"army in Cairo, and sold his first short story to the magazine ""London Opinion"". He was paid seven guineas, and thought he ""wouldn't mind being a writer"". In 1958, after producing several plays and short stories and while working as a BBC television cameraman (where he worked on ""Blue Peter"" for a time), his first book, ""A Bear Called Paddington"", was published. This was the start of Bond's series of books recounting the tales of Paddington Bear, a bear from ""darkest Peru"", whose Aunt Lucy sends him to the United Kingdom, carrying a jar of marmalade. In the first book"
"Michael Bond Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017), who wrote under the pen name Michael Bond, was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also been featured in film and on television. His first book was published in 1958 and his last in 2017, a span of 59 years. Thomas Michael Bond was born on 13 January 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire. He was raised in Reading,"
"The Adventures of Paddington Bear The Adventures of Paddington Bear is a British-Canadian-French animated children's television series. It is based on the book ""Paddington Bear"" by Michael Bond and was written by Bruce Robb. It was produced by CINAR and Protecrea and ran for 117 episodes. The show aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV from November 2008 to August 2009. However, all CINAR references in these broadcasts have been replaced by Cookie Jar references. It was also shown on HBO, as of 2017, it now airs on Starz Kids and Family and"
"ship, after which she says she will move into the Home for Retired Bears. The young bear reaches London's Paddington Station, where he meets the Brown family, who take him home temporarily and name him after the station. Henry Brown, the father and a devoted risk analyst, does not believe a word of why he's here and is adamant that Paddington stay only one night while they find a place for him to live permanently, but his wife Mary - a story illustrator - and their two children find him endearing, as does family relative and housekeeper Mrs. Bird. Paddington"
"the Brown family find the bear at Paddington Station, and adopt him, naming the bear after the station. By 1965, Bond was able to give up his BBC job to work full-time as a writer. Paddington's adventures have sold over 35 million books, have been published in nearly twenty countries, in over forty languages, and have inspired pop bands, race horses, plays, hot air balloons, a movie and television series. Bond stated in December 2007 that he did not plan to continue the adventures of Paddington Bear in further volumes. However, in April 2014 it was reported that a new"
"taken in and raised by his Aunt Lucy. There is a recurring cast of characters, all of whom are in some way entangled in Paddington's misadventures. These include: The first book, ""A Bear Called Paddington"", was published in 1958. Although the books are divided into chapters and each book has a time frame, the stories all work as stand alone stories, and many of them were used like this in the TV series. In order of publication the titles are: The fourteenth collection of the main series includes these stories: This picture book is the finale of the original Paddington"
"Paddington (TV series) Paddington is an animated television programme based on the Paddington Bear books by Michael Bond. The series was scripted by Bond himself, and produced by FilmFair London; it was narrated by Michael Hordern, who also voiced all of the characters. ""Paddington"" is animated in stop motion. Paddington himself is a puppet in a three-dimensional environment, whilst other characters are paper cut-outs. The final television special used a slightly different technique using 2d drawn fully animated characters. BBC1 premiered ""Paddington"" in January 1976; the series concluded in May, but was appended by two Christmas specials in December. A"
"so hard to get things right."" He was discovered in Paddington Station, London, by the (human) Brown family who adopted him, and thus he gives his full name as ""Paddington Brown"". As of June 2016, the Paddington Bear franchise is now owned by Vivendi's StudioCanal. Bond, however, continued to own the publishing rights to his series (until his death on 27 June 2017), which were licensed to HarperCollins in April 2017 for the next six years. Michael Bond based Paddington Bear on a lone teddy bear he noticed on a shelf in a London store near Paddington Station on Christmas"
"small sweet and preserves shop in the Seagate area of Dundee. In 1797, they opened a factory to produce ""Dundee Marmalade"", a preserve distinguished by thick chunks of bitter Seville orange rind. The business prospered, and remains a signature marmalade producer today. According to a Scottish legend, the creation of orange marmalade in Britain occurred by accident. The legend tells of a ship carrying a cargo of oranges that broke down in the port of Dundee, resulting in some ingenious locals making marmalade out of the cargo. Paddington Bear, a fictional character in children's literature, is renowned for his liking"
