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Wallace & Gromitis a Britishstop-motion animatedcomedyfranchisecreated byNick Parkand produced byAardman Animations.It consists of fourshort films,twofeature-length filmsand has spawned numerous spin-offs and TV adaptations. The series centres on Wallace, a good-natured, eccentric, cheese-loving inventor, and Gromit, his loyal and intelligentanthropomorphicbeagle.The first short film,A Grand Day Out,was finished and released in 1989. Wallace was voiced by actorPeter Sallisuntil 2010 when he was succeeded byBen Whitehead.While Wallace speaks very often, Gromit is largely silent and has no dialogue, communicating throughfacial expressionsandbody language.[1]

Wallace & Gromit
Created byNick Park
Original workA Grand Day Out(1989)
OwnerAardman Animations
Years4 November 1989 – present (34 years)
Print publications
ComicsList of comic books
Films and television
Film(s)
Short film(s)
Web seriesShaun the Sheep 3D(2012)
Animated series
Television special(s)
Theatrical presentations
Play(s)
  • Wallace And Gromit Alive on Stage in a Grand Night Out(1997)
  • Shaun's Big Show(2011)
Games
Video game(s)List of video games

Because of their popularity, the characters have been described as positive international cultural icons of both modern British culture and British people in general.BBC Newscalled them "some of the best-known and best-loved stars to come out of the UK".[2]Iconshas said they have done "more to improve the image of the English world-wide than any officially appointed ambassadors".[3]

Park has made pointed references that he was inspired by his childhood through the1950sand1960sinLancashireinNorthern England.Although not overtly set in any particular time — with the1960sbeing the optimum time period placement, except for the considerable number of anachronisms — but with very shaky geography, whereWiganis seen at the end of Wallace'salliterativehome address on his letters, though his accent comes from theHolme ValleyofWest Yorkshireand he is especially fond ofWensleydale cheese(fromWensleydale,North Yorkshire).

Their films have been widely praised, with the first three short films,A Grand Day Out(1989),The Wrong Trousers(1993) andA Close Shave(1995) earning 100% onRotten Tomatoes;the feature filmWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit(2005) has also received acclaim. The feature film is thesecond-highest-grossing stop-motion animated film,outgrossed byChicken Run(2000), another creation of Park's. A fourth short film,A Matter of Loaf and Death,was released in 2008. A second feature film,Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,marking the return of the villainous penguinFeathers McGraw,will be released in 2024.[4]The franchise has receivednumerous accolades,including fiveBritish Academy Film Awards,threeAcademy Awardsand aPeabody Award.[5]

History

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CreatorNick Parkwith his characters in 2005 promotingWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

The first short film,A Grand Day Out,was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Animated Short Filmin 1991. The short filmsThe Wrong TrousersandA Close Shavefollowed. The full-length featureThe Curse of the Were-Rabbitwas released in 2005. The latter three each earned Academy Awards.

In January 2007, a five-film deal withDreamWorksand Aardman fell through after three films, due to creative differences, as well as the box office failure ofFlushed Away.Park said later that DreamWorks executives wanted toAmericanisethe very British Wallace and Gromit after test screenings, which would have tarnished some of the duo'snostalgiccharm. The fourthWallace & Gromitshort,A Matter of Loaf and Death,was Park's first production since the end of the DreamWorks deal. It was the most-watched television programme in the UK in 2008.[6]A Matter of Loaf and Deathwon the 2008BAFTA Awardfor Best Short Animation and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2010.[7]In 2013,Peter Lordstated that there were no plans at the moment for a new short film, and Park announced in the following year that the declining health of Wallace's voice actor,Peter Sallis,had the possibility of preventing any future films despite the availability ofBen Whitehead.[8]

Wallace and Gromit bronze sculpture in Park's home town ofPreston, Lancashire,England.

