Wallace and Gromit

Wallace and Gromit maker warns UK animators may have to move abroad

Exclusive: head of Aardman studio blames Brexit as UK falls behind on skills and tax relief

Dalya Alberge

06, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Bob Baker obituary

Television and film writer best known for Doctor Who and Wallace and Gromit

Toby Hadoke

07, Nov, 2021 @5:00 PM

It’s a cracking statue, Gromit: Preston unveils ‘wrong trousers’ bench

Hometown honours Nick Park for his Oscar-winning animated duo with a thumbs-up from Wallace

Rhi Storer

05, Jun, 2021 @5:35 PM

Say cheese: new Wallace and Gromit tale stars robot pigeons … and you

Aardman’s ‘augmented reality adventure’ on a phone app will let fans interact with lifesize characters in their own homes

Dalya Alberge

28, Jun, 2020 @7:00 AM

Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep: why I reach for them in dark times

Full of visual wit and narrative ingenuity, the tactile warmth and joie de vivre of these Aardman animations is soul-invigorating

Luke Buckmaster

05, Apr, 2020 @5:30 PM

Hold the plasticine: Aardman’s new look for musical made with Netflix

Aardman to make first animated musical, Robin Robin, about baby bird raised by mice

Dalya Alberge

22, Nov, 2019 @6:00 AM

Aardman's 20 best films – ranked!

From early experiments in claymation TV to its forthcoming Shaun the Sheep big-screen sequel, we rate the animation studio’s output

Andrew Pulver

19, Sep, 2019 @12:10 PM

Mary Poppins, The BFG and Spectre: your complete Christmas film guide

The best festive films, from the classic The Grand Budapest Hotel, to modern favourites such as Up and Brooklyn, plus the creepy baby from Twilight and everything in between

Paul Howlett and Phil Harrison

15, Dec, 2018 @10:00 AM

Wallace & Gromit producers hand stake in business to staff

Founders of the UK’s biggest animation company giving up 75% of Aardman to employees to ‘safeguard independence’

Sarah Butler

10, Nov, 2018 @8:00 AM

Early Man: Aardman goes prehistoric with moustache moodboards and claymation football

Nick Park has created another stop-motion masterpiece. We go behind the scenes with stars Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston, and ask Park what’s next for Wallace and Gromit

Gwilym Mumford

25, Jan, 2018 @12:01 PM

Early Man review – Aardman claymation comedy brings Brexit to the bronze age

The studio’s latest claymation comic wonder is a Brexit-for-juniors story about a stone age English tribe playing footie against sophisticated bronze age Europeans

Steve Rose

14, Jan, 2018 @3:30 PM