In his attempt to discover an "old master" beneath one of the paintings in the drawing-room, Paddington ends up making a mess of Mr. Brown's entry in the local handicraft exhibition.
Paddington and the Browns attend the ballet. Mr. Gruber is off on his first trip to research his book, The World and its Wonders, but he soon realizes that he needs an assistant to help with all the details.
Paddington decides to try a paw at topiary (the art of cutting bushes and shrubs into fantastic shapes) and luckily for the Browns, Mr. Curry asks Paddington to have a go at one of his shrubs.
Paddington is delighted when Mr. Brown purchases a new television and antenna. Now he can watch all his favorite programs. Unfortunately for the Browns, that's just what Mr. Curry is hoping to do as well.
Mr. Curry finds out that Paddington has a knack for picking winning horses so he drags him to the races to place a few innocent bets. Mr. Curry learns the valuable lesson, you can't get something for nothing.
Paddington finds a lost dog and Mr. Curry offers to keep it in his house provided Paddington split the reward money. And provided Paddington take care of it. And train it. And put up the found posters.
Mr. Curry is convinced hypnotism is for the birds. And that's just what Mr. Curry becomes, as well as many other animal species, when he's the first to fall under Paddington's spell.
Two escaped convicts on the run find the perfect hide-out at Mr. Curry's house while he's away. And the bear neighbour is so very helpful, if not a little bit disaster prone. The two convicts decide it's safer being in prison and turn themselves in.
Mr. Curry has never had a birthday party, or at least, that's what he convinces Paddington of. So when he lets slip that it's his birthday, Paddington does the neighbourly thing. But one surprise guest in particular knows that Curry's up to his old tricks: Curry's mother, and she is not impressed to learn her son lied about everything.
Paddington loves reading comic books so Mr. Curry agrees to give him some old ones he has in his basement, for a price. They turn out to be quite valuable. Mr. Curry tries every trick in the book to get them back, but Paddington is happy to keep and read them.
Paddington is mistaken for a tour guide and always the helpful bear, he leads 5 Japanese tourists on a tour of the Brown's house. Mr. Curry invites them over to his Bed and Breakfast for tea (for a fee) but the guests like it so much they just won't leave.
Mr. Curry thinks Paddington's made him an April Fool, so he retaliates by sending Paddington on a fool's errand. Poor Paddington doesn't even know what April Fool's is. Aunt Lucy always taught him it was rude to play tricks on people. But in this case, Paddington's honesty turns out to be the best trick of all.
Paddington's suitcase is the center of a classic spy intrigue when it is switched, switched, switched, then switched again. Paddington confuses both good and bad spies alike and gets his suitcase back--without ever even knowing it went missing in the first place.
Clutter has overtaken the Browns' life and Paddington discovers the perfect way to get rid of the pile: a car boot sale where people "pile it high and sell it cheap". Mr. Brown becomes ill, and Mr. Curry volunteers to drive Paddington to the sale in exchange for a share of the profits.
Mr. Curry, with his niece's baby in his arms, boasts that he knows everything about babies. His boastings force him to agree to take care of the child and he's soon in need of help. Paddington comes to the rescue, but he finds he has TWO babies to take care of: the actual baby and a frantic Mr. Curry.