"and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. A much loved fictional character in British culture, a Paddington Bear soft 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. Paddington is an anthropomorphised bear. He is always polite – addressing people as ""Mr"", ""Mrs"" and ""Miss"", rarely by first names – and kindhearted, though he inflicts hard stares on those who incur his disapproval. He has an endless capacity for innocently getting into trouble, but he is known to ""try"
"TV presenter and writer). Shirley Clarkson dressed the stuffed bear in Wellington boots to help it stand upright. (Paddington received Wellingtons for Christmas in ""Paddington Marches On"", 1964.) The earliest bears wore small children's boots manufactured by Dunlop Rubber until production could not meet demand. Gabrielle Designs then produced their own boots with paw prints moulded into the soles. Shirley Clarkson's book describes the evolution of the toy Paddington from Christmas gift to subject of litigation and ultimately commercial success. In the first story, Paddington is found at Paddington railway station in London by the Brown family, sitting on his"
"Academy Film Awards: Best British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. A sequel, titled ""Paddington 2"", was released on 10 November 2017, with King returning as director and screenwriter. In the deep jungles of darkest Peru, British geographer Montgomery Clyde happens upon a previously unknown species of bear. He is about to shoot it to take back a specimen to the United Kingdom when another bear playfully takes his gun away. He learns that this family of bears is intelligent and can learn English, and that they have a deep appetite for marmalade. He names them Lucy and Pastuzo. As he"
"Paddington Bear. The original Plasticine factory was destroyed by fire in 1963 and replaced by a modern building. The Harbutt company produced Plasticine in Bathampton until 1983, when production was moved to Thailand. The Colorforms company was the major American licensee of Plasticine from 1979 until at least 1984. Apparently, the use of a different chalk compound caused a product inconsistency, and the US version was considered inferior to the original mix. Bluebird Toys plc acquired Plasticine through its purchase of Peter Pan, Harbutt's parent company. In 1998, Mattel bought Bluebird and the brand was sold to Humbrol Ltd, famous"
"on Light TV. In 2018, Qubo Channel announced they would start airing reruns of the show beginning October 7th. The Adventures of Paddington Bear The Adventures of Paddington Bear is a British-Canadian-French animated children's television series. It is based on the book ""Paddington Bear"" by Michael Bond and was written by Bruce Robb. It was produced by CINAR and Protecrea and ran for 117 episodes. The show aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV from November 2008 to August 2009. However, all CINAR references in these broadcasts have been replaced by Cookie Jar"
"contained the three TV specials altogether on one single disc. Paddington (TV series) Paddington is an animated television programme based on the Paddington Bear books by Michael Bond. The series was scripted by Bond himself, and produced by FilmFair London; it was narrated by Michael Hordern, who also voiced all of the characters. ""Paddington"" is animated in stop motion. Paddington himself is a puppet in a three-dimensional environment, whilst other characters are paper cut-outs. The final television special used a slightly different technique using 2d drawn fully animated characters. BBC1 premiered ""Paddington"" in January 1976; the series concluded in May,"
"Bonanza"", ""Paddington Goes To School"" and ""Paddington Goes to the Movies"" along with 15 bonus episodes of ""The Wombles"" and ""Huxley Pig"". It also had special features for children on DVD-ROM. Paddington Bear's 1989 television series was the first by a North American company, Hanna-Barbera, a co-production with Central Independent Television. This series was traditional two-dimensional animation and featured veteran voice actor Charlie Adler as Paddington and Tim Curry as Mr Curry. The character of an American boy named David, Jonathan and Judy Brown's cousin who arrived in London on the same day as Paddington, was added to the stories"
"Peggy Fortnum Margaret Emily Noel Fortnum (23 December 1919 – 28 March 2016) as pen name Peggy Fortnum was an English illustrator best known for illustrating children's literature series ""Paddington Bear"". Fortnum was born in England on 23 December 1919, at Harrow, Middlesex. She briefly attended Tunbridge Wells School of Art in 1939, before she enlisted in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II. While in the military, she sustained serious injuries when she was run over by a truck, requiring a prolonged period of recovery. After her recovery from her injuries she attended the Central School of Arts"
