The Adventures of Paddington (2019 TV series)

This article is about the 2019 television series. For the 1975 series (billed as "The Adventures of Paddington" on some episodes), see Paddington (TV series). For the 1989 series, see Paddington Bear (TV series). For the 1997 series, see The Adventures of Paddington Bear.

The Adventures of Paddington
Genre	Comedy
Based on	Paddington Bear by Michael Bond
Developed by	Jon Foster James Lamont
Directed by	Chris Drew Adam Shaw (season 1) Jez Hall (seasons 2–3)
Creative director	Adam Shaw (seasons 2–3)
Voices of	Ben Whishaw Morwenna Banks (seasons 1–2) Teresa Gallagher (season 3) Darren Boyd Bobby Beynon Sabrina Newton-Fisher (season 1) Angeli Wall (seasons 2–3) Phyllis Logan
Theme music composer	Gary Barlow
Opening theme	"Paddington Bear"
Composer	Amine Bouhafa
Country of origin	France United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	117 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	David Heyman Rosie Alison Ron Halpern Didier Lupfer Jon Foster (seasons 2–3) James Lamont (seasons 2–3)
Producers	Karen Davidsen Simon Quinn
Editor	Mary McKeogh
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Heyday Films StudioCanal Blue Zoo Animation Studio Superprod
Original release
Network	Gulli (France) [1] M6 (France) Piwi+ (France) Nick Jr. (United Kingdom) Channel 5 (United Kingdom) Nickelodeon (International)
Release	December 20, 2019 (2019-12-20) – February 21, 2025 (2025-02-21)
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The Adventures of Paddington (French: Les aventures de Paddington) is an animated children's television series developed by Jon Foster and James Lamont. It is based on the Paddington Bear stories written by Michael Bond. 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 airs on Nickelodeon internationally, except in France where the series airs on Gulli and later on M6 and Piwi+.

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

Main article: List of The Adventures of Paddington episodes

Season	Segments	Episodes		Originally released
				First released	Last released
1	53	41		December 20, 2019 (2019-12-20)	December 18, 2020 (2020-12-18)
2	53	50		February 19, 2021 (2021-02-19)	October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01)
3	48	34		April 3, 2023 (2023-04-03)	February 21, 2025 (2025-02-21)

Characters

• Paddington Bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw, reprising his role from the films) is a young, kind, and polite Peruvian bear who moved to London after an earthquake destroyed his home. He lives with the Brown family—Henry, Mary, Judy, and Jonathan—and next door to Mr. Curry. He is liked by everyone except Mr. Curry.
• Henry Brown (voiced by Darren Boyd) is the husband of Mary and the father of Judy and Jonathan.
• Mary Brown (voiced by Morwenna Banks in season 1 to 2 and Teresa Gallagher in season 3 present) is the wife of Henry and the mother of Judy and Jonathan.
• Mrs. Bird (voiced by Phyllis Logan) is a distant relative of the Browns who lives with the family. She is very wise and looks after the house, doing all the cooking and cleaning. She also speaks with a Scottish accent.
• Jonathan Brown (voiced by Bobby Beynon) is the son of Henry and Mary and younger brother of Judy.
• Judy Brown (voiced by Sabrina Newton-Fisher in season 1 and Angeli Wall in season 2) is the daughter of Henry and Mary and older sister of Jonathan.
• Mr. Curry (voiced by Reece Shearsmith) is the Browns' nasty next-door neighbour. Mr. Curry often seeks to get something for nothing. He frequently addresses Paddington as "Bear!".
• Mr. Gruber (voiced by David Schofield) is a benevolent shopkeeper and one of Paddington's best friends. In the episode "Paddington Celebrates Hanukkah," it is revealed that Mr. Gruber is Jewish.
• Aunt Lucy is a female bear that lives in Darkest Peru, she is Paddington's aunt and the series centres on his letters to her explaining his adventures in London. She appears in the series for a few episodes, in season 3.
• Ms. Pots (voiced by Liz Sutherland) is a local Windsor Gardens resident who runs the local town groups, provides music lessons, and is friends with the Brown family.
• Sofia (voiced by Monica Lopera) runs the local cafe, and is the mother of Mateo.
• Mateo (voiced by Jeremiah Waysome) is Sofia’s son and friends with the Brown children.
• Toq Kamali (voiced by Divi Mittal) is the Brown’s neighbour who comes in season 2 and is friends with the Brown children.
• Baz (voiced by Guz Khan) owns the local farm is one of Paddington’s friends.
• Simi (voiced by Samara Sutariya) is Baz’s niece, is one of Paddington’s friends and is introduced in season 2.
• Dr Yasmine Kamali (voiced by Maya Sondhi) is Paddington’s neighbour who comes in season 2 and is Toq’s mother.

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 and final season was in development. ^[8] On October 19, 2022, the third and final season was officially announced, and premiered on April 3, 2023. After all the season three episodes, the series was finished on February 21, 2025. ^{[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. ^{[11] [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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards

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

References

1. "Les aventures de Paddington".
2. "The Adventures of Paddington Animation". Blue Zoo. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
3. "Paddington". Superprod Studio. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
4. Alex Ritman (February 14, 2019). "'Paddington' TV Series With Ben Whishaw Coming to Nickelodeon". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
5. Matthew Aguilar (November 20, 2019). "Paddington Bear Returning In New Nickelodeon TV Series". Comicbook.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
6. Julia Hunt (November 20, 2019). "Gary Barlow performs theme tune for new Paddington series". Irish Independent . Retrieved December 12, 2019.
7. "Nickelodeon's Hit Preschool Series "The Adventures of Paddington" Returns for Season Two Friday, Feb. 19" (Press release). Nickelodeon. February 17, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2023– via The Futon Critic.
8. "'Paddington 3' Leads Studiocanal Slate Revealed at Cannes". 6 July 2021.
9. John Hopewell (October 19, 2022). "Studiocanal Renews Nickelodeon Global Deal on 'The Adventures of Paddington,' Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved March 29, 2023.
10. "The Adventures of Paddington Episode Listings". The Futon Critic . Retrieved March 29, 2023.
11. "Paddington: une série animée sur le célèbre petit ours sera diffusée sur M6". BFM TV (in French). February 15, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
12. "NickALive!: Nick Jr. UK to Premiere 'The Adventures of Paddington' on Monday 2nd March 2020 at 4:30pm". January 5, 2020.
13. "2021 Daytime Emmy nominations, round 2! Full list of nominees for children's, animation, lifestyle and more". 28 June 2021.

External links

• Official website
• The Adventures of Paddington at IMDb