Smallfilms is a British company that made animated television programmes for children, from 1959 to the 1980s. In 2014 the company was operating again and producing a remake of the Clangers. It was originally a partnership between Oliver Postgate (writer, animator and narrator) and Peter Firmin (modelmaker and illustrator). Several very popular series of short films were made using stop-motion animation, including The Clangers, Noggin the Nog, and Ivor the Engine.