MAGIC THAT BROUGHT PADDINGTON TO LIFE

BUTTON up that duffle coat and stock up on marmalade sandwiches — Paddington Bear is back. The first movie raked in £220 million at the box office in 2014, and the sequel, out this weekend, looks set to do even better. Based on the much-loved character created by Michael Bond, who died in June aged 91, and filmed in London, the cast of Paddington 2 includes Julie Walters, Hugh Bonneville, and Hugh Grant, who plays the baddie. Paddington, meanwhile, is voiced by actor Ben Whishaw, but almost everything else about him is down to pure computer wizardry. Bringing that affable, talking teddy from deepest, darkest Peru to the screen involved an awful lot of work, as TANITH CAREY reveals . . .