| Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions | |
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| Directed by | Loyd Price Christopher Sadler |
| Written by | Merlin Crossingham Seamus Malone Nick Park Loyd Price Christopher Sadler Mike Salter |
| Based on | Wallace & Gromit Nick Park |
| Produced by | Harry Linden Peter Lord |
| Starring | Peter Sallis |
| Cinematography | Andy MacCormack |
| Edited by | John Carnochan |
| Music by | Julian Nott |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Atom Films |
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Running time | Approx. 2 minutes x 10 episodes. Total Running Time: 23:49 minutes in all |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions is a British series of ten Wallace and 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. All ten shorts were aired on BBC One after the television premiere of Chicken Run (2000).
The idea for Cracking Contraptions came about when Japanese broadcasters were desperate for new material and asked if there were any shorts they could air on TV.[2]
This was the first Wallace and Gromit production in widescreen.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 49. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ "Cracking Contraptions".