Calling Dr. Paddington

"Calling Dr. Paddington" is the second episode of Paddington Bear season one. It aired on December 3, 1989 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Gordon Kent.

Mr. Curry's scheme of getting Paddington to his gardening chores backfires when it sends him to the hospital. Paddington tries to make up for it by visiting him, which causes all kinds of mix-ups for the staff.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Mentioned characters are in italics


 * Mrs. Bird (Georgia Brown)
 * Paddington Brown (Charlie Adler)
 * Mr. Curry (Tim Curry)
 * Henry Brown
 * Cop
 * Mr. Gruber (Hamilton Camp)
 * Mary Brown
 * Receptionist (Tim Curry)
 * Mr. Grant
 * Dr. Heinz
 * Nurse 1
 * Doctor
 * Aunt Lucy
 * Nurse 2
 * Patient 1
 * Sir Archibald (Kenneth Mars)
 * Patient 2
 * Medical student

Locations

 * London, England
 * Windsor Gardens
 * Gruber's Antiques
 * Hospital
 * Peru, South America

Objects

 * Lawnmower

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 * In the UK, Castle Vision originally made this available on VHS in 1989, with Paddington Bear: Please Look After This Bear/Calling Dr. Paddington. The intros and outros have both been removed.
 * The Warner Archive Collection will release this episode on DVD for the first in the United States on August 2, 2020, as part of Paddington Bear: The Complete Series.