Where's Postman Pat from?

Postman Pat is set in the fictional village of Greendale and the nearby town of Pencaster, on the border between Cumbria and North Yorkshire.

Why did Postman Pat get banned?

Pat's newspaper is the "Pencaster Gazette" which is from Postman Pat and the Toy Soldiers, Postman Pat in a Muddle and Postman Pat Misses the Show. This episode was banned on from the CBeebies channel, as it was felt that on going thunder and lightning might frighten the target audience.

When was Postman Pat invented?

It was first broadcast by the BBC on 16 September 1981, running for 196 episodes through the 1980s and 1990s.