Paddington Bear

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Paddington Bear at the launch of Paddington  (2014) at the 2015 Tokyo International Film Festival
Paddington Station - vending cart with Paddington bears

Paddington Bear , the children's book character by Michael Bond , well-known in Great Britain , was named in 1958 after the train station of the same name in London .

In the first volume, should follow by 2014 the 25 other, meets an English family in London's Paddington Station a bear that from the "darkest Peru" ( darkest Peru ) dates. Mr. and Mrs. Brown spot the bear on the platform when they are about to pick up their daughter Judy from the train . The little bear has a sign around his neck that reads: Please look after this Bear, thank you (“Please take care of this bear, thank you”). Mrs. Brown thinks he has to be taken with you because you don't know what else could happen to him. They name him after the train station where they met him: Paddington.

The bear is special. He can speak and has good manners. He has a particular fondness for marmalade from Seville oranges . He wears either a yellow hat and a light blue jacket or a red hat and a dark blue duffle coat . A troubled time began for the Brown family with Paddington. Although the bear behaves well, it always gets into awkward situations ( Things are always happening to me. I'm that sort of bear ).

Books

The books translated into German were published by Benziger Verlag in the following order:

  1. Our little bear
  2. Little Bear New Adventures
  3. The little bear helps where he can
  4. The little bear is on vacation
  5. The little bear knows what he wants
  6. Whirl around the little bear
  7. The little bear in a fix
  8. Who will help the little bear
  9. The little bear is celebrating his birthday
  10. The little bear and his friends

watch TV

The book series served as a template for the puppet series Paddington (1975-1984) and the cartoon series Paddington Bear (USA, 1989), which was first seen in Germany in 1994 on RTL and The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997-2001). The latter was shown several times in Germany at KiKA .

Film adaptations

The British comedy film Paddington appeared in 2014 with Ben Whishaw in the role of Paddington and Nicole Kidman , who plays Millicent. Directed by Paul King , comes from the the screenplay. In 2017 the sequel Paddington 2 was released .

Web links

Commons : Paddington Bear  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paddington Bear. In: wunschliste.de. Retrieved May 18, 2016 .