Misery Bear is the saddest, loneliest, most depressed teddy bear in the whole world. A borderline alcoholic with anger management issues, the furry little character is the star of a series of BBC short films.

Misery Bear made his first appearance at Popcorn Comedy in 2009. Soon after, he was commissioned to make a series of short films for the BBC Comedy website, all of which are now available to see on the BBC’s YouTube channel. In 2011, Misery Bear appeared in a Comic Relief video with Kate Moss which was broadcast on BBC1 for Red Nose Day.

Since then he has starred in videos for Sport Relief, Amnesty International and Children in Need, as well as penning his first ever book, Misery Bear’s Guide to Love & Heartbreak, see picture below, which was published by Hodder & Stoughton on October 13th, 2011.

He stared with Geri Halliwell and Pudsey in a sketch called How Pudsey Got His Bandana, first broadcast on on BBC1 on the 16 November 2012 for Children in Need.

• Geri Halliwell & Misery Bear in How Pudsey Got His Bandana

Misery Bear’s films are directed by Chris Hayward & Nat Saunders, and produced by Roughcut TV.

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