"featuring the eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka, having grown up near two chocolate makers in England who often tried to steal trade secrets by sending spies into the other's factory. His other works include ""James and the Giant Peach"" (1961), ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" (1971), ""The Witches"" (1983), and ""Matilda"" (1988). Starting in 1958, Michael Bond published humorous stories about Paddington Bear. Boarding schools in literature are centred on older pre-adolescent and adolescent school life, and are most commonly set in English boarding schools. Popular school stories from this period include Ronald Searle's ""St Trinian's"" (1949–53) and his illustrations for Geoffrey Willans's"
"Shirley Gabrielle Clarkson, a teacher, and Edward Grenville Clarkson, a travelling salesman. His parents, who ran a business selling tea cosies, put their son's name down in advance for private schools, with no idea how they were going to pay the fees, until at the last moment, when he was 13, they made two Paddington Bear stuffed toys for each of their children. These proved so popular that they started selling them through the business with sufficient success to be able to pay the fees for Clarkson to attend Hill House School, Doncaster, and later Repton School. Clarkson has stated"
"and to Susan Marfrey Rogers in 1981. He had two children. He lived in London, not far from Paddington Station, the place that inspired many of his books. Bond died in London on 27 June 2017, at the age of 91. No cause was given. The film ""Paddington 2"" (2017) was dedicated to his memory. Michael Bond Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017), who wrote under the pen name Michael Bond, was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35"
"second series—retitled The Adventures of Paddington—followed in October 1979, and ran until April 1980. In all, 56 episodes were broadcast, followed by three television specials: ""Paddington Goes to the Movies"" (1983), ""Paddington Goes to School"" (1984), and ""Paddington’s Birthday Bonanza"" (1987). ""Paddington"" was the first television programme adapted from Michael Bond's Paddington Bear stories. ""Paddington Bear"" (1989) was produced by Hanna–Barbera for broadcast syndication. ""The Adventures of Paddington Bear"" (1997) was produced by Protécréa. Episodes of ""Paddington"" are based on stories published in the following books by Michael Bond: In 1975, FilmFair completed production of the first series, which comprised"
"and Crafts in London. She worked as an art teacher, painter, and textile designer before becoming a full-time book illustrator. She has illustrated nearly eighty books (2015). Fortnum's first commission was for ""Dorcas the Wooden Doll"" by Mary Fielding Moore, published in 1944. Her best-known illustrations are of Michael Bond's character, Paddington Bear. The first illustrations of Paddington were made by Fortnum for ""A Bear called Paddington"". Fortnum's original illustrations were used for HarperCollins's 1998 reissue of ""A Bear Called Paddington"", which celebrated the first Paddington book's 40th anniversary. Although her pen-and-ink drawings of Paddington were done in black and"
"famously from ""darkest Peru"". In the documentary ""Paddington Bear: The Early Years"", British actor Stephen Fry encounters a spectacled bear called Yogi, which was kept in a small cage by Andean villagers. Fry bartered with the villagers to have the bear released, and it was taken to an enclosure in Machu Picchu. Fry's interest in the bears led to the follow-up documentary, ""Stephen Fry and the Spectacled Bears"", and he also wrote and published his experiences in ""Rescuing the Spectacled Bear: A Peruvian Diary"". In the BBC television programme ""Serious Andes"", a team of eight teenagers built a prerelease enclosure"
"and again as official tour artist on a diplomatic tour of Eastern Europe by HRH The Prince of Wales. He is an Academic Board member, and occasional tutor, of The Prince's Drawing School - a charitable trust founded by HRH The Prince of Wales that provides a wide range of courses focused on drawing and painting skills. In 2000, he created a life-size bronze sculpture of the fictional Paddington Bear, that stands in Paddington Station in London. He was commissioned by a property developer to create five bronze statues of Scottish wild animals. One of them, a greater-than-life-size statue of"
"a segment on the program ""Lunch Box"" from the late 1980s into the 1990s. The series also aired on HBO in between features, usually when they were airing children's programmes. The series won a silver medal at the New York Film and Television Festival in 1979; the first British animated series to do so. Buena Vista Home Video released 6 volumes of episodes for NTSC/Region 1 Format: In 2011, Mill Creek Entertainment under the licence of Cookie Jar Entertainment, released the complete original 1975 ""Paddington Bear"" series on DVD. The 3-disc set also featured three half-hour television specials, ""Paddington Birthday"
