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New Wallace and Gromit for Christmas

Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death
  • Posted at 2:55pm
  • 04 November 2008
  • by PaulJones-RT
  • 15 comments

BBC1 has a great Christmas present for Wallace and Gromit fans - the premiere of a brand new adventure for the claymation duo.

A Matter of Loaf and Death sees Oscar-winning animator Nick Park back together with Bob Baker, who co-wrote earlier W&G yarns The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave. And after the rigours of making two big-screen animated features, Park is keen on a return to the original 30-minute format:

"I love making films for the cinema," he says, " but the production of Chicken Run and Curse of the Were-Rabbit were virtually back to back and each film took five years to complete. A Matter of Loaf and Death will be so much quicker to make. I'm delighted to be back into production and back with BBC1."

The new half-hour adventure finds Wallace and his trusty canine sidekick Gromit running a bakery, Top Bun. Business is booming, not least because the deadly "cereal killer" has been preying on the competition. But while Gromit worries that Top Bun may be the killer's next target, Wallace is a little preoccupied. He's fallen head over heels in love with Piella Bakewell, former star of the Bake-O-Lite bread commercials.

Can Gromit save his master from becoming the next baker to be butchered? And will he find time to pursue his own romantic liaison with Piella's gorgeous pet poodle Fluffles?

The inimitable Peter Sallis is the voice of Wallace, while Sally Lindsay (Corrie's former Rover's Return barmaid Shelley Unwin) is Piella Bakewell.

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  • Posted on 10 February 2009
  • at 3:26am
  • by Sheepy

How rude of the BBC to allow the titles at the end of the Bafta Awards to run over Nick Park's speech for an award!

  • Posted on 17 December 2008
  • at 7:31pm
  • by Josh . R

YAY im the number 1 fan of wallace & gromit and as soon as my mum got me the magazine i turned to page 16 and saw there was a token it says you need to collect 2 tokens to get a cracking poster! :) thank you radio times!

  • Posted on 16 December 2008
  • at 8:02pm
  • by Dave

wahey! at last, another wallace and gromit. personally cant wait and i know most of my freinds will be watching, too.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

  • Posted on 11 December 2008
  • at 10:49am
  • by Ionaclio

This is fantastic news! I can't wait for this programme. I will try to curtail indulging in the Chrismtas "spirit" so that I can enjoy this to the full and not fall asleep during it! Let's all get the Wensleydale in to enter in to the spirit of the prog. Very Merry Christmas to all at RT and fellow commentators!

  • Posted on 11 December 2008
  • at 8:50am
  • by Pete

Great news for Christmas, but why can't we have more of the same during the rest of the year?

  • Posted on 06 December 2008
  • at 6:09pm
  • by TOG

Like the great vintage Ealing comedies, true British humour, fantastic Christmas present from the BBC. I'll put my order in for the Wensleydale now Gromitt.

  • Posted on 02 December 2008
  • at 8:11pm
  • by Cammy

This will be a new, great edition to the wallace and gromit series happy xmas all

  • Posted on 02 December 2008
  • at 4:38pm
  • by Rocky B

I can't wait 4 this and chrismas and happy xmas to you all !!

  • Posted on 30 November 2008
  • at 9:42pm
  • by BrianT

cracking news Grommit!

  • Posted on 30 November 2008
  • at 8:06pm
  • by dominic

new wallace and gromit at xmas BRILLIANT!

hope this is then follwed by a rerun of the previous ones for a fantastic xmas! plus i think my 2 yr old would love wallace and gromit! have good xmas everyone!

  • Posted on 29 November 2008
  • at 10:52pm
  • by Max Dakers

woohoo! i cant believe its back! i will be sitting front row with bells on for this!

  • Posted on 06 November 2008
  • at 5:01pm
  • by Chip

Personally i prefer the feature-length ones, but there you go, you can't win em all.. im pleased to see gromits back in action though!!

  • Posted on 06 November 2008
  • at 12:50pm
  • by Taz

YAY!!!! With this and the new Dr Who xmas special, the BBC has Xmas all wrapped up (excuse the pun!!!)

  • Posted on 06 November 2008
  • at 12:03pm
  • by SarahD

Fantastic news!

  • Posted on 06 November 2008
  • at 9:37am
  • by MazY

Ah, now I can relax and know that even if the turkey goes up in flames, the tree collapses under the weight of the hanging chocolate coins, and the gifts are stolen, Wallace and Gromit will be there to ease the pain. All is right with the world. Pass the mince pies...

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