Radio 4 Extra

A bear arrives from darkest Peru at Paddington railway station in London. Omnibus of five adventures of Paddington bear written by Michael Bond. * Please Look After This Bear * Bear in Hot Water * Paddington and the Christmas Pantomime * Paddington's Christmas * A Disappearing Trick The Narrator ... Michael Hordern Paddington .... Andrew Branch Mr Brown .... Edward Kelsey Mrs Brown .... Jill Shilling Judy .... Jane Knowles Jonathan .... Elizabeth Lindsay Mrs Bird .... Jo Manning Wilson With: Michael Deacon Peter McGowan Dramatised and produced by Colin Smith. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982. ****** Born on 13th January 1926, Michael Bond joins 4 Extra's 100 Club. He died aged 91 in 2017.