<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This film's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (November 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Paddington, having settled with the Brown family in London's Windsor Gardens, has become popular in his community, offering people emotional support in various ways, apart from Mr. Curry who still distrusts him . The Browns have changed in many ways . Mary Brown is training to swim the English channel; Henry Brown does not get the promotion at work he has hoped for; Judy has broken up with her boyfriend, Tony, and has started a newspaper; Jonathan has dropped his old, independent self and has become a classic teenage boy . To purchase a unique pop - up book of London in Samuel Gruber's antique shop for Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, Paddington performs several odd jobs and saves his wages over time, finding a good niche as a window - cleaner after a failed attempt as a hair dresser . </P> <P> When he is just a day away from having enough money for the book, he witnesses it being stolen from the shop by a bearded thief, and is accused of the crime when the true culprit flees after a brief chase . Unable to obtain evidence of the thief's existence, Paddington is wrongfully convicted and detained . The thief soon returns home, removing a disguise to be revealed as Phoenix Buchanan, an egotistical has been actor who lives opposite the Browns and whom Paddington met at a carnival opening ceremony some days prior and had shared the existence of the pop - up book, which Buchanan had thought to have been lost . </P> <P> Whilst in prison, Paddington initially has a mishap with the laundry, but soon befriends many of the initially hostile inmates, including the short - tempered chef Nuckles, who hires Paddington as his assistant when amazed by his marmalade sandwich recipe . The Browns, in the meantime, continue to try and clear Paddington's name, putting up sketches of the thief drawn by Mary based on Paddington's description . Buchanan begins using the pop - up book to locate a series of clues within London's famous landmarks, which he believes will unveil the location of a secret treasure his grandfather had known about . </P>

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