On 4 May 2017, Lord stated that more projects with the characters are likely while speaking at an animation event inStuttgart,Germany. He said, "When Nick [Park]'s not drawing cavemen, he's drawing Wallace & Gromit... I absolutely assume he will do another, but not a feature. I think he found it was too much. I think he liked the half-hour format."[9]

Sallis died on 2 June 2017 at the age of 96.[10]In 2018, Park said toRadio Times:"[Sallis] was such a special one-off person with such unique qualities, it would be hard to fill his shoes but I think he'd want us to carry on and I've got more Wallace and Gromit ideas."[11]In 2019, Park announced that a newWallace & Gromitproject is in development. "I can't give too much away because it would spoil it really, but it's Wallace & Gromit up to their old antics."[12][13]In May 2020, Aardman announced the release ofThe Big Fix Up,a Wallace & Gromit story in the form of anaugmented reality(AR)mobile app.It features the voices ofMiriam Margolyes,Isy SuttieandJim Carterand was released on 18 January 2021.[14][15]

In September 2021, a bronze bench statue ofWallace & Gromitwas unveiled inPreston,Lancashire,Park's home town.[16]In January 2022, a new film,Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,was announced, which is due to release in 2024 onNetflixworldwide, except for the UK where it will debut first on the BBC before also coming to Netflix at a later date.[17]

Overview

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Wallace, with his dog Gromit, the main characters of the franchise

Wallace

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Wallace lives, along with his pet dog Gromit, at 62 West Wallaby Street that is in a part ofWiganinLancashire.

He usually wears brown woollen trousers, a white shirt with detachable sleeves, and a red tie under a greenvee-neckedknittedsleeveless sweater.He is fond of cheese, especiallyWensleydale,with crackers.[18][19]

Nick Park,his creator, said: "He's a very self-contained figure. A very homely sort who doesn't mind the odd adventure." He is loosely based on Park's father and Park has never made it clear as to whether Wallace is the character'sforenameorsurname,preferring to leave this ambiguous.[20][21][22]

Wallace was voiced byPeter Sallisuntil his retirement in 2010 — ironically lending to aLancastrian,his well-known softYorkshire accent,iconic over nearly four decades since the1970sin theLast of the Summer Wine— and latterly byBen Whitehead,since 2009.[23][24][25]

Wallace is an inveterate inventor, creatingelaborate contraptionsthat often do not work wholly as intended. Their appearance is similar to the illustrations ofW. Heath RobinsonandRube Goldberg,whereNick Parkhas said of Wallace that all his inventions are designed around the principle of using a "sledgehammer to crack a nut". Some of Wallace's contraptions are based on real-life inventions. For example, his method of waking up in the morning uses a bed that tips over to wake up its owner, an invention that was exhibited at theGreat Exhibitionof 1851 byTheophilus Carter.

In order to finance the development of his inventions, Wallace runs independent business ventures to varying levels of success. He adapts his house with increasingly elaborate contraptions, employing his devices & gadgets in various ways. Each business has a punning name, which reflect those of the titles of the films:

  • In 1995, in their third outing,A Close Shave,Wallace runs a window cleaning business with the aid of amotorcycleandsidecarwith washing suds dispenser andmini-aeroplanefeatures.
  • Come 2005, in their fourth outing,The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,Wallace runs a humane pest-control service —Anti-Pesto— with a specially adapted 1964Austin A35 delivery vanconversion, incorporating hisBun-Vac 6000to capture creatures, (nearly all of which are rabbits), and keeping these in the cellar of his house.
  • By 2008, in their fifth outing,A Matter of Loaf and Death,Wallace has extensively rebuilt his house with extensions, particularly an old-fashioned sailwindmillout of the roof in order to facilitate his new bakery, calledTop Bun,with a refitting of his Austin A35 delivery van, incorporating a multi-functioncar radiowithrecord playerandtoasterfunctions.
  • For 2024, in their sixth outing,Vengeance Most Fowl,Wallace has repurposed his contraptions – particularly hisAnti-Pestoguard garden gnomes – in the development ofGnome Improvementswhere "no job is too small".

While he has shown himself to be skilled to some degree in the businesses he creates, an unexpected flaw in the inventions he uses to assist him in his latest venture or simple, but odd, happenstance ends up being pivotal to the resolution of the story.

