length ▁P adding ton ' s ▁Blue ▁Peter ▁Story ▁Book ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁A ▁second ▁book ▁based ▁around ▁Blue ▁Peter ▁was ▁titled ▁P adding ton ▁on ▁Screen . ▁ ▁Television ▁adapt ations ▁ ▁P adding ton ▁( 1 9 7 5 ) ▁▁ ▁The ▁BBC ▁television ▁series ▁P adding ton , ▁produced ▁by ▁Michael ▁Bond ▁and ▁London - based ▁animation ▁company ▁Film F air , ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁broadcast ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁The ▁story lines ▁were ▁based ▁on ▁com edic ▁inc idents ▁from ▁the ▁books , ▁chosen ▁to ▁appeal ▁to ▁the ▁TV ▁audience ▁which ▁included ▁much ▁younger ▁children ▁than ▁those ▁the ▁books ▁were ▁written ▁for . ▁ ▁This ▁series ▁had ▁an ▁extremely ▁distinct ive ▁appearance : ▁P adding ton ▁was ▁a ▁stop - m otion ▁pu ppet ▁moving ▁in ▁a ▁three - dimensional ▁space ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁two - dimensional ▁background s ▁( which ▁were ▁frequently ▁sparse ▁black - and - white ▁line ▁draw ings ), ▁while ▁all ▁other ▁characters ▁were ▁ 2 D ▁draw ings . ▁In ▁one ▁scene , ▁Mr ▁Brown ▁is ▁seen ▁to ▁hand ▁P adding ton ▁a ▁jar ▁of ▁mar mal ade ▁that ▁becomes ▁ 3 D ▁when ▁P adding ton ▁touch es ▁it . ▁Anim ator ▁I vor ▁Wood ▁also ▁worked ▁on ▁The ▁Magic ▁Round about , ▁The ▁W omb les ▁and ▁Post man ▁Pat . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁narr ated ▁by ▁Michael ▁H ord ern . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁episodes ▁a ired ▁on ▁P BS ,