Wallace & Gromit
British clay animation comedy franchise
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| 2025 | Wallace & Gromit entered a partnership with gravy brand Bisto, featuring characters on products and opening a pop-up gravy restaurant called 'The Gravy Boat' in Paddington, London. |
| March 4 2025 | Wallace & Gromit DLC pack added to PowerWash Simulator. |
| February 2025 | A statue of Feathers McGraw was added to the Wallace & Gromit bronze bench statue in Preston. |
| January 3 2025 | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is released worldwide on Netflix and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. |
| December 25 2024 | Second Wallace & Gromit feature film 'Vengeance Most Fowl' debuts on BBC, marking the return of Feathers McGraw. |
| November 29 2024 | A six-minute Wallace & Gromit animation was projected onto London's Battersea Power Station every evening from 29 November to 31 December as part of Apple's Shot on iPhone marketing campaign. |
| July 25 2024 | Wallace & Gromit-themed course added as downloadable content (DLC) to the virtual reality game Walkabout Mini Golf. |
| August 23 2023 | A fourth charity trail was announced, planned to take place in Bristol in 2025. |
| September 2021 | A bronze bench statue of Wallace & Gromit was unveiled in Preston, Lancashire. |
| January 18 2021 | The Wallace & Gromit augmented reality mobile app 'The Big Fix Up' is released. |
| 2020 | Gromit Unleashed: The Grand Adventure was held at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway, featuring 15 sculptures of Wallace, Gromit, Shaun, and Feathers. |
| May 2020 | Aardman announced The Big Fix Up, an augmented reality (AR) mobile Wallace & Gromit story. |
| December 2019 | Wallace and Gromit appeared in a DFS Furniture advert celebrating the company's 30th anniversary, with Helena Bonham Carter reprising her role as Lady Tottington. |
| 2018 | Gromit Unleashed 2 charity project was launched, featuring Wallace & Shaun sculptures. |
| June 2 2017 | Peter Sallis, the original voice of Wallace, passes away. |
| May 2017 | Peter Lord suggested more Wallace & Gromit projects were likely during an animation event in Stuttgart, Germany. |
| 2015 | A similar charity fundraising project called Shaun in the City was conducted, featuring Shaun the Sheep sculptures. |
| 2013 | Wallace and Gromit appeared in a nationwide TV, press, and cinema campaign promoting the British government's 'Holidays at Home are Great' directive. |
| July 2013 | Wallace & Gromit launched the Gromit Unleashed fundraising project in Bristol, distributing 80 giant fibreglass decorated Gromit sculptures to raise funds for the Bristol Children's Hospital Charity. Artists and celebrities like Joanna Lumley, Sir Peter Blake, Trevor Baylis, and Jools Holland decorated the sculptures. |
| February 9 2013 | Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels premiered at The Plenary in Melbourne, Australia, and became a full touring show throughout 2013. |
| August 2012 | Wallace and Gromit presented an edition of The BBC Proms called 'Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels' as Prom 20 of the 2012 season. |
| 2010 | A Matter of Loaf and Death was nominated for an Academy Award. |
| December 2010 | Wallace and Gromit featured on a series of UK Christmas postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail. |
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