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BBC News
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Wallace and Gromit: Locations revealed for Bristol sculpture trail
The locations for the upcoming Gromit Unleashed sculpture trail have been characters Wallace, Gromit and Feathers McGraw, along with new character Norbot the smart gnome, will be on display across Bristol from 30 Gromit Unleashed 3 trail will raise money for The Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children's Hospital 53 locations include Aerospace Bristol, WWT Slimbridge and Clifton Suspension Bridge. The original 80 Gromit sculptures attracted 1.2 million visitors in the summer of 2013 and raised £2.3m at then, Gromit Unleashed has generated more than £20m for The Grand Masters, co-founder and director of The Grand Appeal, previously said "Aardman and Bristol go together like cheese and crackers". The Gromit Unleashed 3 locations are:Aardman Animations, Gas Ferry RoadAerospace BristolAshton Court, Long AshtonAshton Gate Stadium, Ashton RoadBeaufort Arms, Hawkesbury UptonBrabazon, PatchwayBristol Bus & Coach Station, Marlborough StreetBristol Children's Hospital, Upper Maudlin StreetBristol Museum and Art Gallery, Queens RoadBroadmeadCabot CircusCheddar Gorge and Caves, CheddarClifton Observatory, CliftonClifton Suspension BridgeCollege GreenCribbs MallCrossFit Henleaze, Henleaze RoadFlaxpits Lane, WinterbourneFreemasons Hall, Park StreetGardiner Haskins Interiors, Straight StreetHargreaves Lansdown, Anchor RoadIKEA Bristol, Eastgate Shopping Centre, Eastgate RoadKingswood Park, High Street, KingswoodM Shed, Princes Wharf, Wapping RoadNarrow QuayNoah's Ark Zoo Farm, WraxallNorth Street, SouthvillePuxton Park, HewishQuakers Friars, BroadmeadSt Mary Centre, ThornburySt Mary Redcliffe, RedcliffeSt Nicholas Market, The Corn ExchangeTemple Meads StationThe Kendleshire, Coalpit HeathThe New Inn, BlagdonThe Rose & Crown, PucklechurchThe Wave, Easter ComptonThunderbolt SquareTOUT'S, Main Road, CleeveUnderfall Yard, Cumberland RoadValentine's Bridge, Temple QuayVictoria Park, Windmill HillVictoria Rooms, Queens RoadVictoria Square, Clifton VillageWai Yee Hong, Eastgate RoadWarmley Waiting Room, Bristol and Bath Railway PathWe The Curious, One Millennium SquareWest Country Water Park, Frampton CotterellWhiteladies Road, CliftonWillow Brook, Bradley StokeWWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Shaun the Sheep celebrates 30th anniversary
He is one of a kind... white, fluffy and a cheeky chap - can you guess who? It's Shaun the Sheep, of course!The mischievous sheep is a well loved character who made his debut back in 1995 in the Wallace and Gromit film, A Close forward to now, and not only is Shaun a global superstar but he is also celebrating his 30th anniversary! Who is Shaun the Sheep? Shaun the Sheep is a global superstar. His TV adventures are enjoyed across 170 countries, whilst he has over 5 million Facebook fans and 1.7 billion views on first came to our screens in Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave! and since 2007 has had his own series on BBC is a cheeky sheep who is also leader of his flock. Whilst Shaun is smart and resourceful, his love of adventure is well known for getting him in trouble! The Making of Shaun the Sheep Shaun the Sheep's TV show and films are made at Aardman's studio in Bristol. Like Wallace and Gromit, Shaun is created using something called stop-frame animation. This is where objects are filmed frame by frame so that they appear to be moving when played back at normal takes a long time to make just one second of a Shaun the Sheep animation as it requires between 12 and 24 individual puppets in Shaun the Sheep are made from different materials but modelling clay is a key ingredient. Did you know these facts about Shaun the Sheep? Shaun the Sheep animators have boxes of spare heads, eyes, arms and other body parts incase any of the puppets need to be replaced or swapped each Shaun series and movie there are multiple Shauns used - in the Farmageddon movie 22 Shauns were used! Shaun has won lots of awards including two International Emmys and two Fletcher (aka CBeebies star Mr Tumble) is the voice of Shaun the 2022, Shaun was announced as the first 'sheep' to go into space! He was appointed the first woolly astronaut to join the European Space Agency, ahead of its Artemis 1 mission to the new series of Shaun the Sheep starts on Saturday 24 May on CBBC.
