Paddington is a British children's animated television series. It was scripted by Michael Bond and produced by FilmFair. The first series aired on BBC1 in 1976 and ran until April 1980. The final television special used a slightly different technique using 2D drawn fully animated characters. It later aired on Channel 4 with the series being shown on a wrapper programme called Take 5 which aired children's programmes previously shown on other networks.