"15 February 2011 in a 3-disc set entitled ""Paddington Bear- The Complete Classic Series"". In 1980, Thorn EMI Entertainment released six VHS video cassettes in the UK, each with five episodes from the first series. They released two more cassettes in 1982, each with five episodes from the second series. In August 1983, they released a single video cassette featuring ten episodes from the second series. In December 1983, they released the TV special of ""Paddington Goes to the Movies"" on a single video cassette along with five episodes from the second series. In 1985 & 1986, Walt Disney Home"
"Paddington 2 Paddington 2 is a 2017 live-action animated comedy film, directed by Paul King and written by King and Simon Farnaby. Based on the stories of the character Paddington Bear, created by Michael Bond, it is the sequel to ""Paddington"" (2014), and is produced by Heyday Films and StudioCanal UK. The film was released in cinemas and IMAX. The film stars Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington, with Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, and Hugh Grant in live-action roles. In the film, Paddington tries to get a present for his aunt's"
"in the 1989 cartoon. The most recent series, produced by Cinar Films, was first broadcast in 1997 and consisted of traditional two-dimensional colour animation. The show was called ""The Adventures of Paddington Bear"". Paddington Bear also appeared in The Official BBC Children in Need Medley with Peter Kay along with several other animated characters. In the video, Paddington makes a grand appearance by winking at the cameramen when they take photos of him; Kay tries to put a cloak on Paddington, but it keeps sliding off. He also joins the rest of the group for the final act. Untitled Paddington"
"David Heyman returned to produce. Paul King returned to direct and co-wrote the sequel with Simon Farnaby. A third film has also been confirmed. On 9 October 2017, it was announced that StudioCanal were producing animated TV series based on the films, set to launch in either late 2018 or early 2019. Paddington (film) Paddington is a 2014 live-action animated comedy film written and directed by Paul King from a story by King and Hamish McColl and produced by David Heyman. Based on the stories of the character Paddington Bear created by Michael Bond, the film stars Ben Whishaw as"
"Eve 1956, which he bought as a present for his wife. The bear inspired Bond to write a story; and, in ten days, he had written the first book. The book was given to his agent, Harvey Unna. ""A Bear Called Paddington"" was first published on 13 October 1958 by William Collins & Sons. The first Paddington Bear stuffed toy to be manufactured was created in 1972 by Gabrielle Designs, a small business run by Shirley and Eddie Clarkson, with the prototype made as a Christmas present for their children Joanna and Jeremy Clarkson (who later became a well-known British"
"sale went to charity. During 2015, it was announced that the studio was in talks with the producer about a sequel. The sequel, titled ""Paddington 2"", was released on 10 November 2017 in the UK to universal acclaim. Paddington was featured on the Royal Mail 1st class stamp in the Animal Tales series released on 10 January 2006, and had previously been featured on one of the 1st class Greetings Messages stamps, released on 1 February 1994. There is a Paddington Bear themed hotel in Lawrence Block's ""The Burglar in the Rye"" (1999). Paddington Bear featured in the Marmite UK"
"out of four stars, saying: ""Because of its adorable protagonist, laugh-out-loud gags and touching premise, ""Paddington"" succeeds in a way most CGI/live-action hybrids do not."" Betsy Sharkey of the ""Los Angeles Times"" gave the film a positive review, saying: ""Artfully and cleverly, the sweet spirit of that young bear from darkest Peru and his many London misadventures materializes brilliantly on screen in the very good hands of writer-director-conjurer Paul King."" Mary Houlihan of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying: ""This is a charming film whose underlying message of tolerance and acceptance"
"Island. Although Browning was thought to have coined the name ""Little Venice"" for this spot there are strong arguments Lord Byron was responsible. Paddington station is the iconic landmark associated with the area. In the station are statues of its designer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and the children's fiction character Paddington Bear. The terminus of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal was originally known as the Paddington Basin and all the land to the south was developed into housing and commercial property and titled The Grand Junction Estate. The majority of the housing was bounded by Praed Street, Sussex"