Bear necessity

Britain's "best animated character of all time" isn't even British.

Beating Super Ted, Aleksandr Meerkat (from those annoying TV ads) and Wallace & Gromit - surely the bookie's favourites? - to the prestigious title is Peru's most famous export, Paddington Bear.

The title was bestowed on the nation's favourite following a public vote at this year's British Animation Awards.

Other winners included 'The Tale of Three Brothers' from Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part 1, for Best Animated Sequence in a Film while Bertie Crisp was Best Short Film.