The Adventures of Paddington (2019 TV series)

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The Adventures of Paddington
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Also known asLes aventures de Paddington (French)
Based on Paddington Bear
by Michael Bond
Developed by
Directed by
  • Chris Drew
  • Adam Shaw (S1)
  • Jez Hall (S2–)
Creative directorAdam Shaw (S2–)
Voices of
Theme music composer Gary Barlow
Opening theme"Paddington Bear" (written and performed by Gary Barlow)
ComposerAmine Bouhafa
Country of origin
  • France
  • United Kingdom
Original languages
  • French
  • English
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes115 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Karen Davidsen
  • Simon Quinn
EditorMary McKeogh
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Gulli (France) [1]
M6 (France)
Piwi+ (France)
Nick Jr. and Channel 5 (UK)
Nickelodeon (International)
ReleaseDecember 20, 2019 (2019-12-20) 
present
Related
Paddington
Paddington Bear
The Adventures of Paddington Bear

The Adventures of Paddington (French: Les aventures de Paddington) is an animated television series developed for television by Jon Foster and James Lamont. The series is co-produced by Heyday Films and StudioCanal, with the participation of Nickelodeon, M6 and Piwi+. The animation for the series is produced by Blue-Zoo Animation Studio [2] and Superprod Studio. [3] The series is based on the Paddington Bear franchise. The series airs on Nickelodeon internationally, except in France where the series airs on Gulli and later on M6 and Piwi+.

Contents

Premise

The show centres on a younger Paddington as he writes letters to his Aunt Lucy celebrating the new things he has discovered throughout the day.

Episodes

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 5341December 20, 2019 (2019-12-20)December 18, 2020 (2020-12-18)
2 5350February 19, 2021 (2021-02-19)October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01)
3 2824April 3, 2023 (2023-04-03)December 8, 2023 (2023-12-08)
4 TBATBAAugust 30, 2024 (2024-08-30)TBA

Characters

Production

The Adventures of Paddington was first announced on February 14, 2019 as part of Nickelodeon's 2019 upfront under the working title Paddington, [4] and the series' release date was later announced on 20 November 2019 with a new title, The Adventures of Paddington. [5] Ben Whishaw reprises his role as Paddington Bear from the two Paddington films. [5] Gary Barlow composed, wrote, and performed the theme song for the series. [6]

On February 17, 2021, it was announced that the second season would premiere on February 19, 2021. [7]

In July 2021, StudioCanal announced that a third season was in development. [8] On October 19, 2022, the third season was officially announced, and premiered on April 3, 2023. [9] [10]

Broadcast

The Adventures of Paddington premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on 20 January 2020. A sneak-peek premiere of the first episode aired on 20 December 2019. It is set to premiere on M6 in France on a future date, [11] although the series would eventually premiere in the country on Gulli. [1] In the United Kingdom, the series was premiered on Nick Jr. on 2 March 2020 [12] and it first aired on Channel 5's Milkshake! block on 5 October. It started on Nick Germany in April 2020. The series first aired on Nick Jr. in Croatia on 31 October. The series also began airing in April 2021 on Nick Junior in Poland, where episodes can be watched in English.

Awards

The series won at the 2021 Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Series. [13]

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