In the first photo shown onThe Curse of the Were-Rabbit,it was revealed that Wallace once had a full head of hair and a very thick moustache withmuttonchops.On the photo that shows Gromit's graduation at Dogwarts, he had lost his beard, but still had a little hair, in the form of sideburns just above his ears. InThe Wrong Trousers,he still uses a hair-dryer. InA Matter of Loaf and Death,when Wallace is talking to Gromit, a picture is seen behind Gromit of Wallace with a brown beard and brown hair.

Wallace has had three romantic interests. The first was wool shop owner Wendolene Ramsbottom,[26]which ended quickly when Wendolene told Wallace that she was allergic to cheese. The second was Lady Campanula Tottington inThe Curse of the Were-Rabbit,whom Wallace fondly calls "Totty". InA Matter of Loaf and Death,Wallace becomes engaged to Piella Bakewell, who turns out to be a serial killer of bakers.[27]

Gromit

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"Gromit doesn't ever say a word, but there has never been a more expressive character (animated or otherwise) to grace our screens."

—Empiremagazine's entry for Gromit placing the dog first in their list of "the 50 best animated movie characters".[28]

Gromit is abeagle,with a cream-coloured short-haircoatand oversized floppy dark brown ears, who is Wallace's pet dog and best friend.[29]He is very intelligent, having graduated from "Dogwarts University" ( "Dogwarts" being a pun on "Hogwarts",the wizard school from theHarry Potterbooks) with adouble firstin Engineering for Dogs.[30]He likes knitting, playing chess, reading the newspaper, tea and cooking. His prized possessions include his alarm clock, dog bone, brush, and a framed photo of himself with Wallace. He is very handy with electronic equipment and an excellent aeroplane pilot. He often threatens the plans of the antagonists he and Wallace encounter in their adventures. Sometimes, Gromit ignores Wallace's orders, such as inA Close ShaveandShopper 13,where Wallace orders him to get rid of Shaun, but Gromit does not. Gromit's birthday is 12 February.[31]InThe Wrong Trousers,he is seen circling the date on a calendar.

Gromit has no visible mouth and expresses himself through facial expressions and body language.Peter Hawkinsoriginally intended to voice Gromit, but Park dropped the idea when he realised how Gromit's thoughts and feelings could be known through movement with some canine noises on rare occasions.[32][33]Many critics believe that Gromit's silence makes him the perfectstraight man,with apantomimeexpressiveness that drew favourable comparisons toBuster Keaton.[34]He does at times make dog-like noises, such as yelps and growling.[35]According to the fortieth anniversary documentaryA Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman,Gromit was originally supposed to be a cat, but the idea was dropped as Park realised that animating a dog was easier.

Generally speaking, Gromit's tastes are more in vogue than those of Wallace; this being one of the many ways they contrast with each other as characters. Gromit seems to have a significant interest in encyclopaedic, classical and philosophical literature, and popular culture, including film and music.Electronics for Dogshas been a firm favourite sinceA Grand Day Out,and inThe Wrong TrousersGromit's bookshelves feature titles such asKites,Sticks,Sheep,Penguins,Rockets,BonesandStars,while he is seen readingThe Republic,by Pluto (a nod to theDisney character of the same nameand a pun onPlato) andCrime and Punishment,by Fido Dogstoyevsky (a pun onFyodor Dostoyevsky). Gromit's various possessions make extensive use of puns:A Matter of Loaf and Deathfeatures "Pup Fiction"(Pulp Fiction), "The Dogfather"(The Godfather), "Where Beagles Dare"(Where Eagles Dare), "Bite Club"(Fight Club) and "The Bone Identity"(The Bourne Identity) all as book titles, and "Citizen Canine"(Citizen Kane) as a film poster. His taste in music has been shown to coverBach(presumably punning on "bark" ), "Poochini" (a play onPuccini), "McFlea" (McFly), "The Beagles" (the Beatles) and "Red Hot Chili Puppies" (Red Hot Chili Peppers).

Gromit gains his own love interest inA Matter of Loaf and Death,when he becomes attached to Fluffles, a poodle. Fluffles reciprocates his affection and joins Wallace and Gromit delivering bread at the end of the film, and the three drive off into the sunset, making a delivery and listening to "Puppy Love"(performed, according to the record cover, by" Doggy Osmond ").

