
A Close Shave(1996)
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.


“A life with love and suspense.”
Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case by himself.

Peter Sallis
Wallace (voice)

Sally Lindsay
Piella (voice)
Melissa Collier
Fluffles (voice)
Sarah Laborde
Bake-O-Lite Singer (voice)

Geraldine McEwan
Miss Thripp (voice) (uncredited)

Ben Whitehead
Bob the Baker (voice) (uncredited)
A Matter of Loaf and Death is a family, animation, comedy, mystery, romance film released in 2008 exploring themes of bomb, bakery, romance, anthropomorphism, murder, stop motion. Directed by Nick Park, it stars Peter Sallis, Sally Lindsay, Melissa Collier. Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case by himself.
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