Misery Bear

Misery Bear is a British comedy character who was created by Chris Hayward and Nat Saunders. It involves a depressed teddy bear with a penchant for excessive alcohol consumption, which constantly fails, both at work and in his search for true love. Since 2009, made ​​up of 15 video clips which are published by the British Broadcasting Corporation on the Internet. Some of these clips were produced for the benefit of charitable organizations ( Children in Need, Sport Relief, Amnesty International). As a guest star Kate Moss, Geri Halliwell, Mo Farah and Lionel Richie came on it. Regards the reputation of the figure also carries viral marketing in social media, if any, Misery Bear has more than 50,000 friends on Facebook and over 30,000 followers on Twitter.

In October 2011, published by Hodder & Stoughton the book Misery Bear's Guide to Love & Heartbreak (ISBN 1444728059 ), a worried by Christoph Bausum German translation was published in December 2012 by Rowohlt under the title Misery Bear's Guide to Love ( ISBN 3499625296 ).