On his other birthday, Paddington develops an interest in magic and gets himself a magic set, where he later attempts to put on a show with it. Mr. Curry, with his niece's baby in his arms, boasts that he knows everything about babies. His boastings force him to agree to take care of the child and he's soon in need of help. Paddington comes to the rescue, but he finds he has TWO babies to take care of: the actual baby and a frantic Mr. Curry. Paddington's Aunt Lucy comes on visit, but trouble ensues when she goes to Barkridge's to buy Mr. Brown a thank-you present. In Region 1, Mill Creek Entertainment (under licence from Cookie Jar Group) released the complete series on DVD on 15 February 2011 in a 3-disc set entitled Paddington Bear- The Complete Classic Series which includes 15 bonus episodes of The Wombles and Huxley Pig. [15] UK VHS Releases [ edit ] Broadcast [ edit ] Paddington meets Mr and Mrs Brown for the first time after arriving in London Paddington station.

Padding does detective work to find who stole Mr. Brown's prized pumpkin, but unwittingly gets a common burglar to be caught. In 1980, Thorn EMI Entertainment released six VHS video cassettes in the UK, each with five episodes from the first series. They released two more cassettes in 1982, each with five episodes from the second series. In August 1983, they released a single video cassette featuring ten episodes from the second series. In December 1983, they released the TV special of Paddington Goes to the Movies on a single video cassette along with five episodes from the second series. Paddington helps Mr. Gruber ready a vintage steam car but requires the aid of Muscles Galore after accidentally breaking it. Paddington unknowingly participates in a spy-mission to retrieve a suitcase full of top-secret valuables. During Spring-Cleaning Paddington sweeps the chimney (unknowingly also disrupting a hired chimney-sweeper's work).

The local Shakespeare in the Park play is underway and Paddington is in charge of sound effects for the performance of Romeo and Juliet. Paddington's thunderclaps take everyone by surprise and make the play a resounding success when a real-life Romeo and Juliet story comes to a happy ending. Paddington visits a studio of a TV show, Sage of Britain, and finds himself in the hot seat, and in the free-for-all section, he somehow finds many people phoning and asking Paddington to be the Sage of Britain. Mr. Curry wants service for his plumbing, but when Paddington does it, the pipes leak. Mr. Curry's insurance compensates for that.

Paddington goes to see a play with the Browns, and lends a hand when actor Sir Sealy Bloom forgets his lines. Mr. Gruber takes Paddington to a wax museum, where waxworks are falling and being damaged. Paddington finds a squirrel is the culprit. In Japan, Paddington visits a Sumo Wrestling school, but in training confronts and eventually outwits the champion Yokozuna. Paddington thinks his money has been stolen in a robbery. He is mistaken for a suspect, but the real crook is caught shortly.NOTE: This is the last episode to be released, as production for the show was cancelled indefinitely. The famous train, full of history and intrigue, is the perfect setting for a little dinner theatre. But what's real and what's part of the performance becomes a little blurry when Paddington's jar of marmalade sets of a mystery that is not part of the script. Paddington does laundry at the launderette for Henry and Curry, and while it did not go exactly as planned the attempt went better than ok. A boring royal banquet in Luxembourg becomes rather exciting when a strange, exotic dignitary arrives un-announced. Paddington Brown from Darkest Peru rubs elbows with royalty and teaches them how to have fun at a party. Produced by CINAR Corporation and Protecrea in co-production with Canal J for seasons 1 and 2, it was produced with the participation of Teletoon, TF1 and ITV – the latter for seasons 1 and 2. The series was broadcast from June 14, 1997, to February 2, 2000. 39 episodes (117 segments) were produced.