Paddington Bear entertains at BBC's 500 Words

Paddington Bear entertains at BBC’s 500 Words

It was a special treat for the young audience in a special The One Show attended by the Queen.

The highly talented bear was invited to perform as winners were announced in the BBC’s 500 Words competition.

Paddington sang ‘The Explorer and The Bear’ from Paddington The Musical.

500 Words is the UK’s largest story-writing competition for 5-11 year-olds.

Since 2011, when 500 Words began, every story entered into the competition has been sent to our children’s language partner, Oxford University Press. These scholarly superstars have now collected almost a million stories. That’s over 500 million words!