There was a moment while shooting Paddington in Peru where it dawned on Dougal Wilson that he was witnessing two of Britain’s most famous living actresses, Julie Walters and Olivia Colman, on screen together for the first time in history. “I remember thinking, ‘I’m sure I shouldn’t be the one telling them what to do here’. Not that they needed telling what to do!” he laughs.

While Wilson admits that he’s still dealing with the sense of imposter syndrome he felt right from the moment he was asked to take the reins from Paul King (who co-wrote and directed the original Paddington film in 2014 and its 2017 sequel), for those who are familiar with the director’s work in music videos and commercials his move into features seems like the logical next step. For starters, he’s one of the most awarded directors in commercial filmmaking, having picked up major gongs at D&AD, Cannes Lions and countless other awards over the course of his career.

There’s also a cinematic quality to much of the director’s previous work, which deftly weaves together humour, raw emotion and a touch of surrealism. In Temper Trap’s Love Lost music video from 2010, for instance, he sought out beauty and drama in the story of a group of schoolkids on a cross-country run. His Channel 4 campaign marking the Rio Paralympics in 2016 was a defiant celebration of difference. And his 2013 commercial for Three, which starred a Shetland pony dancing to Fleetwood Mac, was a rare example of an ad campaign that became a genuine viral hit.