Filmed in various London locations, perhaps most iconic is Paddington and the Brown's street, which though called Windsor Gardens in the film, is actually Chalcot Crescent in Primrose Hill in real life.
Paddington Bear house in London: The Brown family home is at 30 Chalcot Crescent in Primrose Hill. Gruber's Antique Store: Head to Notting Hill to Alice's Antiques on Portobello Road, where Paddington is taken to try and find out where he came from.
As fans of the classic movies will know, the Brown family, who take Paddington Bear in as one of their own, live at 32 Windsor Gardens. However, off-screen, the address does not actually exist. Instead, the Brown family home featured in the movies was actually filmed in Primrose Hill's Chalcot Crescent.
Paddington Bear may have taken home by the Brown Family to the fictional 32 Windsor Gardens, but it was a road in Primrose Hill that starred in the Paddington live-action films.
Now the dream houses of many Londoners, these terraces in Chalcot Crescent tend to sell for a minimum of £4 million these days. The specific house used in Paddington appears to have gone up for sale in 2017, after they finished making the film. According to Savills it was sold for about £3.2 million at the time.
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Who owns Paddington Bear now?
As of June 2016, the Paddington Bear franchise was owned by Vivendi's StudioCanal. Bond, however, continued to own the publishing rights to his series, which was licensed to HarperCollins in April 2017. Paddington Bear has been adapted for television, films and commercials since its first appearance on the BBC in 1966.
Filming in fact took place north, on Chalcot Crescent in Primrose Hill, a picturesque curve of houses that provides a pastel-shaded vision of London straight out of a traditional storybook – but which very much exists.
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In the film, after Paddington is framed and imprisoned for a burglary that he did not commit, he and his family have to find the real culprit and prove his innocence.
The man behind the marmalade-loving character is late author Michael Bond. The tale goes that he bought a small toy bear for his wife after seeing it left alone on the shelves of Selfridges one evening. He named him Paddington after the train station close to his home.
While the home of the Brown family is billed as 32 Windsor Gardens, filming actually took place on Chalcot Crescent in Primrose Hill — a colourful curve of houses famous for its pretty pastel hues.
They had a real dog called Percy, who did many of the shots on set (dogs are, obviously, very trainable), but it was "very hard to get Paddington to run on the dog's back", so these shots had to be completely CG, with a digital Wolfie.
Paddington 2 really is a fine children's movie. In fact, I would go as far as to say one of the best children's movies I have seen. It is not just charm and whimsy and genuine laughs though it has those in buckets - it is a real plot, and a solid caper movie to boot.
Ghosts actor Simon Farnaby has reflected on an awkward encounter with the Queen while filming the Paddington platinum jubilee concert special. In June 2022, Queen Elizabeth II, who died three months later, participated in a pre-recorded sketch that kicked off the Platinum Party at the Palace concert.
2023 marks 65 years since a kind bear from Peru with a big appetite for marmalade was first introduced to the world. Paddington is a beloved children's character, created by author Michael Bond in 1958.
While Paddington was originally named after his uncle in Peru, Uncle Pastuso, the Browns decided to give him the new name of Paddington after the station where he was found. They also weren't too sure how old he was, so they decided to start again at one and that he should have two birthdays, just like the Queen.
The Brown family find him alone at Paddington Station with a label around his neck which says 'Please look after this bear. Thank you. ' The Browns decide to name the small bear Paddington, after the station where he was found, and they invite him to live with them.
But PEOPLE has learned that the video was filmed in March at Windsor Castle, with Paddington added later by CGI techniques. It's likely that a staff or crew member sat opposite the monarch during filming to help her.
Brown took Paddington home to live with them at 32 Windsor Gardens in London, along with their two children, Jonathan and Judy and their housekeeper, Mrs. Bird.
Paddington Central is one of the UK's go-to locations for global production companies and brands. You can spot us in films and TV such as The Bourne Legacy (2012), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) and Cleaning Up (2019). We've also played host to brands for high-profile commercials and photoshoots including Mizuno and Next.
Finally, over two years on from StudioCanal announcing that it was in development, the third instalment, named Paddington in Peru, has confirmed its release date: 8 November, 2024.
Paddington Ursus (or Paddington the Bear) was a wild specimen of Peruvian bear of whom Michael Bond owned and cared for since it was four months old. It died in 1974, aged 28, from health issues. This live specimen was what inspired Bond to write the Paddington series in 1958.
Does Jeremy Clarkson get royalties from Paddington Bear?
After a huge success, the Clarkson couple eventually sold the stuffed bear rights to toy stalwart Hamleys. It is unclear whether Jeremy Clarkson profits from Paddington Bear royalties, but his mum has previously insisted that without their plush bear success, her son's life would have looked very different.