NASAnamed one of its new prototypeMarsexplorer robots after Gromit in 2005.[36]On 1 April 2007,HMVannounced that Gromit would stand in forNipperfor a three-month period, promoting children's DVDs in its UK stores.[37]

Location

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Gromit sorts the mail at his house where he hopes to find abirthday card(scene fromThe Wrong Trousers).

Although not overtly setting the series in any particular town, Nick Park had previously hinted that its milieu was inspired by thoughts of 1950sWigan,reinforced by anA–Z Wiganbeing displayed on Wallace's Anti-Pesto van inThe Curse of the Were-Rabbit.[38]InThe Wrong Trousers,Gromit picks up a letter at the Wallace & Gromit residence addressed to "62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan".[38]The address includes a postcode of WG7 7FU, though this does not match any street in Wigan, whose postcodes begin with the lettersWN.[39]This address can be seen in theCracking Contraptionsepisode "Shopper 13".

Wallace'saccent(voiced byPeter Sallis) comes from theHolme ValleyofWest Yorkshire.[40]

In theCracking Contraptionsepisode "The Soccamatic",Wallace says to Gromit," How do you like myPreston North Endsoccamatic, Gromit? ". The episode references famous English footballers of the 1950s and '60s, includingNobby Stiles,Tom FinneyandBill Shankly(all of whom played for Preston in their careers) as well asGeoff HurstandStanley Matthews.

The nostalgic quality ofWallace & Gromit'sworld has been compared to 1950sBeanotown.[41]

Filmography

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Main series

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Title Original UK release/air date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
Short films
A Grand Day Out 24 December 1990 Nick Park Nick Park and Steve Rushton Rob Copeland
The Wrong Trousers 26 December 1993 Nick Park,Bob BakerandBrian Sibley Christopher Moll
A Close Shave 24 December 1995 Bob Baker and Nick Park Carla Shelleyand Michael Rose
A Matter of Loaf and Death 25 December 2008 Nick Park and Bob Baker Steve Pegram
Feature films
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 7 October 2005 Nick Park andSteve Box Nick Park, Steve Box,Mark Burtonand Bob Baker Claire Jennings, Carla Shelley,Peter Lord,David Sproxtonand Nick Park
Vengeance Most Fowl 25 December 2024 Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham Mark Burton Nick Park and Mark Burton Richard Beek

Spin-off films

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Title Original release/air date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
Short films
Timmy Time: Timmy's Christmas Surprise 12 December 2011
Timmy Time: Timmy's Seaside Rescue 13 July 2012
Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas 26 December 2015 Jay Grace Nick Vincent Murphy,Lee Pressman and Richard Starzak Paul Kewley and John Woolley
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas[42][43] 3 December 2021 Steve Cox Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow
Feature films
Shaun the Sheep Movie 6 February 2015 Mark BurtonandRichard Starzak Paul Kewley and Julie Lockhart
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon 18 October 2019 Will Becher and Richard Phelan Mark Burton and Jon Brown Richard Starzak Paul Kewley
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Television series

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Title Originally aired Series Episodes
First aired Last aired
Main series
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions 15 October 2002 1 10
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention 3 November 2010 8 December 2010 6
Spin-offs
Shaun the Sheep 5 March 2007 present 6 170
Timmy Time 6 April 2009 13 July 2012 3 78
Shaun the Sheep 3D 7 March 2012 13 June 2012 1 15
Shaun The Sheep Championsheeps 2 July 2012 13 July 2012 21

Box office and reception

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Box office performance

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Film Budget Box office gross All time ranking Ref(s).
U.S. and Canada Other territories Worldwide U.S. and Canada Worldwide
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation† $2 million $1,002,002 $1,002,002 #8,832 #14,991 [44][45][46]
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit $30 million $56,068,547 $138,000,274 $192,611,171 #1,611 #910 [47][48][49]
Shaun the Sheep Movie $25 million $19,375,982 $86,833,396 $106,209,378 #3,850 #1,738 [50][51][52]
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon $43,100,248 $43,100,248 #3,100 [53][54]
Timmy's Cinema Adventure^ $84,581 $84,581 #23,697 [55]
Timmy's Cinema Adventure: Christmas Edition^ $34,574 $34,574 #26,985 [56]
Total $87 million $85.4 million $342.5 million $419 million
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Critical and public reception

