West Sussex: Downton’s Hugh Bonneville and his mate Paddington reach the small screen

Paddington Bear makes it to DVD just in time for Easter, starring West Sussex-based Hugh Bonneville.
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After remarkable TV success as Lord Grantham in Downton Abbey, Hugh now shares the screen with a humble bear in his latest adventure, alongside Nicole Kidman, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters and Jim Broadbent.

The film follows the comic misadventures of a polite young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British, who travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, Paddington begins to realise city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kind Brown family, who read the label around his neck (“Please look after this bear. Thank you.”) and offer him a temporary haven.

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But little do the Browns realise 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 ...

Hugh, who lives just outside Midhurst, said: “It is a perfect holiday treat for Easter that all the family will enjoy, a labour of love for Harry Potter producer David Heyman and a huge success in the cinemas ($230m worldwide and counting). It appeals equally to children of seven and 77. There’s loads of marmalade, lots of silly scrapes plus I get to dress up as a cleaning lady. What’s not to like?” The film was one of last year’s big Christmas hits.

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