OK, I admit it. I love the Wallace & Gromit movies. Yes, I know they’re made for children… but they’re also made for adults like me. They are all made with “claymation”. I believe this is achieved through modeling the clay figures & then filming, stopping to model figures again, stopping, etc. I don’t insist on knowing how they are made, I just know I like the results!
Nick Park is the man to thank for all of these delightful movies/television shows. Park is both the creator and animator of these projects:
Wallace & Gromit: If you don’t already know them, let me introduce you to them. Wallace is an 
Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures is a series of three half hour episodes. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 48 minute movie.
Chicken Run: 
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Robert Z says
Great recommendation; I love the Ardman Studios movies and have the complete ‘Shaun’ on dvd.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Robert, glad to hear that there are so many other Shaun the Sheep fans on the site! I get the impression it’s less well-known here in the United States than Wallace and Gromit, though that just might be my impression.
Francine says
Love Wallace and Gromit! Hadn’t heard about the new movie. Thanks for the info!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Francine, glad to let you know! I hope the new movie lives up to their older works.
Noilin says
Thoroughly enjoy Wallace and Grommit but have to say Shaun the Sheep is my absolute favourite. The work that goes into making these tv shows and films leave me speechless.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Noilin, I’m glad to hear there are some other Shaun the Sheep fans! For some reason I think of it as being a bit more obscure than Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, though that might just be my impression.
Lydia M says
My husband and I are long-time Wallace & Gromit fans. The detail of these animations is incredible. I think it’s an excellent family recommendation.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Lydia, I can’t even imagine the amount of work that it must take to put these works together!
Bek says
And I “dust LUBS me” some Shaun the Sheep! I’m also a huge fan of a LOT of children’s movies, notably (although not claymation) the entire Ice Age series! I’m quite enamored with the Skratt.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Bek, I have to admit I haven’t seen much of the Ice Age series! I’ll have to give it a shot some time.
Joppy says
I agree with you that these little films are definitely worth adult viewing. In the UK there have been numerous magazine articles and books on how they are made. I was interested to hear that the original ‘pitch’ for Chicken Run was “the Great Escape, with chickens”.
Peter Sallis, the voice of Wallace, was a well known English character actor from way back in the days of live action television (i.e, pre-recorded video days), and appeared in every episode of the long running sit-com Last of the Summer Wine. He died last year.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Joppy, that’s an interesting pitch to hear for Chicken Run, though pretty accurate to what ended up coming out! Very sad to hear that Peter Sallis passed away. He was really a great voice for Wallace.
DeAnna Julie Dodson says
I love all of these (except I haven’t seen Creature Comforts)!
Favorite W&G? The Wrong Trousers! Hee hee.
Looking forward to Early Man.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
DeAnna, that’s not a surprise on either count >>> Creature Comforts is definitely a lot less common than the others, at least here in the United States. And the Wrong Trousers is really great!
Judith says
You may want to check out Arthur Christmas, Pirates Band of Misfits, and Flushed Away as they are also from Ardman Animation.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Judith, thanks for the recommendations! I’ll have to check them out some time.
P. Wever says
I liked the movie Flushed Away with the voices of Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet. It is the same type of animation as the Wallace and Gromit. I guess I am also child at heart because there are a lot of animated movies love.
I also like a lot T.V. shows and movies produced in the UK. I don’t mind the accents. I love the quirky British humor.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
P., I don’t mind the accents so much, though sometimes as I get older and my hearing is becoming a bit less reliable, I do find I need to rely on subtitles a bit more! And I love the quirky British humor as well.