Paddington Bear


 * Not to be confused with the character, Paddington Brown.

Paddington Bear is an American-British animated comedy TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera in association with Central Independent Television. It had a short run from 1989 to 1990, running for 13 episodes. It is an adaptation of British author Michael Bond's books starring the little brown bear called Paddington, first published in 1958, appropriately called A Bear Called Paddington. This series is the second Paddington series after the solely British-produced one, which aired from 1976 to 1980, also written by Bond. Bond served as a creative consultant on the Hanna-Barbera version.

It aired in syndication on stations that took part in The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming block.

In the series, Paddington's aunt sends him to London from Peru to find a nice British family who can take care of him, with the lucky family turning out to be the Browns, who quickly adopt him as one of their own. What sets this incarnation apart from the books, is the addition of the Browns American relative, David Russell, who adds absolutely nothing extra to the series, and may have been added simply so American children didn't feel completely left out.

Music
The music is composed by Tom Worrall.

Cast

 * Charlie Adler as Paddington Brown
 * John Standing as Henry Brown
 * B.J. Ward as Mary Brown
 * Cody Everett as Jonathan Brown
 * Katie Johnson as Judy Brown
 * Georgia Brown as Mrs. Bird