Interview: Paddington In Peru director and producer on "the spirit of Paddington"

After two beloved films about everybody’s favourite little bear from Peru, where do you go next? It’s a hard act to follow, but director Dougal Wilson and producer Rosie Alison, who bring Paddington In Peru to our screens this week, are confident they’re about to pull off a triple whammy.

It’s a film that sees a few changes – it’s Wilson’s first-ever feature film, Olivia Colman and Emily Mortimer join the cast and the story moves away from London – but still at its heart is the marmalade-loving bear with immaculate manners. Now the proud owner of a British passport, he and the Brown family set off to Peru to visit Aunt Lucy but, when they get to the Home For Retired Bears, she’s disappeared. Everything points to her having left on a mysterious quest so, having chartered a boat to take them up river and into the jungle, Paddington and the Browns head off into the unknown to find her.

In the interview below, Alison talks about finding a new director for the film and why she believes Wilson embodies the spirit of Paddington. Wilson recalls being the new arrival on set, among a team of people who had all worked together before, and the two reflect on how this film, and the previous ones, all pay tribute to classic British comedy, and also reveal their personal tastes when it comes to marmalade.