Guide Note

Wallace and Gromit are two fictional characters created by Peter Lord and Nick Park. So far, they have appeared in several stop-motion animated short films and one full length feature film.

Fast Facts

1. First aired on BBCs PBS
2. Created by: Nick Park, Aardman Animation
3. The characters reside at 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, Lancs
4. A spin-off series based on Wallace and Gromit's friend, Shaun the Sheep, began March 5, 2007 on CBBC.
5. Trouble At' Mill will premiere in late 2008
6. Wallace and Gromit love to eat Wensleydale cheese

In the first short film, A Grand Day Out (1989), Wallace and Gromit build a space ship and travel to the moon, which they believe is composed entirely of cheese. The film won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Oscar.

In the second short film, The Wrong Trousers (1993), Wallace builds Gromit a pair of "Techno-Trousers" for his birthday, but a jewel-thieving penguin by the name of Feathers McGraw gets a hold of them and uses Gromit to break into a diamond exhibit. The Wrong Tousers won a BAFTA and an Oscar for Best Animated Short.

For the third short film, A Close Shave (1995), Wallace and Gromit start a window washing company and investigate a sheep stealing conspiracy for one of their clients who runs a wool shop. In this film, the character of Shaun the Sheep is introduced, who got his own spin-off show. A Close Shave also won a BAFTA and an Oscar for Best Animated Short.

A fourth short, A Matter of Loaf and Death, has been announced. It was originally titled, Trouble At' Mill.

In 2005, the first Wallace and Gromit feature film was released, which was entitled Wallace and Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. In the movie, Wallace and Gromit start a pest control business called "Anti-Pesto" and investigate the destruction of all the town's vegetable gardens by a were-rabbit. They attempt to catch the culprit before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, and also try to thwart Lord Victor Quartermaine who wants to stop the were-rabbit by using violent means.