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- Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention is a British science-themed miniseries, starring Peter Sallis, Ashley Jensen, Jem Stansfield, and John Sparkes, produced by Aardman Animations, which aired on BBC One during 2010, from 3 November to 8 December. The programme focuses on inventions based around various themes, and consists of live-action films interlaced with animated claymation segments hosted by characters Wallace and Gromit, featuring a side-plot connected to that episode's theme. While Sallis reprises his role as the voice of Wallace, live-action film segments were either narrated by Jensen or presented by Stansfield, with Sparkes providing the voice of Wallace and Gromit's unseen archivist Goronwy, a unique character for the programme. The programme ran for six episodes and was the last production that Sallis performed in before his retirement from acting due to ill health. Its creation was aimed by the BBC at inspiring a new generation of inventors, according to a press statement released prior to the programme's broadcast. (en)
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- Segments explore man's fascination with flight. Steve Bennett from Manchester has spent decades building bigger and bigger rockets, powering them with fuel made from car tires. On location in the USA, the team explores the Bio-Suit, an advanced flexible spacesuit conceived by MIT aerospace engineer Dava Newman, which is intended to make exploration of the planet Mars easier. Californian inventor Fred Ferguson builds kites and wind-powered electricity turbines that exploit the Magnus effect. There is a look at some planes that unfortunately do not fly in another Contraption Countdown. In Buttenhausen, Germany, a look at the troubled life of Gustav Mesmer, designer of human-powered flying machines. The history and workings of jet packs with the only man in Britain who owns one. During the side-plot, Wallace accidentally locks Gromit in the rocket from A Grand Day Out and makes it shoot off with his dog inside. Gromit phones him, but to no avail, and escapes the rocket just in time when Wallace accidentally presses the self destruct button. Wallace is shocked to find his rocket is missing . (en)
- In the last episode, Wallace and Gromit explore unusual transportation inventions from around the globe. Russian Mikhail Puchkov spent three decades perfecting his one man pedal-powered submarine, despite getting arrested by the KGB. Cedric Lynch from Potters Bar, England, the inventor of the Lynch motor for electric vehicles, has entered the TT Zero electric motorcycle race on the Isle of Man. In the 'Contraption Countdown' the focus is on peculiar transport devices. In the early seventies, engineer Charles Osmond Frederick attempted to solve Britain's railway problems by designing an interplanetary 'space vehicle'. A modern day variant of this laser powered flying saucer is the Lightcraft, developed by professor Leik Myrabo and funded by the Brazilian Air Force. Sir Clive Sinclair not only helped popularize the pocket calculator, he also designed a digital watch, a range of personal computers and the Sinclair C5, an electrically assisted pedal cycle that wouldn't sell. In 1845-1846, Isambard Kingdom Brunel built an atmospheric railway that used air pressure to push train carriages along. In the side-plot, Wallace has invented a 'runabout steam chair' to get around, but before the final segment, the pressure in it becomes too much and it falls apart. Wallace, though, doesn't let it go to waste and repurposes it as a dual water boiler and oven. (en)
- Wallace and Gromit experience the world through the five senses, exploring the facts behind invisibility cloaks, bomb-detecting bees and other sensory inventions. At Imperial College London, scientists led by physicist Sir John Pendry are creating prototype invisibility cloaks using metamaterials to bend light around objects. Goronwy lists five inventions based on the senses. In Murray, Kentucky we hear the story of Nathan Stubblefield, a local farmer who demonstrated wireless telephony over a hundred years ago. In Tasmania, we meet our Inventor of the Week, engineer Mark Lesek, who made his own prosthetic arm based on an early 20th century design called the Carnes Arm. English scientist Adam Hart explains how bees can be trained to detect explosives. Finally, the BrainPort Vision Device allows the blind to 'see' with their tongue using hi-tech sunglasses. During the segment introductions, Wallace demonstrates two forms of communication; an attempt to use Indian smoke signals causes a fire in the studio while a subsequent attempt at using speaking tubes results in him being doused with tea. At the end, he samples a special type of cheese. (en)
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- Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention is a British science-themed miniseries, starring Peter Sallis, Ashley Jensen, Jem Stansfield, and John Sparkes, produced by Aardman Animations, which aired on BBC One during 2010, from 3 November to 8 December. The programme focuses on inventions based around various themes, and consists of live-action films interlaced with animated claymation segments hosted by characters Wallace and Gromit, featuring a side-plot connected to that episode's theme. While Sallis reprises his role as the voice of Wallace, live-action film segments were either narrated by Jensen or presented by Stansfield, with Sparkes providing the voice of Wallace and Gromit's unseen archivist Goronwy, a unique character for the programme. (en)
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