A Bafta-winning writer, producer and artist tragically took his own life amid a battle with cancer and depression.

Daniel Postgate - son of Bagpuss co-creator Oliver Postgate - was found dead in a shed at his Whitstable home.

Despite his success in the world of TV, including relaunching The Clangers, an inquest heard the kind and talented 61-year-old had a history of depression and anxiety, and was often “preoccupied” by his physical health.

A day before his death, he had received a letter from the NHS which his family say “was the straw that broke the camel’s back”.

The inquest heard Mr Postgate had received treatment for aplastic anaemia - where the body fails to make blood cells in sufficient numbers - in 2019, which had gone well, but he was warned it could return.

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