What would Wallace – everyone’s favourite amateur inventor – look like with a moustache and straw boater? Would a massive set of teeth suit his faithful beagle, Gromit? How about a nose shaped like a banana?
Such questions are answered by an illuminating and sometimes alarming exhibition at east London’s Young V&A that showcases the work of the world’s leading stop-motion outfit, the Bristol-based Aardman studios. Early sketches for Nick Park’s much-loved characters reveal that Wallace was once just a few bristles short of Hitler, while Gromit had fangs and the ability to speak.
