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Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions is a British series of ten Wallace & Gromit stop motion animations varying in length from 1 to 3 minutes. [1] Each episode features one of Wallace's new inventions and Gromit's skeptical reaction to it. The series was produced and released in 2002 by Aardman Animations.
In the Cracking Contraptions episode "The Soccamatic", Wallace says to Gromit, "How do you like my Preston North End soccamatic, Gromit?". The episode references famous English footballers of the 1950s and '60s, including Nobby Stiles , Tom Finney and Bill Shankly (all of whom played for Preston in their careers) as well as Geoff Hurst and ...
Aardman Animations Limited (stylised as AARDMAN since 2022) is a British animation studio based in Bristol.It is known for films and television series made using stop motion and clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring its plasticine characters from Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Morph.
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions: 15 October 2002: Christmas 2002 BBC One: The Presentators: 2003: 2004: Nickelodeon: Creature Comforts: 1 October 2003: 18 June 2007: ITV Planet Sketch: 2005 2008 Decode Entertainment: CITV: Purple and Brown: 2006 2007 Nickelodeon Pib and Pog: 2006 2006 BBC Shaun the Sheep: 5 March 2007: present ...
The short was released on Blu-ray by Lionsgate Home Entertainment as part of Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Collection on 22 September 2009, in time for the 20th anniversary of the franchise. [16] A remastered version was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray by Shout! Studios on Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection on 10 December 2024. [17]
This new adventure also features an old villain, the criminal mastermind Feathers McGraw, a chicken-impersonating-penguin whom Wallace & Gromit - mostly Gromit - defeated in 1993's The Wrong Trousers.
The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop-motion animated short film directed and co-written by Nick Park.It was produced by Aardman Animations in association with Wallace and Gromit Ltd., BBC Bristol, Lionheart Television and BBC Children's International.
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions; Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention; List of Wallace & Gromit characters; Wallace & Gromit; Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic; Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels