel real identifiable rural village country whats characters setting believable inspired cunliffes life people met worked mobile librarian lived valley longsleddale began writing postman patbut appeal largely ingrained familiarity idyllic rural living postman pat kept times pats promotion head special delivery – cbeebies fleet vehicles including motorbike complete sidecar jess shares enduring popularity contemporaries thomas tank engine noddy cunliffes favourites – magic roundabout clangers wombles comebacks form original runs – screens long postman pata familiar friendly loveable character better real postman thanks feline sidekick postman pat enjoyable identifiable relevant 2011 1981 happy 30th birthday pat – theres denying youre class actchildrens tvsophie class=terms>