Overview

• StudioCanal and the rights holders to Paddington Bear filed a High Court complaint against Avalon, producer of Spitting Image’s YouTube series.
• The filing, handled by law firm Edwin Coe, cites alleged copyright and design‑right infringements, with detailed particulars not yet public.
• The contested sketch, titled The Rest Is Bulls*!t, pairs a Paddington parody with a Prince Harry puppet as podcast hosts.
• In the episode, the puppets interview an Elon Musk caricature and read mock ads for guns and robot sex dolls, with the bear referencing cocaine use.
• The video has surpassed half a million views, the series has drawn more than 10 million views on YouTube, and the parties have declined substantive comment as criticism circulated online.