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Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave (1995) More at IMDbPro »

• There is a large billboard with a painting of a baker and the slogan "Buy Bob's Buns." The co-writer of the film is Bob Baker.
  
  
• When Gromit is sitting in jail, "Feathers was here" is written on the cell wall behind him. Feathers was the villain of Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993).
  
  
• Preston, the evil villain dog, is the name of the town where director Nick Park was born.
  
  
• In 1995, when this film was first aired on British TV, because of their huge popularity, Wallace and Gromit became BBC2's Christmas mascots and co-starred with a live 2 in a small line of "sting" trailers and idents.
  
  
• The first Wallace and Gromit film where Wallace's is not the only voice.
  
  
• The motorcycle used by Wallace and Gromit is a 200cc Triumph Tiger Cub which was not normally used with a sidecar. A large topiary model of the pair in their vehicle was on display in Solihull near Triumph's old factory in Meriden.
  
  
• In a radio interview, director Nick Park said that Wallace's references to Wensleydale cheese in this film unintentionally saved a small British cheese-maker from bankruptcy. Interest in the cheese was sparked by the film, and one of the few makers of Wensleydale suddenly found itself with numerous requests for it, thereby saving it from financial ruin.
  
  

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