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Dashing into Selfridges on Christmas Eve， BBC cameraman1） Michael Bond finds a lone bear left on the shelves and buys it for his wife as a last-minute gift. Named Paddington after the station close to Bond's home， something about the bear inspires him to write eight episodes about his adventures in just over a week.

Bond's first book， A Bear Called Paddington， is published. A stowaway2） from Peru， Paddington is sent to Britain by his aunt Lucy armed with marmalade3） sandwiches for food. He's found near the lost property office at the station by the Brown family， who adopt him. Unsurprising to Bond， the book sells out before Christmas. "I had a feeling Paddington would be successful，" he says.

Created by Shirley Clarkson （mother of Top Gear's4） Jeremy Clarkson）， the first soft toy goes on sale. After coming to an amicable5） agreement over royalties6）， Bond and the Clarksons become firm friends—and when Shirley designs a Paddington with wellington boots （so he can stand on display shelves）， Bond dutifully writes about his first pair of wellies7） in the next book.

Produced by Bond and animation company FilmFair， Paddington's first TV series comes to BBC 1. Narrated by English actor Michael Hordern， Paddington appears as a 3D puppet， while other characters are paper cut-outs8）. These five-minute episodes are sold worldwide， turning the polite but accident-prone9） bear into a global star.

US animation studio Hanna-Barbera gets hold of Paddington， creating a cartoon series， complete with a new American cousin10） of the Brown family for US audiences. The series is also shown on ITV but， for many， there is no replacing the charm of the original.

Paddington does his bit11） for entente cordiale12） as he becomes the first item chosen by English tunnellers13） to pass through to their French counterparts when the two sides of the Channel Tunnel are linked up. In the same year， Bond opens the Paddington Bear memorabilia14） stand at Paddington Station.

To commemorate where he was first found by the Browns， Bond unveils a life-sized bronze statue of his creation in Paddington Station. Designed by the sculptor Marcus Cornish， Paddington sits on his battered15） suitcase， with the "Please look after this bear" sign around his neck.

1956年：圣誕節(jié)前夕，英國(guó)廣播公司攝影師邁克爾·邦德沖進(jìn)塞爾福里奇百貨商店，在貨架上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只孤零零的玩具熊，于是買下它，趕在最后一刻為妻子準(zhǔn)備了一份圣誕禮物。邦德用自家附近車站的名字給這只小熊取名為帕丁頓。這只小熊的某些特點(diǎn)激發(fā)了他的靈感，他僅用了一周多的時(shí)間，就寫下了八篇關(guān)于帕丁頓熊的歷險(xiǎn)故事。

1958年：邦德的第一本書(shū)《小熊帕丁頓》出版。書(shū)中，帕丁頓被露西嬸嬸送出來(lái)，隨身帶著果醬三明治當(dāng)干糧，從秘魯偷渡到英國(guó)。隨后，它在車站的失物招領(lǐng)處附近被布朗一家發(fā)現(xiàn)并收留。不出邦德所料，這本書(shū)在圣誕節(jié)之前就銷售一空?！拔揖陀X(jué)得帕丁頓會(huì)成功的?！彼f(shuō)。

1972年：雪莉·克拉克森是《瘋狂汽車秀》節(jié)目主持人杰里米·克拉克森的母親，由她設(shè)計(jì)的第一個(gè)帕丁頓熊布偶上市銷售。在就版稅問(wèn)題達(dá)成友好協(xié)議后，邦德和克拉克森一家成了非常要好的朋友。在雪莉設(shè)計(jì)出一款腳穿雨靴的帕丁頓熊玩偶時(shí)（這樣它就可以站在展架上），邦德盡職盡責(zé)地在下一本書(shū)里描寫了帕丁頓熊的第一雙雨靴。

1975年：由邦德和FilmFair動(dòng)畫(huà)公司共同制作的第一套帕丁頓熊動(dòng)畫(huà)片在英國(guó)廣播公司第一頻道播出。為該動(dòng)畫(huà)片擔(dān)任解說(shuō)的是英國(guó)演員邁克爾·霍登，帕丁頓熊在片中被制作成3D木偶，而其他角色都是用剪紙制作的。隨著這套五分鐘一集的動(dòng)畫(huà)片銷往世界各地，這只懂禮貌卻又容易惹麻煩的小熊在全球走紅。

1989年：美國(guó)漢納-巴伯拉動(dòng)畫(huà)工作室獲得了帕丁頓熊的動(dòng)畫(huà)制作權(quán)，推出了一套動(dòng)畫(huà)片，片中為美國(guó)觀眾增設(shè)了一個(gè)新角色——布朗家的美國(guó)表親。這套動(dòng)畫(huà)片也在英國(guó)獨(dú)立電視臺(tái)播出，不過(guò)對(duì)很多人來(lái)說(shuō)，原版的魅力是無(wú)法取代的。

