In Scotland, the series was shown not only in English but also sometimes broadcast as Pàdraig Post, in the Gaelic language, on BBC Scotland. A new version of the series was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films from 2003 to 2008 and expanded on many aspects of the original series. The story revolves around Pat entering a talent show audition which leads to robots taking over his postal service whilst he is away. A similar edit had already been made to the 1993 album version, which was an edit of the original 1982 album version.

An album, titled Postman Pat: Songs and Music From the TV Series, was released by Post Music in 1982.Each episode follows the adventures of Patrick Clifton, a friendly country postman, and his black and white cat Jess, as he delivers the post through the valley of Greendale.

He commented in 2015 that "I got maybe half a dozen people last year saying they were the inspiration. The edits made to the intro on the DVD involved some shots being replaced by scenes from "Pat's Difficult Day", "Pat Takes A Message", and "Pat's Foggy Day". In 2004, the entire original series was released on DVD in Spain, featuring both English and Spanish audio options. Music for the original 1981 series was by Bryan Daly, [12] who wrote a number of songs including the well-known theme tune.

Although he initially concentrates on delivering his letters, he nearly always becomes distracted by a concern of one of the villagers, and is always keen to help resolve their problems. Harry Enfield and Chums featured a parody entitled "Il Postino Pat" (the show's Italian title), with an operatic reworking of the theme tune and the characters speaking in Italian. In Series 7, Barrie left completely and MacLeod, Bradley Clarkson, and Dan Milne took over the rest of Barrie's characters. Together with his new boss, Ben, a fleet of new vehicles and, of course, his faithful companion, Jess the cat, Pat proves that he can always be relied upon to come to the rescue and save the day. The theme song has undergone several adaptations; from 1994 to 2006, the theme tune had additional instruments such as synthesised strings and a tambourine.

In 1986, an episode of Bobby Davro on the Box featured Postman Pete, alongside other characters with spoofed names, such as Granny Wisden and Fred Ben.

Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at ourwarehouse. The inspiration for the post office itself comes from one located on the street in Kendal where Cunliffe lived when he was writing the original treatment. The gentle pace of life allowed Pat plenty of time to enjoy the countryside as he passed through, or even stop on quiet days to have a picnic. In Series 2, Carole Boyd joined to voice all the female characters and child characters except Granny Dryden who was still voiced by Barrie.

Pratt likes to clear his workload as quickly as he can by dumping the post rather than delivering it.but Carole Boyd didn't voice the female characters and children's voices in Series 1 where all women, men and kids of Greendale were voiced by Barrie. The Postman Pat characters and setting have also been used in the UK and Australia in television advertisements for the company Specsavers. In the episode Postman Pat and the Suit of Armour, Greendale Post Office is referred to as "Garner Bridge Post Office". In the more recent series, Greendale became a big, busy village situated in the heart of the Cumbrian countryside.