Michael Bond (Film & TV rights)

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Stephen Durbridge
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Michael Bond (1926 – 2017) is best known as the author of the much loved Paddington Bear books. First published in 1958, Paddington has remained on bookshelves in the UK and around the world ever since. Michael’s final Paddington novel, Paddington’s Finest Hour, was published in April 2017 by HarperCollins.

Michael’s other children’s books include Parsley & the Herbs, A Mouse Called Thursday and The Tales of Olga da Polga, a new edition of which was published in 2015 – with colour illustrations by Catherine Rayner – to celebrate the 40th anniversary. He also wrote the Monsieur Pamplemousse series about a French detective turned restaurant inspector (Allison & Busby). Michael had two titles published in 2016 by Random House: The Tale of the Castle Mice and It Wasn’t Me.

The first Paddington movie was released by Heyday Films and Studio Canal in November 2014 in the UK, January 2015.

Paddington 2 is released in UK cinemas 10th November 2017. Produced by Heyday Films and Studio Canal it is Studio Canals’ first sequel movie.

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