He has it cook scrambled eggs, but they end up on Gromit's head instead of a plate (Gromit clearly suspects something like this will happen as he has donned a sou’wester to protect himself). To avoid the necessity for cooking, Wallace activates the Autochef, a robot chef equipped with a tea nozzle, frying pan and blender. This short contains numerous references to NASA, especially the Apollo 13 mission. Wallace keeps calling Gromit, who is still in the basement, to stop Shaun, but Gromit, disgusted and not wanting to get involved, ignores Wallace while Shaun happily munches away on the cheese (alluding to the final scene in A Close Shave). Wallace sends Shaun the Sheep to bring it in, but Shaun begins eating the cheese instead. The other wheel comes off at the front door, stopping the trolley and, in the process, dumping the Edam in the garden. Gromit guides it to grab a loaf of French bread, which it uses as a crutch to limp home. Though it successfully picks up the largest wheel of Edam in the shop, the weight causes one wheel to fall off. This was the first Wallace and Gromit production in widescreen.Įpisode descriptions Shopper 13 īecause no dogs are allowed into the shop, Wallace deploys a remote-controlled trolley equipped with a camera and accessories to retrieve cheese from it and carry it home. The episodes appeared as comic strips in the 2010 Wallace and Gromit Annual.
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The series is now available free online on the Aardman YouTube channel, as well as the Wallace and Gromit YouTube channel. Christmas Cardomatic was viewable free in December 2003.
Starting April 2003 Microsoft sponsored free viewing of individual episodes, one per week.
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All ten episodes were later aired as a 25-minute compilation on BBC Three during Christmas 2008, shortly before The Curse of the Were-Rabbit premiered on BBC One.Įpisodes first appeared on the internet for free viewing 15 October 2002, and the entire series for paid subscribers 21 October 2002 – July 2003. The series was also included as a bonus feature on some DVD releases of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and can be found on the Walmart exclusive DVD, Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD, packaged with The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
They were subsequently released on a limited edition VHS and Region 2 DVD by Momentum Pictures. Episodes were broadcast individually on BBC One throughout the Christmas period, 2002.
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