''The Adventures of Paddington Bear'' is an

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. It is based on the book ''

Paddington Bear Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book ''A Bear Called Paddington'' and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond, a ...

'' by

Michael Bond Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold ...

and was

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by Bruce Robb. It was produced by

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and Protecrea, in co-production with

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(Seasons 1-2) and with the participation of

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, TF1, and ITV (Seasons 1–2). The show was first aired in 1997 with final episode's airing in 2000.

Plot

The show follows the adventures of a bear from Peru that comes to England after an earthquake that destroys his home. The Brown family finds him in Paddington Station.

Cast

* Jonathan Kydd as Paddington *

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and John R. Hernandez as Mr. Henry Brown *Meriam Stover and Moir Leslie as Mrs. Mary Brown * Eve Karpf as Mrs. Sheila Bird * Jade Williams as Judy *

Steven Webb Steven Michael Webb (born 8 November 1984 in Wirral, Merseyside, England) is an English actor in theatre, television and film.

as Jonathan *

Nigel Lambert Nigel Lambert (born 11 May 1944) is an English voice actor. He is best known for his role as the narrator of the first series of the BBC comedy series ''Look Around You'', as well as Merle Ambrose in the MMORPG '' Wizard101''. Acting since th ...

as Mr. Reginald Curry *

Cyril Shaps Cyril Leonard Shaps (13 October 1923 – 1 January 2003) was an English actor of radio, television and film, with a career spanning over seven decades. Early radio Shaps was born in the East End of London to Polish-Jewish parents; his father ...

as Mr. Samuel Gruber *Unknown voice actress as Aunt Lucy

Telecast and home media

The show was first introduced on

's launch in Canada. It was also shown on ITV in the United Kingdom and both

and TF1 in France. The show was aired in the U.S. on the

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block on

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from November 2008 until August 2009. It was also shown on HBO (actually, its sister channel aired it in repeats until 2004) in the 1990s. In 2017, it aired on Starz Kids and Family until April 2020. It also aired on Light TV (now TheGrio.TV). Qubo Channel aired repeats of the show from October 7, 2018 until February 25, 2021. HBO's sister company, Time-Life Home Video released the series on both VHS and DVD. As of 2022, the show is now streaming on

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and

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Episodes

Season 1 (1997–98)

*This is the first season to use

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Season 2 (1998–99)

*This is the last season to use cel animation.

Season 3 (1999-2000)

*This is the only season to use digital ink-and-paint animation.

Notes

References

External links

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