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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Steven Morris

Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol

Wallace and Gromit figures on a motorbike with sidecar with legs of conservators and glass dome visible
Conservators lift a perspex dome over a model of Wallace and Gromit. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian

Aardman’s most famous characters, Wallace and Gromit, may be denizens of northern England but the studio’s deep-rooted connection to the south-west of the UK is being celebrated in a new show on Bristol’s harbourside.

The exhibition at the M Shed, just around the corner from the Aardman base on Gas Ferry Road (a name that would not be out of place in a Wallace and Gromit adventure), shines a light on the studio’s 50 years in Bristol.

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