Paddington Bear is an animated children's television series based on the Paddington Bear stories written by Michael Bond. The show was made by Hanna-Barbera in association with Central Independent Television. In the series, the character of an American boy named David—Jonathan and Judy Brown's cousin who arrived in London on the same day as Paddington—was added to the stories. The series, part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera in 1989, lasted 13 episodes.