| Old Bear Stories | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Stop motion animation |
| Based on | Old Bear and Friends by Jane Hissey |
| Story by | Jane Hissey |
| Directed by | Kevin Griffiths Liz Whitaker |
| Narrated by | Anton Rodgers |
| Composer | Paul Castle |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 41 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Peter Gillbe |
| Producer | Richard Randolph |
| Editors | Nick Follows Nick Aleck |
| Running time | 10 mins 20 mins (special episodes) |
| Production company | Optomen |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV (Carlton) Channel 5 |
| Release | 22 September 1993 – 23 December 1997 |
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Old Bear Stories is a BAFTA award-winning stop-motion animation television series for children based on the Old Bear and Friends books by Jane Hissey. Jane Hissey also created the television series, starting it on 22 September 1993, and creating 3 seasons, which ended on 24 December 1997 with a double-length Christmas special. In all, 41 episodes were made.[1]
The series was produced by Ealing Animation (El Nombre) and was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV. Episodes have subsequently been repeated on Channel 5 in the UK, and are also broadcast in the United States and other countries worldwide. The show also aired for a short time on the CBC morning children's block in Canada. It also aired in the United States as part of Cartoon Network's Small World as well as ABC in Australia, M-Net, SABC 2 and Bop TV in South Africa, MediaCorp Channel 5 in Singapore, Channel Eye in Sri Lanka, ČT1 in the Czech Republic, TVP1 in Poland, SVT Barnkanalen in Sweden and TV2 and TV One in New Zealand. The series was also screened on armed forces television on BFBS (and its former network SSVC Television) where it was shown in several countries such as Germany and the Falkland Islands.
Episodes of the series were released on VHS by Carlton Video.