British Comedy Guide
A Close Shave. Credit: BBC, Aardman Animations
A Close Shave

A Close Shave

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Two
  • 1995
  • 1 episode

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; but not all is well for Gromit. Stars Peter Sallis and Anne Reid.

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Press clippings

Wallace & Gromit: the films, ranked

With the most recent set to make it debut on our screens this Christmas, what better time to rank the Wallace and Gromit oeuvre?

Vicky Jessop, Evening Standard, 6th November 2024

The Office named top landmark comedy of the last 50 years

The Office was the highest-placed comedy in a Broadcasting Press Guild list of the top 50 landmark programmes of the last 50 years.

British Comedy Guide, 13th March 2024

Why I reach for Aardman in dark times

Full of visual wit and narrative ingenuity, the tactile warmth and joie de vivre of these Aardman animations is soul-invigorating.

Luke Buckmaster, The Guardian, 5th April 2020

Aardman's 20 best films - ranked!

From early experiments in claymation TV to its forthcoming Shaun the Sheep big-screen sequel, we rate the animation studio's output.

Andrew Pulver, The Guardian, 19th September 2019

Aardman Animations celebrates 40 years in Bristol

The creators of Wallace and Gromit, Morph and Shaun the Sheep are celebrating 40 years in the animation business..

BBC News, 5th September 2016

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