1994年：帕丁頓熊為國(guó)家之間的友好關(guān)系做出了自己的貢獻(xiàn)——當(dāng)英法海底隧道的兩端貫通時(shí)，英方隧道施工人員選擇送給法方施工人員的第一件物品就是帕丁頓熊玩偶。在同一年，邦德在帕丁頓車站開(kāi)設(shè)了帕丁頓熊紀(jì)念品專賣店。

2000年：為了紀(jì)念帕丁頓熊最初被布朗一家發(fā)現(xiàn)的地方，邦德在帕丁頓車站為一尊實(shí)物大小的帕丁頓熊銅像揭幕。這尊銅像由雕塑家馬庫(kù)斯·科尼什設(shè)計(jì)，帕丁頓熊坐在它那破舊的手提箱上，脖子上還掛著一塊寫有“請(qǐng)照顧這只小熊”字樣的牌子。

2007年：華納兄弟公司與《哈利·波特》的制作人大衛(wèi)·海曼及編劇哈米什·麥科爾宣布已經(jīng)在著手創(chuàng)作關(guān)于帕丁頓熊的電影劇本，開(kāi)始聯(lián)手為電影提前造勢(shì)。他們表示，影片“將會(huì)從帕丁頓熊的全套書(shū)中汲取靈感”。

2008年：為了慶祝帕丁頓熊的50歲生日，時(shí)年82歲高齡的邦德為我們帶來(lái)了近30年來(lái)的第一本帕丁頓熊小說(shuō)——《此時(shí)此刻的小熊帕丁頓》。在書(shū)里的第一個(gè)故事中，警方就其難民身份盤問(wèn)了帕丁頓熊，這成了當(dāng)時(shí)的一大熱門話題。“小說(shuō)中的這個(gè)世界和我第一本書(shū)中的世界大不相同。”邦德表示。

2011年：為了迎合全國(guó)民眾對(duì)這位明星廚師的癡迷，帕丁頓熊推出了一本食譜，書(shū)中的特色美味包括黏糊糊的果醬香腸、小熊形狀的餅干以及露西嬸嬸的鱷梨醬。

2014年：在電影（編注：即《帕丁頓熊》）上映之前，50尊各不相同的帕丁頓熊雕像自11月4日起被擺放在倫敦的各大地標(biāo)內(nèi)和其周邊。這些雕像由大衛(wèi)·貝克漢姆、本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇、利亞姆·加拉格爾（編注：英國(guó)綠洲樂(lè)隊(duì)主唱）、板球明星伊恩·博瑟姆等名人設(shè)計(jì)，隨后會(huì)予以拍賣，所得款項(xiàng)將用于兒童慈善事業(yè)。11月6日，邦德在《來(lái)自帕丁頓的愛(ài)》一書(shū)中第一次讓帕丁頓熊執(zhí)筆，書(shū)中全是帕丁頓熊寫給露西嬸嬸的信，它在信中向嬸嬸講述了自己的歷險(xiǎn)故事。至此，帕丁頓熊系列圖書(shū)一共被翻譯成30種語(yǔ)言，在全球的總銷量超過(guò)3000萬(wàn)冊(cè)。11月28日，借助電腦成像技術(shù)，帕丁頓熊活靈活現(xiàn)地出現(xiàn)在了大銀幕上。這部英國(guó)出品的真人動(dòng)畫(huà)喜劇片有望使這只深受我們喜愛(ài)的小熊的名氣提升到全新的高度。

Starting the hype16） early， Warner Bros， together with Harry Potter producer David Heyman and screenwriter Hamish McColl， declare that work has begun on the screenplay for a Paddington film. The film "will draw inspiration from the whole series" of books， they say.

To celebrate the bear's 50th birthday， Bond， now 82， gives us his first Paddington novel in nearly 30 years—Paddington Here and Now. Topically， in the first story， Paddington is questioned by police about his refugee status. "It is a very different world to the world of the original book，" says Bond.

Appealing to our national obsession with the celebrity chef17）， Paddington brings out a cookery18） book featuring treats such as sticky marmalade sausages， bear-shaped cookies and Aunt Lucy's guacamole19）.

In the run-up20） to the film's release， 50 different Paddington statues are placed in and around London landmarks from November 4. Designed by celebs such as David Beckham， Benedict Cumberbatch， Liam Gallagher and cricketer Ian Botham， the statues are then auctioned for children's charity. On November 6， Bond gives Paddington the pen for the first time in Love from Paddington—a collection of letters to Aunt Lucy， telling her of his adventures. Together the Paddington books have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and been translated into 30 languages. On November 28， Paddington is brought to life in CGI. This live-action， British-made comedy is set to take our favourite bear's fame to a whole new level.