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Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore[57]
A Grand Day Out 100% (20 reviews)[58]
The Wrong Trousers 100% (27 reviews)[59]
A Close Shave 100% (19 reviews)[60]
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 95% (184 reviews)[61] 87 (35 reviews)[62] B+[57]
Shaun the Sheep Movie 99% (170 reviews)[63] 81 (30 reviews)[64]
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon 96% (78 reviews)[65] 79 (17 reviews)[66]
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Academy Awards

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Award Main series Spin-offs
A Grand Day Out[67] The Wrong Trousers[68] A Close Shave[69] Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit[70] A Matter of Loaf and Death[71] Shaun the Sheep Movie[72] A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon[73]
Animated Short Nominated Won Won Nominated
Animated Feature Won Nominated Nominated

Production

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Stop motion technique

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TheWallace & Gromitfilms are shot using thestop motionanimation technique.[74]After detailed storyboarding, set andplasticinemodel construction, the films are shot oneframeat a time, moving the models of the characters slightly to give the impression of movement in the final film. As is common with other animation techniques, the stop motion animation inWallace & Gromitmay duplicate frames if there is little motion, and in action scenes sometimes multiple exposures per frame are used to produce a fauxmotion blur.Because a second of film constitutes 24 separate frames, even a short half-hour film likeA Close Shavetakes a great deal of time to animate. General quotes on the speed of animation of aWallace & Gromitfilm put the filming rate at typically around 30 frames per day per animator. The feature-lengthThe Curse of the Were-Rabbittook 15 months to make.

Museum set fromThe Wrong Trousers,on display at theNational Media Museumin Bradford, West Yorkshire

Some effects, particularly the fire, smoke and floating bunnies inThe Curse of the Were-Rabbit,proved impossible to create in stop motion and were rendered bycomputer animationspecialists, MPC film.[75]MPC film studied the set for three months in order to create clay-like animation to match the stop-motion production. By paying close attention to detail, MPC was able to make the animated bunnies blend in with the clay bunnies. Adding imperfections such as fingerprints along with texture to the animated bunnies helped enhance the effect. MPC's collaboration resulted in over 700 effects to aid the film along with colouring to match the visuals.[75]

Most models were destroyed in the2005 Aardman studio fire,but a set fromA Matter of Loaf and Deathis presently on display at theWe The Curiousscience centre.[76]The set and several props from the museum featured inThe Wrong Trouserssurvived as well, as they were being kept at theNational Science and Media MuseuminBradford,West Yorkshire, before the fire occurred.

Music

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The music featured in every film was written by British film composerJulian Nott.The theme song was used to wake up astronauts aboard space shuttle missionSTS-132in May 2010.[77]It has been suggested on BBC Radio 4'sPMthat the theme should become the England football supporters' song, instead of the main title theme ofThe Great Escape.[78]

Other media

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Video games

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AWallace & Gromitinteractive CD-ROM game from 1996, namedWallace & Gromit Fun Pack,was released for thePC,containing theCrackin' Compendiumwith three mini-games based on the three original animated shorts as well as brief video clips. The other program in the Fun Pack theCustomise-O-Maticcontained wallpapers, screen savers and sounds that could be assigned as system sounds.[79]A sequelFun Pack 2was released in 2000 featuring enhanced graphics and two new games as well as a remake of the Great Train Game.

The characters were associated with a 144-issue fortnightly digest called Techno Quest, published by Eaglemoss Publications starting in 1997. It was designed to get children interested in science and technology.[80]

In 1997, an animated screensaver themed video game entitledWallace & Gromit Cracking Animatorwas released. Screensaver games were made by Dibase.[81]Players could create their own multimedia animations through the collation of things like sound effects, sets, characters and props. Players could manipulate the facial movements of characters in order to synchronise their expressions with dialogue.[82]Players could choose to make their finished creation their screensaver, or choose one of the pre-made screensaver games.[82]TheBoston Heraldoffered a rating of 2.5 stars, noting that creativity is limited.[83]

In September 2003,Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoowas released for thePlayStation 2,Xbox,GameCube,andMicrosoft Windows.This separate story sees the duo take on Feathers McGraw (ofThe Wrong Trousers) again. Still obsessed with diamonds, he escapes from the penguin enclosure of West Wallaby Zoo, where he was "imprisoned" at the end ofThe Wrong Trousers,and takes over the entire zoo, kidnapping young animals and forcing their parents to work for him, helping him turn the zoo into a diamond mine.

