Claymation characters Wallace and Gromit cheers their mugs of tea in between a robot gnome.

Cracking Films, Gromit!: 50 Years of Aardman

Season

We celebrate 50 years of Bristol’s global animation stars, Aardman, with a summer of their cracking films. You'll be able to enjoy everything from the early, award-winning Wallace & Gromit short films - including one featuring their dastardly arch-nemesis, Feathers McGraw - through to the duo's move into feature films.

Alongside this iconic pair will be films from the wider Aardman family including Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep and Pirates. Expect be wowed by wild adventures, tickled by comic capers and thoroughly thoroughly entertained.

PS: Cracking Exhibition, Gromit! 50 Years of Aardman in Bristol is on at M Shed until Sun 13 Sept. Get 15% off the exhibition by showing your Watershed tickets from a screening as part of our Cracking Films, Gromit! season at the M Shed Box Office. 

Exhibition ticket holders also get 15% off any of the Cracking Films, Gromit! season here at Watershed - just show your ticket at Watershed Box Office.


Upcoming screenings in this season

Claymation characters, including a man with a net, a dog, and a penguin, riding a toy train on tracks indoors.
Film

A double bill of the first outings of Bristol's favourite animated duo Wallace & Gromit.

Chicken Run

classified U Cracking Films, Gromit!
Claymation chicken character wearing a dress and hat, holding a spoon, crawling on a rope in a dimly lit cave with a wooden ladder.
Film

Fall back in love with those crafty hens (and one smooth-talking rooster) with Aardman's classic Chicken Run!

Flushed Away

classified U Cracking Films, Gromit!
Two animated rats stand back-to-back, showing nervous expressions against an icy background.
Film

A pampered pet "society mouse" Roddy St. James thinks he's got it made... until he's literally flushed away to a bustling underground world of ninja frogs, hench-rats and singing slugs.

Arthur Christmas

classified U Cracking Films, Gromit!
Animated scene of two characters, one human and one elf-like, excitedly looking over the edge of a red sleigh at night.
Film

When one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus.

Claymation characters Wallace and Gromit riding a motorcycle with a sidecar on a quiet street with brick buildings.
Film

A double bill of the third and fourth short outings of Bristol's favourite animated duo Wallace & Gromit.

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

classified U Cracking Films, Gromit!
Animated pirate crew aboard a wooden ship, with a bearded pirate swinging on a rope over ocean waves under a blue sky with clouds.
Film

Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

classified U Cracking Films, Gromit!
Wallace drives a blue Anti-Pesto SWAT Team car, with Gromit learning out of the front door holding a net.
Film

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was Wallace and Gromit’s first ever feature film, which led to the pair winning an Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature.

Shaun The Sheep Movie

classified U Cracking Films, Gromit!
Claymation characters Shaun the Sheep, Bitzer the dog, and Toby the terrier stepping out of the "Animal Containment Unit" building.
Film

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets more fun than he bargained for!

Early Man

classified PG Cracking Films, Gromit!
Animated caveman and boar standing in a forest, both shading their eyes and looking into the distance with stone shelter in background.
Film

Early Man takes us on an extraordinary journey into an exciting new world, unleashing an unforgettable tribe of unique and funny characters voiced by an all-star British cast.

A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

classified U Cracking Films, Gromit!
Animated sheep holding a glowing slice of pizza, a dog, and a smaller sheep with a teddy bear under a large full moon at night.
Film

Shaun’s second movie adventure sees Shaun become guardian to a lost little alien called Lu-La after a UFO crashes near Mossy Bottom Farm.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

classified PG Cracking Films, Gromit!
Animated chickens with expressive faces gathered outdoors in a colourful, lush village setting.
Film

From our local animation studio comes the sequel to the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time.

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

classified U Cracking Films, Gromit!
Penguin holding a police mugshot board in front of a height chart, named Feathers McGraw, 3 ft tall and weighing 12 lbs.
Film

Animation's most frightening chicken - ahem penguin - Feathers McGraw returns with a vengeance in the second feature-length Wallace and Gromit film.

£6.50 full (plus 12% booking fee*) / £6.00 concessions (plus 12% booking fee*) / £5.50 Under 18 (plus 12% booking fee*) / £5.00 12 and Under (plus 12% booking fee*)

Family Tickets

£15.50 two Adults + one Under 18 (plus 12% booking fee*) / £15.00 two Adults + one 12 and Under (plus 12% booking fee*) / £10.50 one Adult + one Under 18 (plus 12% booking fee*) / £10.00 one Adult + one 12 and Under (plus 12% booking fee*)

*Booking fee applies to online and phone booking only.

Buy a Club Shed membership and enjoy 15% off cinema and Undershed tickets, advance booking for special events, discounts in the Café & Bar and more.

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