Changing Faces

FilmFair

In 1975 Paddington first appeared on the television. Made by FilmFair in the UK, the tv series combined a Paddington puppet with two-dimensional backgrounds and other characters. Both the puppet and the technique were designed by Ivor Wood. Stills from the series and drawn images of the puppet were used extensively on merchandising products during the late 1970s and early 1980s and the photographic images are now being used again on many of the recent product lines.