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BBC’s 100%-rated Wallace & Gromit movie confirms Christmas release date

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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl will be bringing Feathers McGraw back into our lives this Christmas.

The BBC has confirmed that the critically-acclaimed new movie – which still holds a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating – will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on Christmas Day.

A time has yet to be announced for the BBC One airing. You can check out a new trailer for the movie here.

To mark the festive premiere, the BBC will air three specially commissioned idents featuring Wallace, Gromit and new character Norbot between programmes on BBC One for the entirety of December.

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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl marks the long-awaited return of the much-loved duo in their first outing in 16 years.

It sees Wallace introduce his new invention, a smart gnome called Norbot, that’s designed to do any gardening task or “gnome improvement”. Gromit, as ever, is concerned and he’s right to be when Norbot develops an evil mind of its own.

But could the duo’s iconic nemesis Feathers McGraw, currently locked up in a zoo following the events of The Wrong Trousers, actually be behind it all?

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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl features Ben Whitehead as Wallace, with Peter Kay returning as Chief Inspector Macintosh and Lauren Patel as eager recruit PC Mukherjee.

Reece Shearsmith voices Wallace’s new invention Norbot, with the likes of Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh, Muzz Khan and Lenny Henry providing cameos for the new feature-length movie.

If you just can’t wait until Christmas Day, you can watch all of Wallace & Gromit‘s previous adventures, including The Wrong Trousers, right now on streaming service BBC iPlayer.

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl premieres on Christmas Day on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. It will be released globally, outside of the UK, on Netflix on January 3, 2025.

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Movies Editor, Digital Spy  Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor.  Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world.   After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
 

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