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01/03/2008

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Please Look After This Bear

Michael Morpurgo celebrates the 50th anniversary of Paddington Bear in 2008.

4 Extra Debut. To mark Paddington's 50th birthday in 2008, 50 bears were left at train stations. Michael Morpurgo hears from his new friends.

Author Michael Bond's wellington-clad bear was found at Paddington Station and was thus named by the Brown family after the busy London terminus. 

To celebrate Paddington's 50th birthday in 2008 - BBC Radio 4 left 50 bears wearing the label "Please Look After This Bear" hidden in train stations all over Britain for people to find and to take home. 

Children's author Michael Morpurgo talks to these "finders" to hear what Paddington Bear has meant to them. He hears from creator Michael Bond about the bear's enduring appeal and also unravels the story of the first soft toy Paddington Bear, made by Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson's mother Shirley. 

Produced by Laura Parfitt. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.

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