Sally Lindsay

The most popular TV show last Christmas, this easily stands up to a repeat viewing four months later. It's the sort of film you should keep in your bathroom cabinet for emergencies: In case of bad mood, press play.

So if you somehow missed it before, don't let it get away this time. We find our animated heroes hard at work at their new Top Bun bakery but a dozen bakers have already fallen foul of an evil cereal killer and guess who's next...

Sally Lindsay voices Piella Bakewell, the woman who makes Wallace go gooey, and even Gromit's head is turned by her poodle Fluffles.

It's stuffed with all the charm and invention you'd expect, plus some sweet nods to other films such as Ghost.

The Mirror, 10th April 2009

Funny, fantastically inventive, warm and just wonderful, this W&G adventure was the most watched TV programme last Christmas. It's packed with multiple layers of jokes and plenty of fine visual gags, including delightful homages to movies - from The Matrix to Ghost - and it loses none of its charm with a repeat viewing. The ever resourceful pair are now earning their living as bakers, and once more Wallace's (Peter Sallis) soft heart gets him into trouble when he falls for Bake-o-Lite girl Piella Bakewell (voiced by Sally Lindsay). But she's trouble, and it's up to Gromit - whose gloriously expressive eyebrows say everything - to save the day.

Alison Graham, Radio Times, 10th April 2009

Whether it is the scheduling proximity of this short to the feature-length The Curse of the Were-Rabbit or simply because you expect such marvellous things from Nick Park and Aardman Animations, there's something underwhelming about the latest outing for one man and his dog. It's lovingly crafted, replete with rewarding little details, references and homage (the pair's bakery is Top Bun) and Sally Lindsay's Piella Bakewell is suitably monstrous, but the story - of a serial killer (or possibly cereal killer) who is battering bakers to death with their own rolling pins - fails to really fly, not least because it's only half an hour long. Still, it's a sweet and wholesome distraction between the woe in EastEnders.

Gareth McLean, The Guardian, 24th December 2008