This week we've got a suitcase full of marmalade, a sandwich under our hat, and have stowed away on board a postal boat in search of a new home in posh London as we watch Paddington. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, Georgia - as we wait at Cockfosters train station for someone to notice the tag around our neck. It's a 61st episode full of British cameos as we discuss:
- Who the original choice was for the titular Peruvian bear and how late in the game was the swap made
- We play BFE Bingo as Ian discovers he has 4 key things he references in every episode
- We have an absolutely uncanny Jim Broadbent fact courtesy of Ellie in Context Corner
- We all ask if this film wastes Peter Capaldi
- We marvel at the quality of the CGI as Paddington seamlessly interacts with the live-action footage in London
- There's a spirited discussion about if a film has to do more than give you the warm-and-fuzzies (pun totally intended) to be declared a great film
- We ask how an Academy Award winning actress such as Nicole Kidman can be this bad in the film and if moments of this film are a bit of a rebuke to a former partner.
- Does this film condition children against the museum and geographers in general?
- Whether or not Paddington is the Best Film Ever
Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor
Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/
