Curtain Call for Paddington

"Calling Dr. Paddington" is the third episode of Paddington Bear season one. It aired on December 9, 1989 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Gordon Kent.

Paddington offers to wash the family's dirty clothes before they see Sir Sealy's play. The only problem is, he didn't tell them he was taking all their clothes out to the laundromat, leading the family to report a robbery which leads to Paddington's arrest. Then, after mistaking Sir Sealy's play for real life, Paddington helps with Sir Sealy's lines.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Henry Brown
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Standing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mary Brown
 * style="background-color:#clear"| B.J. Ward
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Julie Brown
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Katie Johnson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| David Russell
 * style="background-color:#clear"| R.J. Williams
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jonathan Brown
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cody Everett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paddington Brown
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Charlie Adler
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mrs. Bird's sister
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mr. Gruber
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pedastrian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Traffic officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Launderette clerk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little girl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Desk sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mrs. Bird
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Georgia Brown
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Curry
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tim Curry
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Usher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlie Adler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Theater patron
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sir Sealy Bloom
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sarah McKinney
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stagehand
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Curry
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tim Curry
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Usher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlie Adler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Theater patron
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sir Sealy Bloom
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sarah McKinney
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stagehand
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sarah McKinney
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stagehand
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stagehand
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Locations

 * England
 * London
 * Windsor Gardens
 * Angel's Antiques
 * Launderette
 * Police station
 * Africa (indirectly mentioned)
 * Peru (mentioned)

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
The credits for each episode group four different directors together, which include Don Lusk, Paul Sommer, Oscar Dufau, and Art Davis.

Music
The music was composed by Tom Worrall.

Home availability

 * In the UK, Castle Vision originally made this available on VHS in 1989, with Paddington Bear: Curtain Call for Paddington/Paddington's Sticky Situation. The intros and outros have both been removed.
 * The Warner Archive Collection released this episode on DVD for the first time in the United States on August 2, 2020, as part of Paddington Bear: The Complete Series.