Wallace and Gromit

Wallace and Gromit
Premiere	1989
Finale	1995
Creator	Nick Park
Network/Provider	syndication
Style	animated comedy
Company	Aardman Animations
Episodes	3
Origin	UK

Wallace and Gromit is a series of three British animated films and a motion picture by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. All the characters were made from moulded plasticine on wire frames, and filmed with stop motion animation. This process is sometimes known as "claymation", because plasticine is also known as modelling clay.

Wallace is a hare-brained inventor, cheese enthusiast, and owner of the dog Gromit who appears to be more intelligent than his master. Wallace is voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis; Gromit is mute, communicating by way of eloquent facial expressions.

The Wallace and Gromit animations were shot using the old stop motion animation technique. After detailed storyboarding, and set and plasticine model construction, the film was shot one frame at a time, moving the models of the characters slightly between to give the impression of movement in the final film. Because a second of film constitutes 24 separate frames, even a short half-hour film takes a long time to animate correctly.

Though painstaking and time-consuming, stop motion remains a much-loved style of animation. This is probably very much thanks to the global success of Nick Park's Wallace and Gromit shorts.

Cast

Actor	Character
Main Cast
Peter Sallis	Wallace

Episodes

#	Title			Airdate
1	A Grand Day Out			December 23, 1989
2	The Wrong Trousers			December 23, 1993
3	A Close Shave			December 23, 1995

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

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