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Wallace and Gromit's dedicated fans in South Korea
They are much loved in the UK, but Aardman characters Wallace & Gromit now also have a huge following on the other side of the in particular, has become a huge phenomenon in South Wallace's sidekick and faithful helper is able to communicate through his facial expressions, Gromit has become a useful tool in schools to teach English to he's' also a merchandise moneymaker - pens, keyrings and soft toys of him can be found in the capital Seoul and other large cities in the country. Susan Bolsover, Aardman's Senior Licence Manager, said about 20 to 25% of the commercial revenue from Wallace & Gromit currently comes from South said the Bristol-based company "loves" that the pair have travelled across the world."I think that's one of the great things about Wallace and Gromit - because Gromit communicates everything through his face, he travels around the world because there's no language barrier," Ms Bolsover said."They're [Wallace and Gromit] very loyal to each other and I think that's something they really love and embrace about them as well." South Korean student Sunwoo Chung, who is studying in Bristol, first encountered the Aardman characters in primary told the BBC's Andy Howard that she couldn't believe it when she saw a statue of Gromit on her first visit to said: "In elementary school we started learning English from year three."Because we were young, the teacher had to use some animation and one of those materials was clay animation - Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run or Wallace and Gromit for sure." The student said people in South Korea "love dogs" and thinks that was a trigger for the Gromit said: "I think because we also have animation - there's a dinosaur that doesn't talk - so I think we were all quite familiar with non-talking characters."But who would have known it came from here! The first time I came here, it [Gromit statue] was around the BRI [Bristol Royal Infirmary] and I was like - why is this thing here? "It's embedded in our childhood memory," she added. "Korea loves Wallace and Gromit." Lewis Hooper, a Bristolian now living in South Korea, said he was "quite surprised" to see Wallace & Gromit figures in some many shops when he arrived five years said: "You have Gromit pretending to be a pilot, with the goggles, and a few different outfits to cater or upsell more of the key chains. "I think a lot of products have been tailored to the Korean market to upsell and gain interest that way."Coming from Bristol, you can be quite proud that some local animation made its way to South Korea"
BBC News
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bristol in Pictures: Wrong Trousers and surfers' rally
Taking part has been a theme of this week, from the Big Bristol Run on Sunday to the Grand Appeal's 'Wallace & Gromit 'Wrong Trousers Day' on was disappointment but pride for Bristol City Fans as their season came to an end on Monday, and events galore across the is just some of the images showing life in Bristol this week. Standing ovation: Songs of the Bulbul by Aakash Odedra has been the latest show to pack out The Mount Without on St Michael's Hill, a performance space created in the inside of a former church. Great strides: People across the city donned some eye-catching legwear on Friday for the Wallace & Gromit's Wrong Trousers Day, which supports the Grand Appeal, the dedicated charity for Bristol Children's Hospital. Let's take a moment to savour these bold fashion choices. Keeping the faith: Although the odds were stacked against their team, plenty of Bristol City Fans queued to get into the Sports Bar at Ashton Gate on Monday to see the Robins take on Sheffield United in the second leg of their play-off tie. Roll up, roll up: East Street was the place to be for street food on Saturday as the eat:Bedminster market returned. Get involved: Bristol youth empowerment organisation, Babbasa, has launched a new appeal called CloseTheGap to tackle the current youth unemployment crisis. Babbasa estimates that in the city there are some 10,000 young people currently not in education, employment or training. Lovely day for it: The fine weather meant Gloucestershire's match with Kent at the County Ground in Bristol could get under way with plenty of short sleeves on show. Great effort: The 13-strong team from St Peter's Hospice that took on the AJ Bell Great Bristol Run last Sunday raised more than £4,000 for the charity. Paying it back: Also running last Sunday was Bristol student Leah Mainwaring, 22, who raised money for Ronald McDonald House Charities UK. It provides free 'home away from home' accommodation for families with children in hospital, and Leah and her family appreciated their support when she spent time in intensive care in 2016. Connections: Community Interest Company Tech4Good South West has marked a year since being launched. Over the past 12 months, it has built a community of 80 people and £27,000 has been raised and schemes such as the Bath Digital Divide Collective launched. High hopes: Two students from Fairfield High School in Horfield, Moss and Freddy, have excelled for the Bristol Flyers basketball under-16s team and now hope to make the jump to the under-18s. And finally: Just one more from the brilliant Wrong Trousers day efforts from across Bristol.
