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 characters were 2D drawings. In one scene, Mr Brown is seen to hand Paddington a jar of marmalade that becomes 3D when Paddington touches it. Animator Ivor Wood also worked on "The Magic Roundabout", "The Wombles" and "Postman Pat". The series was narrated by Michael Hordern. In the United States, episodes aired on PBS, on the syndicated series "Romper Room", on Nickelodeon as a segment on the programme "Pinwheel" and on USA Network as a segment on the "Calliope" (TV series) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as well as in between preschool programming on The Disney Channel as