Creator: | Michael Bond |
Director: | Marcos DaSilva (seasons 1 and 2) Francois Perreault (season 3) |
Opentheme: | "He's Paddington Bear (One of a Kind)" |
Endtheme: | "He's Paddington Bear (One of a Kind)" (Instrumental) |
Composer: | Milan Kymlicka |
Country: | France Canada |
Language: | English French |
Num Seasons: | 3 |
Num Episodes: | 39 (Whole) 117 (Segments) |
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Producer: | Cassandra Schafhausen |
Editor: | Natalie Rossin |
Runtime: | 24 minutes |
Company: | CINAR Corporation CINAR Europe Protecrea |
Channel: | Teletoon (Canada) Canal J (France, Season 1–2) TF1 (France) ITV (UK, Season 1–2) |
The Adventures of Paddington Bear is an animated children's television series based on the book Paddington Bear by Michael Bond and developed by Bruce Robb.
Produced by the CINAR Corporation, CINAR Europe and Protecrea in co-production with Canal J for seasons 1 and 2, it was produced with the participation of Teletoon, TF1 and ITV – the latter for seasons 1 and 2. The series was broadcast from June 14, 1997, to February 2, 2000. 39 episodes (117 segments) were produced.
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.
The show was first introduced on Teletoon's launch in Canada. It was also shown on ITV in the United Kingdom and both Canal J and TF1 in France.
The show was aired in the U.S. on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV from November 2008 until August 2009. It was also shown on HBO Family 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).[1] 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 Paramount+ and Tubi.