Daily Mail
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Hilarious recreation of Wallace and Gromit morning routine goes viral... but it took a whole year of planning
An inventor has recreated the iconic Wallace and Gromit morning routine complete with self-making toast and jam in a project that has been in the works for the past year. Joseph Herscher, 40, recreated the classic scene from Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers, in which Wallace builds an elaborate machine to simplify his morning routine. In total, it took him two months to complete the project and two full days of filming to create the now 29-second scene. After spotting his viral inventions online a year ago, the creators of the Wallace and Gromit Aardman Animations reached out to Joseph and offered him a tour, which sparked his decision to go ahead with this project. Having been a fan of the British series since his younger years, Joseph, who has been a full-time inventor and YouTuber for over 12 years, said 'it felt like a childhood dream come to life.' 'I have wondered about how this invention could be made since I first saw the film in 1993,' he said. 'It took about two months on and off to get it to a point where we could go ahead and film it.' He added: 'This project really meant a lot more to me than some of my other ones. 'Having been an Aardman fan since I was a kid, this really felt like I was fulfilling every little inventor's dream.' To play Gromit, Joseph, who is based in London, hired a dog named Archie who underwent a few training sessions to learn his role. This involved pushing a button to catapult the jam onto a piece of toast as it pops out of a toaster. As the project got underway, it became clear that two key elements were going to be hardest to perfect: sliding down into the trousers and catapulting jam across a table to land on a slice of toast. With the trousers, Joseph quickly realised the drop was much higher than expected. Joseph said: 'I realised I wouldn't feel good or safe dropping straight down from that height so we hung a bar that was connected to pullies on a counterweight. 'This meant it could lower me in a more controlled and gradual way before dropping me in the trousers.' The inventor ended up doing 65 takes to perfect the toast and jam stunt. In the original cartoon, Wallace has a contraption that times the toast popping up with jam flying across the table to land on it precisely. It took Joseph a lot of trial and error - and a bit of chemistry - to prevent the jam from splattering everywhere. Joseph said: 'The jam really did feel like the hardest part of the whole project. 'I realised early on that if I catapulted it as it is, it would just fly everywhere instead of aiming directly for the toast. 'So, I mixed sodium alginate in with the jam before placing it into a bowl of water that has calcium lactate in it. 'Because these two chemicals don't get along, the jam forms a sort of hard skin around it which keeps it in a spherical shape.' Wallace and Gromit fans couldn't hide their excitement in the comments section of the viral TikTok video, which has more than 190million views. One person asked: 'How many hours of jam-based bloopers did this have?' 'No one will ever understand how much I wanted one of these when I was little,' a second person said. A third person wrote : 'I've worked on the film and IMMEDIATELY shared it with the rest of the animators. This is incredible!'
