PADDINGTON tells the story of a polite young bear from Peru with an endearing talent for comic chaos,

who arrives in London in search of a home.Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his
Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an English explorer, has raised her nephew to cook
marmalade, listen to the BBC World Service, and dream of an exciting life in London. When an
earthquake destroys their home, Aunt Lucy decides the time has come to smuggle her young nephew on
board a boat bound for England, in search of a better life. Trusting of the kindness of strangers, she ties
a label round his neck which simply reads ‘Please look after this bear. Thank you.’Lost and alone at
Paddington Station, Paddington soon finds that London is not the welcoming, well-mannered land of his
dreams, but a rather busy, bustling metropolis where nobody even notices him. Luckily, he meets the
Brown family who feel unable to abandon this homeless young bear to his fate. They name him after the
station where they found him and offer him a place to stay while he searches for the only person he
knows in London: the explorer who impressed Aunt Lucy years before.But little do the Browns realize
just how much comic mayhem one young bear will bring to their family life, and when this rarest of
bears catches the eye of a sinister, seductive taxidermist, it isn’t long before his home – and very
existence – is under threat.Following in the footsteps of E.T., Paddington tells the universal tale of an
outsider trying to find his place in the world – and gives it an exuberant comic twist. Like Mr. Bean,
Paddington promises to delight and enchant the whole family.