In 2005, a video game ofThe Curse of The Were-Rabbitwas released forPlayStation 2andXbox,following the plot of the film as Wallace and Gromit work as vermin-catchers, protecting customers' vegetable gardens from rabbits, using a "BunGun".[84]Gameplay for the Project Zoo involve players exclusively controlling Gromit, as Wallace functions as a helpernon-player character,but inThe Curse of the Were-Rabbit,gameplay shifts between the two, and includes two-player cooperative play.[85]Both games were developed byFrontier Developmentswith the assistance of Aardman, with Peter Sallis reprising his role as Wallace.Project Zoowas published byBAM! Entertainment,whileThe Curse of the Were-Rabbitwas published byKonami.[85]

In July 2008, developerTelltale Gamesannounced a new series ofepisodic video gamesbased on the characters, calledWallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures.[86]The first episode inGrand Adventures,"Fright of the Bumblebees", was released on 23 March 2009.[87]The second episode, "The Last Resort", was released on 5 May 2009.[88]Two more episodes, "Muzzled!" and "The Bogey Man", were released in later 2009. The four episodes have separately been released onXbox Live Arcadefor theXbox 360.

On July 25, 2024, aWallace & Gromit-themed course was added to thevirtual reality gameWalkabout Mini Golfasdownloadable content.[89]

List of video games

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Title Release date Platform(s)
Main series
Wallace & Gromit Fun Pack 1996 PC
Wallace & Gromit Cracking Animator 1997
Wallace & Gromit Fun Pack 2 1999
Project Zoo 3 October 2003 PlayStation 2,GameCube,Xbox,Windows
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 7 October 2005 PlayStation 2, Xbox,Mobile
Wallace & Gromit - The Curse Of The Were Rabbit (Interactive DVD Game) 7 November 2005 DVD
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees 23 March 2009 Windows,Xbox 360
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 2: The Last Resort 5 May 2009 PC, Xbox 360,iOS
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 3: Muzzled! 15 June 2009 PC, Xbox 360
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 4: The Bogey Man 30 July 2009
Wallace & Gromit: The Big Fix up 18 January 2021 iOS,Android
The Grand Getaway 2023 Meta Quest 2 VR
Shaun the Sheep series
Shaun the Sheep 26 September 2008 Nintendo DS
Off His Head 23 October 2009
Home Sheep Home 2011 iOS
Home Sheep Home 2 2011
Shaun's Mossy Mole Mischief June 2016 Wii U,Nintendo 3DS
Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition October 2019
26 May 2023 (re-release)[90]		 Switch,Xbox One,Xbox Series X and Series S,PlayStation 4&PlayStation 5
UntitledThe Sandboxgame TBA iOS,Android
RollerCoaster Tycoon -Shaun the sheep[91] 28 January 2021 iOS
Timmy Timeseries
Timmy Time 19 August 2011 Nintendo DS

There are also several interactive games on the officialWallace & Gromit,Shaun the SheepandTimmy Timewebsites.

Comic

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British publisherTitan Magazinesstarted producing a monthlyWallace & Gromitcomic after the debut ofCurse of the Were-Rabbit.The characters still run Anti-Pesto, and both Shaun and Feathers McGraw have appeared in the comic.[92]

The two characters appeared in the monthlyBeanoMAXcomic until its closure in June 2013, and now appear every four weeks inThe Beano.[93]They are heavily featured in 'Aardmag', the free online magazine that is unofficial but supported by Aardman Animations.[94]Nick Park guest-edited the 70th birthday issue ofThe Beanoweekly, and so this issue contained numerousWallace & Gromitreferences.[95]

