It's time to guess

[girlyswot]

Yup, it's Paddington.  I had several of the books which I enjoyed, but I especially loved the TV incarnation with the sketched backgrounds and the model bear as well as Michael Hordern's wonderful narration. 

Paddington is 50 years old this year and isn't he looking well?  Apparently one of the very first Paddington bears belonged to Jeremy Clarkson.  His mother made them for Christmas presents, but they became so popular that a little later Clarkson's parents set up a factory to produce officially licensed Paddingtons.  You can hear about this and the 50 Paddingtons that were found in British train stations earlier this year with luggage labels saying, 'Please look after this bear' in a Radio 4 celebration.

Happy birthday, Paddington!  Have a marmalade sandwich on me.