Paddington Goes Underground

Paddington Goes Underground is a chapter in the first book A Bear Called Paddington and it is the fourth episode of The Adventures of Paddington Bear TV series.

Synopsis[]

Paddington Brown travels back and forth on London Underground trains, with Judy and Mrs. Brown looking for him.

Plot[]

Paddington is eating his breakfast when Mrs. Brown and Judy insist that they leave right away. Paddington stashes some bacon inside his suitcase and they head for the Underground. Paddington's bacon smell attracts some dogs, but Paddington chases them off. They all get their tickets, then enter the station. A skateboarder comes rolling by where he passes the dogs as they chase him, then the skateboarder jumps over the ticket machine gates where the inspector shouts "Halt! I said Halt!" as he races after him. Mrs Brown shews the three dogs away and they go down the escalator. Suddenly as they go down the escalator, a crowd of people came thundering down right behind them and Paddington runs down ending up getting lost.

Mrs. Brown thinks that Paddington is lost, but Paddington thinks that they are lost, not him. Paddington finds an inspector, and he describes Judy and Mrs. Brown to him so he can help Paddington. Paddington follows another woman, thinking it was Mrs. Brown, but it was an old woman. A little later Mrs. Brown and Judy walk past the inspector, who leads them to Paddington. Meanwhile, Paddington tells the old woman about what happened to him whom he wanted his bacon that he brought from breakfast that morning. The same time the skateboarder jumps over the machine gates again with the inspector still in pursuit and Judy and Mrs. Brown appear downstairs whom the inspector (now with the dogs on leads) tolled Paddington they where looking for him. So Paddington closed his suitcase (not realizing he had accidentally caught the scarf, the old woman was wearing) and races off.

Paddington soon finds Mrs Brown and Judy on the other side as they told him to wait at the bottom, but once again he gets lost. His P.B. suitcase gets kicked over to a man who thinks it is his suitcase, picks it up, and the man boards the train. Paddington chases after him with the man's briefcase. All the time, the skateboarder also boards the train to escape the inspector with the three dogs. He is seen waving to the inspector to make a get away as Paddington calls out for Mrs Brown and Judy. Mrs Brown and Judy are worried as Mrs Brown wished Paddington will meet them at the next station. On the train, the man realizes the suitcase is not his, so they swap suitcases back. The man is a traveling marmalade salesman. He gives Paddington a sample of his marmalade, then gets off the train and talks with another woman, and gets on the train back to Paddington Station. At the same moment Mrs. Brown and Judy arrive at the other station seeing Paddington with the woman travelling on the other train, going back, much to their surprise.

Paddingtion arrives at Paddington Station where he meets the inspector again along with the old woman and hands back her scarf. Then the inspector wants his ticket but Paddington misplaced it. The inspector then grabs hold of Paddington's paw and prepares to take him to custody, but Paddington refuses that he needs to wait for Judy and Mrs Brown to come. Then the skateboarder races by once again and runs up the escalator. Paddington pushes the emergency button with his foot and the boy falls down onto the inspector as Paddington has found his ticket from no where. Then as the inspector takes the skateboarding boy, Mrs. Brown and Judy arrive. The inspector says "Thank you" for catching the boy.

As Paddington, Mrs Brown and Judy leave the Underground and head home, the three dogs follow them once again, and Paddington realized they wanted the bacon which indeed he remembered that morning. So Paddington handed three of the bacons to the dogs and they all bark, saying "thank you" as Paddington says "You're welcome" much to Mrs Brown's understanding and Judy gives him a hug.

Finally it shows Aunt Lucy in a rocking chair back in Peru reading Paddington's Postcard, saying he tolled Mrs Brown, she should hold his paw next time for another trip on the Underground so she wouldn't get lost again.

Availability[]

VHS

Calling All Toddlers

Characters[]

Paddington
Mrs Brown
Judy
The Inspector
Old Woman
Traveling Marmalade Man
The Woman
The Skateboarder (Does not speak)
Aunt Lucy (Does not speak)

Trivia[]

This is the only animated TV episode to be based on the chapter in the book A Bear Called Paddington.
The three dogs that followed Paddington's bacon are an Old English Sheepdog, a Scottish Terrier and a Dachshund.
The blue car driving past Paddington, Mrs Brown and Judy at the level crossing looks like the Fat Controller's Car (AKA Sir Topham Hat’s car) from Thomas and Friends.

Goofs[]

Judy's shoes are red and white to start with when Paddington and his family cross the road, but in the next scene at the entrance of the Underground, they are blue when they go down.