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Wallace and Gromit: Most Birds' Revenge formally broke an viewers file. Aardman's stop-motion animated movie is the primary Wallace and Gromit movie in over a decade, because the brief movie's debut in 2008 A query of bread and loss of life. It follows Wallace (Ben Whitehead) inventing an "clever gnome" known as Norbot (Reece Shearsmith), although his programming turns lethal when it's hacked by his and Gromit's previous nemesis, prison grasp penguin Feathers McGraw, who initially appeared within the brief 1993 movie The mistaken pants.
On the identical day as Wallace and Gromit: Most Birds' Revenge premieres on Netflix in america, UK TV Zone has now confirmed that the movie broke viewing data throughout its premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Christmas Day. With 9.3 million viewers, it was the second most-watched broadcast throughout all channels in the course of the vacation in addition to being the second most watched broadcast within the UK total since 2022.
It was solely behind 2024 Gavin and Stacey sequence finalewhich introduced James Corden's sitcom again to air for the primary time in 5 years and was watched by a mean of 12.3 million viewers.
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This record-breaking BBC debut confirms that there's nonetheless widespread curiosity within the Aardman franchise, even after an extended hiatus. It additionally appears to show that a lot of the public has accepted an enormous and probably damaging change in Wallace and Gromit solid. The brand new movie is the primary time Ben Whitehead voiced Wallace in a correct installment of the franchise since authentic voice actor Peter Sallis retired in 2010, later dying of pure causes in 2017.
Though creator Nick Park has already confirmed that Avenger Revenge doesn't intend to be the tip Wallace and Gromitthis expression of curiosity might imply extra installments within the franchise will arrive sooner quite than later. Aardman Animations' most up-to-date characteristic, which was additionally distributed by Netflix, was 2023 Rooster Run: Daybreak of the Nuggetdisplaying that the studio has recently been taking the time to develop extra from its iconic IP, which might present fertile floor for future Wallace and Gromit titles.
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Supply: UK TV Zone