Do-It-Yourself

Do-It-Yourself

April 21, 1975 (estimated) TV Episode Paddington

Studio
FilmFair
Animation studio
Ivorwood
Distributor
Paddington And Co Ltd.

Synopsis

Paddington tries his hand at D.I.Y., making a magazine rack for Mr. Brown.

Characters

Paddington Bear

Credits

Directing

Director
Martin Pullen

Producing

Producer
George Clutterback

Writing

Writer
Michael Bond (Original Book)

Voices

Voice
Sir Michael Hordern (Voices, Narrator)

Production notes

This was the first animated series to bring Paddington Bear to the small screen.

The series has a very distinctive art style. Paddington himself is a stop-motion animated puppet who moves within a 3-dimensional space and interacts with 2-dimensional animated drawings of the human characters, buildings, etc.

During the intro, the word "Bear" does not appear on screen, only "Paddington" followed by a panning shot that leads to the "bear" in question, thus the series has also been referred to as simply "Paddington".

There were three specials from the same animation studio: "Paddington's Birthday Bonanza," "Paddington Goes To The Movies" and "Paddington Goes To School."