Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic... Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic... Rupert Bear: Follow the Magic... is a children's television series based on the Mary Tourtel character, Rupert Bear. Aimed at pre-school children, the show is part stop motion, part computer-generated imagery. Rupert Bear still wears his trademark bright yellow plaid trousers and matching scarf, with a red jumper. Rupert has brown fur once again, just as he was originally drawn in 1920: when he appeared as a cartoon character in the Daily Express, they economised on ink by printing him white. It was broadcast on Five from 8 November to 20 November 2006, as part
The Adventures of Rupert Bear black-and-white 16mm film. The remaining episodes were thought to be missing. On 21 April 2017, it was announced by Network Distributing that all 156 episodes had been found on their original film elements, and were to be released on DVD in three volumes, the first comprising the first 52 episodes. In April 2017, Network Distributing announced it would be releasing the first 52 episodes from the first two series on DVD (Region 2, PAL format). http://networkonair.com/exclusives/2626-adventures-of-rupert-bear-the-volume-1 The set was made available only directly through Network's site. A second volume containing the 52 episodes from series 3 was released soon afterward,