Watching Wallace and Gromit has become a Christmas tradition so it is always good when a new story is added to their collection.
This outing finds the two of then running the Top Bun bakery, unfortunately there is a serial killer on the loose who is murdering bakers. As the duo are out delivering their bread they rescue Piella who's bicycle's brakes fail at the top of a steep hill that runs down to a pit full of crocodiles in the local zoo. It is love at first sight for Wallace who recognises her as the "Bake-O-Lite girl" who used to feature in bread adverts even though she has clearly put on as few pounds since then. Gromit is suspicious of her immediately and when he investigates he discovers evidence that she is the murderer. Being a dog he can't just tell Wallace what is going on so it is up to him to save the day... with some help from Piella's put-upon poodle Fluffles.
As with all of the Wallace and Gromit shorts the animation is top notch and Peter Sallis is perfect as the voice of Wallace. The story however wasn't as good as The Wrong Trousers or A Close Shave. Many of the gags were clearly aimed at adult viewers, with references to films like Ghost and Aliens which younger viewers won't have seen. That said it is still much better than most programmes on television today and is well worth watching.
This outing finds the two of then running the Top Bun bakery, unfortunately there is a serial killer on the loose who is murdering bakers. As the duo are out delivering their bread they rescue Piella who's bicycle's brakes fail at the top of a steep hill that runs down to a pit full of crocodiles in the local zoo. It is love at first sight for Wallace who recognises her as the "Bake-O-Lite girl" who used to feature in bread adverts even though she has clearly put on as few pounds since then. Gromit is suspicious of her immediately and when he investigates he discovers evidence that she is the murderer. Being a dog he can't just tell Wallace what is going on so it is up to him to save the day... with some help from Piella's put-upon poodle Fluffles.
As with all of the Wallace and Gromit shorts the animation is top notch and Peter Sallis is perfect as the voice of Wallace. The story however wasn't as good as The Wrong Trousers or A Close Shave. Many of the gags were clearly aimed at adult viewers, with references to films like Ghost and Aliens which younger viewers won't have seen. That said it is still much better than most programmes on television today and is well worth watching.