Bird, the Browns' housekeeper, who decides Paddington is badly in need of a bath. Paddington meets Judy's brother Jonathan and Mrs. He explains that he has been sent from Peru by his Aunt Lucy who has had to go into the Home for Retired Bears in Lima.Īfter a sticky adventure with some cream buns in the station buffet, they take him in a taxi to stay with them in their home at Number 32 Windsor Gardens. He is sitting on an old leather suitcase near the lost property office, wearing an unusual hat and a label round his neck which reads `Please Look After This Bear. Brown first meet Paddington on a railway platform while waiting for their daughter Judy. A third film in the series is set to start filming in July 2023.The very first book in which the Browns meet Paddington on a railway station and discover that ordinary things like having a bath or travelling on the underground can soon become quite extraordinary if a small bear is involved. The critically acclaimed and commercially successful films Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017) were both nominated for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.
Television adaptations include Paddington broadcast from 1976 to 1980. Paddington Bear has been adapted for television, films and commercials since its first appearance on the BBC in 1966. Bond, however, continued to own the publishing rights to his series, which was licensed to HarperCollins in April 2017. As of June 2016, the Paddington Bear franchise was owned by Vivendi's StudioCanal. Paddington books have been translated into 30 languages across 70 titles and have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Paddington has become one of the most beloved British fictional characters-a Paddington Bear stuffed toy was chosen by British tunnellers as the first item to pass through to their French counterparts when the two sides of the Channel Tunnel were linked in 1994. He was discovered in London Paddington station by the (human) Brown family who adopted him and named him "Paddington Brown," as his original name in bear language was too hard for them to pronounce. He has an endless capacity for innocently getting into trouble, but he is known to "try so hard to get things right". An anthropomorphised bear, Paddington is always polite – addressing people as "Mr", "Mrs" and "Miss" but rarely by first names – and kindhearted, though he inflicts hard stares on those who incur his disapproval. The friendly spectacled bear from "darkest Peru" – with his old hat, battered suitcase, duffel coat and love of marmalade – has become a classic character in children's literature.
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