Portobello Road the road in the song "Portobello Belle" on their second album "Communiqué". The cult British children's book character Paddington Bear, featured in the books written by Michael Bond, enjoys visiting Portobello Market on a daily basis. His friend Mr. Gruber owns an antique shop on the Portobello Road, with whom Paddington has his elevenses every day. The Portobello Road and its colorful restaurants, pubs, and local culture is featured prominently in Martin Amis's 1989 dark satirical novel "London Fields." The street and its name also appeared regularly on the hit TV series "Minder". The board game "Portobello Market" is named
Paddington Bear a segment on the program "Lunch Box" from the late 1980s into the 1990s. The series also aired on HBO in between features, usually when they were airing children's programmes. The series won a silver medal at the New York Film and Television Festival in 1979; the first British animated series to do so. Buena Vista Home Video released 6 volumes of episodes for NTSC/Region 1 Format: In 2011, Mill Creek Entertainment under the licence of Cookie Jar Entertainment, released the complete original 1975 "Paddington Bear" series on DVD. The 3-disc set also featured three half-hour television specials, "Paddington Birthday