Aardman posted a half dozen new stills from the upcoming Nick Park short, A Matter of Loaf and Death (previously announced under the title Trouble At’ Mill). Production is almost half-way through on the half hour TV project which is expected to debut on BBC1 in the UK later this year. A ‘who-doughnut?’ mystery, A Matter of Loaf and Death was described as follows: “Wallace and Gromit have a brand new business. The conversion of 62 West Wallaby Street is complete and impressive, the whole house is now a granary with ovens and robotic kneading arms. Huge mixing bowls are all over the place and everything is covered with a layer of flour. On the roof is a ‘Wallace patent-pending’ old-fashioned windmill. The transformation is perfect. Although business is booming, Gromit is concerned by the news that 12 local bakers have ‘disappeared’ this year – but Wallace isn’t worried. He’s too distracted and ‘dough-eyed’ in love with local beauty and bread enthusiast, Piella Bakewell, to be of much help. While they enjoy being the ‘Toast of the Town’, Gromit, with his master’s life in jeopardy, must be the sleuth and solve the escalating murder mystery – in what quickly becomes a ‘Matter of Loaf and Death’.”
Stills and production update on new Wallace & Gromit film