Broadcast from 1976 to 1980, the series was scripted by Bond himself, and produced by FilmFair;[1] it was narrated by Michael Hordern, who also voiced all of the characters.

In the United States, episodes of Paddington aired on Nickelodeon as a segment on the programme Pinwheel, and as part of the syndicated series Romper Room.

The Disney Channel purchased broadcast rights to Paddington in 1989 for inclusion in the programme Lunch Box, and also aired the series as post-show interstitials until 1997.

In Hong Kong, the series was transmitted on Rediffusion Television (which later became ATV in 1982) and aired as part of a children's block called The 5 O'Clock Club.

In Germany the series aired on ZDF, Super RTL in Toggolino, RTL II in Vampy, Sat.1, Tele 5 in Bim Bam Bino, VOX, Das Erste, Kinderkanal, BR, Hr, Rbb, MDR, NDR, WDR, SWR, SR, BR-alpha, One, 3sat, Eins Plus and EinsMuXx In Italy, the series aired on Rai Uno in 1977.

The composition that became known as the Paddington Bear theme was composed by Herbert Chappell and began life as incidental music for the 1972 BBC adaptation of Lord Peter Wimsey.

Its first commercial release was on the b-side of the Lord Peter Wimsey theme single in 1972, where it was titled "Size Ten Shuffle" and credited to "Boyfriends".

The track now had lyrics (provided by Herbert Chappell's wife Brenda Johnson) and was retitled simply "Paddington Bear".

[8][9] The piece was re-recorded (in two different versions) for the TV show; no performers are credited onscreen apart from composer Herbert Chappell.

One of these takes was released on the 1976 album "Paddington's Party Record" which credits the performers as Freddie Williams and The Master Singers.

In Region 2, Abbey Home Media Group released the entire series on DVD-Video in the UK on 23 June 2008 (Cat.

[14] 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 5 bonus episodes of The Wombles and 10 bonus episodes of Huxley Pig and also released on the same day, the first disc was also released as a single DVD called Paddington Bear: Marmalade Madness which includes the same 5 bonus episodes of Huxley Pig.

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.

In Autumn 1987, Screen Legends released a "Double Bumper Issue" video cassette containing 10 episodes from the first series.

On 28 October 2024, Fabulous Films released the entirety of the show on DVD and Blu-Ray, now completely restored for the first time ever from available 16mm sources.