Is it true Postman Pat was banned in China because he only had three fingers?
In other countries In Scotland, Postman Pat is shown not only in English but also sometimes broadcast as Pàdraig Post, in the Gaelic language, on BBC Scotland. In the Netherlands the series was also shown dubbed in Dutch. There the series is called Pieter Post. In New Zealand, the series has been broadcast on TV3 in English, and there are now plans to screen the older episodes in Maori as of 2005. In Catalonia, Postman Pat is broadcast as Pat el carter, in Catalan language, on Televisió de Catalunya. In Australia Postman Pat is on Cartoon Network and ABC kids. In 2005, Postman Pat was sold to the Japanese division of Disney Channel, finally putting to rest a long-standing misconception in the UK that Japanese television would not take the series because having only three fingers and a thumb on each hand (as Pat does) was a Yakuza symbol. The series is dubbed into Japanese. In Italy Il postino Pat appears on the RaiSat Ragazzi channel. TVP 1 in Poland shows the adventures of Listonosz P