On 17 May 2010, they began appearing daily inThe Sun.[96]It is credited to Titan and Aardman, with scripts written by Richy Chandler, Robert Etherington, Mike Garley, Ned Hartley, Rik Hoskin, David Leach, Luke Paton, J.P. Rutter, Rona Simpson and Gordon Volke, art by Sylvia Bennion, Jay Clarke, Jimmy Hansen, Viv Heath, Mychailo Kazybrid and Brian Williamson. It replacedGeorge and Lynne.A graphic novel compiling all 311 daily strips was released on 8 October 2013, and a second volume followed on 4 November 2014.[97]A third volume was released on 25 March 2015,[98]and a fourth volume was released on 9 September 2015.[99]

List of comics

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Number Title Publisher Run Issues
1 Wallace & Gromit Comic Titan Magazines 2005–07 26
2 Shaun the Sheep Comic Titan Magazines 2007–08 19
3 Wallace & Gromit D. C. Thomson & Co. 2013–15 —
4 Wallace & Gromit The Sun 2010–13
List of graphic novels
  • The Lost Slipper,1997
  • The Lost Slipper and Curse of the Ramsbottoms,1998
  • Anoraknophobia,1998
  • Crackers in Space,1999
  • A Grand Day Out,1999
  • Catch of the Day,2002
  • The Whippet Vanishes,2004
  • A Pier Too Far,2004
  • The Bootiful Game,2005
  • Plots in Space,2007
  • A Grand Day Out,2009
  • The Wrong Trousers,2010
  • The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection,2013
  • The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection, Volume 2,2014
  • The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection, Volume 3,2015
  • The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection, Volume 4,2015

Theatre

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In November 1997 the characters appeared in a play calledWallace And Gromit™ Alive on Stage in a Grand Night Out.[100]

On 9 March 2011, Shaun the Sheep made its live theatre début inShaun's Big Show.[101]The 100-minute-long musical/dance show features all the regular characters, including Bitzer, Shirley and Timmy.

In 2015, Shaun starred inSnow White and the Seven DwarfspantomimeatBristol Hippodrome.[102]

Additional crew

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Film Executive producer(s) Composer Editor
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Michael Rose and Cecil Kramer Julian Nott David McCormick
and Gregory Perler
Shaun the Sheep Movie Peter Lord, Nick Park, David Sproxton, Olivier Courson and Ron Halpern Ilan Eshkeri Sim Evan-Jones
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Mark Burton, Richard Starzak, Peter Lord, Nick Park, Carla Shelley, David Sproxton, Didier Lupfer and Ron Halpern Tom Howe

Promotional appearances

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In 2003,Aardmanproduced a cinematic commercial for theRenault Kangoostarring Wallace and Gromit. The ad played in front of several summer blockbusters in top British cinemas. The commercial, entitled "The Kangoo-matic", wasWallace & Gromit'sfirst advertisement. LaterWallace & Gromitcommercials were made forJacob'sCream Crackers, energy supplierNpowerand beveragePG Tips.

The duo were used to promote aHarvey Nicholsstore that opened in Bristol (where Aardman is based) in 2008. The pictures show them, and Lady Tottington fromWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,wearing designer clothes and items.[103]They were used to prevent aWensleydale cheesefactory from shutting down because of financial difficulties after a member of staff came up with the idea of using Wallace and Gromit as mascots, as Wensleydale is one of Wallace's favourite cheeses.[18][104]

On 28 March 2009,The Science Museumin London opened an exhibition called "Wallace & Gromit present a World of Cracking Ideas". The family-orientated show, open until 1 November 2009,[105]hoped to inspire children to be inventive.[106]Wallace and Gromit were featured in many exhibition-exclusive videos, as well as one announcing the opening of the exhibition.[105]

Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Maticdark ride atBlackpool Pleasure Beachin Blackpool, Lancashire

In December 2010, Wallace and Gromit featured onseries of UK postage stampsissued by theRoyal Mailfor Christmas.[107]The same month, Nick Park appeared on BBC Radio 4’sDesert Island Discsand announced that he was working withBlackpool Pleasure Beachto build a theme park ride based on the characters.[108]Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Maticdark ridewas opened by Park at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 2013.[109]

Wallace and Gromit appeared in a one-minute special for theDiamond Jubilee of Elizabeth IIcalledJubilee Bunt-a-thon.[110][111]In 2012, Wallace and Gromit featured on an advert saying "Inventing For Britain" which was part of a poster campaign to promote British trade and business aboard in the year they hosted the Olympics.

