Old Bear Stories was a BAFTA award winning stop frame animation television series for children based on the Old Bear and Friends books by Jane Hissey. Jane Hissey also created the television series, starting it on 24 September 1993, and creating 3 seasons, which ended on 24 December 1997 with a double-length Christmas special. In all, 41 episodes were made. The series was produced by Ealing Animation and was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV. Episodes have subsequently been repeated on Channel 5 in the UK, and are also broadcast in the United States and other countries worldwide. The show also aired for a short time on the CBC morning children's block in Canada. It also aired in the United States as part of Cartoon Network's Small World show.

Episodes of the series were released on VHS by Carlton Video.

Bramwell Brown hat einen guten, alten Freund, der längst auf dem Dachboden verstaut wurde. Es ist der "alte Bär". Als die anderen Spielzeuge sich entschließen, den alten Bären vom Dachboden zu holen, stehen sie vor einer schwierigen Aufgabe. Es ist das Kaninchen, das mit Hilfe eines Spielzeugflugzeuges den kleinen Bären hinauffliegt und schließlich landen der alte Bär und der kleine Bär mit Hilfe ihrer "Fallschirmtaschentücher" im Spielzimmer...