Paddington: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Paddington is a series of British animated shorts based on the Paddington Bear book series by Michael Bond produced by FilmFair. This was the first television series based on the popular children's book Paddington Bear. In the United States it was usually shown on pay television as filler in between programmes.it was also shown in Australia on the ABC In the early 1980s Its narrator was actor Michael Hordern. The series has a very distinctive art style. Paddington himself is a stop-motion animated puppet who moves within a 3-dimensional space and interacts with 2-dimensional animated drawings of the human characters, buildings, etc.

Series details

• Title: Paddington
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1975-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1980-01-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 5 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8272
• IMDb ID: tt0343288
• TVDB ID: 82747

Cast and credited roles

• Joel Grey — Host
• Michael Hordern — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1975-01-05; final listed air date 1975-01-23; episode order: 14.
• Season 2: premiered 1975-05-03; final listed air date 1975-12-25; episode order: 16.
• Season 3: premiered 1978-10-31; final listed air date 1979-01-30; episode order: 14.
• Season 4: premiered 1979-02-06; final listed air date 1980-01-01; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Paddington on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.