In August 2012, they presented an edition ofThe BBC Proms,Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels,as Prom 20 of the 2012 season.[112]Because of its popularity,Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvelsbecame a full touring show in 2013. It premièred atThe PlenaryinMelbourne,Australia on 9 February 2013. It was performed at other venues throughout 2013, withA Matter of Loaf and Deathscreened at each performance.[113]

In 2013 and 2014 the pair appeared in a nationwide TV, press and cinema campaign promoting the British government's "Holidays at Home are Great" directive, calledWallace & Gromit's Great UK Adventure.[114]

In December 2019, they appeared in aDFSadvert created by Krow to celebrate their 30th anniversary.Helena Bonham Carterreprised her role as Lady Tottington with new dialogue for this advert.[115]

Charity

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The "Bark at 'Ee" sculpture, one of 80 giant fibreglass sculptures of Gromit decorated for theBristol Children's HospitalCharity.

Wallace & Gromitspearheaded the fundraising for two children's charities,[116]Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation,[117]which supports children's hospices and hospitals in the United Kingdom, and Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal,[118]theBristol Children's HospitalCharity. In July 2013, 80 giant fibreglass decorated sculptures of Gromit were distributed around Bristol as part of a Nick Park-inspired project to raise funds for the charity. The project is namedGromit Unleashedand sculptures were decorated by a range of artists and celebrities, includingJoanna Lumley,Sir Peter Blake,Trevor BaylisandJools Holland.[119]A similar project featuringShaun the SheepcalledShaun in the Citywas in 2015.[120]A third was placed in 2018 calledGromit Unleashed 2,also featuring Wallace & Shaun. In 2020Gromit Unleashed: The Grand Adventurewill be inThe Mall, Cribbs Causewayfeaturing 15 sculptures of Wallace, Gromit, Shaun and Feathers.[121]On the 23rd of August 2023 a fourth trail was announced, the trail in Bristol will run in 2025.[122]

Theme park ride

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Main article:Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic

A theme park ride calledWallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Maticopened atBlackpool Pleasure Beachon 29 April 2013 by creator Nick Park,Amanda Thompson,Nick Thompson,Nick Farmer and Merlin Crossingham.

The ride, which cost £5.25 million to make, was created by Blackpool Pleasure Beach design in association with Aardman Animations. The cars on the ride are designed on one of Wallace's slippers, so that, when a rider is seated, it is as if they are sitting inside a large slipper. The ride lasts almost four minutes, and features scenes fromA Grand Day Out,The Wrong Trousers,A Close Shave,The Curse of the Were-RabbitandA Matter of Loaf and Deathalong with some archive audio and some newly recorded lines from Ben Whitehead as the voice of Wallace.[123]

Spin-offs

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Shaun the Sheep(2007–present)

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Main article:Shaun the Sheep

In 2007, a spin-off seriesShaun the Sheepwas created for the character of Shaun, first introduced in 1995'sA Close Shave.In the series, Shaun lives with his flock at Mossy Bottom Farm, a traditional small northern English farm. In each episode, their latest attempt to add excitement to their dull mundane life as livestock somehow snowballs into a fantasticsitcom-style escapade, most often with the help of their fascination with human doings and devices. This usually brings them into conflict—and often into partnership—with the farm sheepdog Bitzer, while they all are simultaneously trying to avoid discovery by the Farmer. Following the success of the series, two series of 1-minute shorts were created –Mossy Bottom ShortsandChampionsheeps—followed by a television specialThe Farmer's Llamas(2015) and two feature films,Shaun the Sheep Movie(2015) andA Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon(2019).

Timmy Time(2009–12)

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Main article:Timmy Time

In 2009, a spin-off ofShaun the Sheep,Timmy Time,was created centring on the character of the same name. In the series, Timmy and his friends[124]have to learn to share, make friends and accept their mistakes.[125]They are supervised by two teachers, Harriet the Heron and Osbourne the Owl. The show is aimed at pre-school-aged children which the company described as "a natural step for Aardman".[126]

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