Cracking Contraptions
Directed by	Loyd Price, Christopher Sadler
Produced by	Harry Linden, Peter Lord
Written by	Merlin Crossingham, Seamus Malone, Nick Park, Loyd Price, Christopher Sadler, Mike Salter
Distributed by	Atom Films, BBC
Release date	2003
Running time	17 minutes total
Preceded by	A Close Shave (1995)
Followed by	The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions is a series of ten Wallace and Gromit shorts varying in length from 1 to 3 minutes. Each episode features one of Wallace's new inventions and Gromit's skeptical reaction to it. The series was produced and released in 2003 by Warner Bros.

The series is now available free on iTunes, the official Wallace and Gromit website[1], as well as the official Aardman YouTube channel([2]), and on Hulu. ([3])

Episodes Edit

• Shopper 13
• The Autochef
• A Christmas Cardomatic
• The Tellyscope
• The Snowmanotron
• The Bully Proof Vest
• 525 Crackervac
• The Turbo Diner
• The Snoozatron
• The Soccamatic

Characters Edit

• Wallace
• Gromit
• Shaun

Credits Edit

• Directed by: Christopher Sadler, Loyd Price
• Executive Producers: Peter Lord, David Sproxton
• Associate Producers: Sean Clarke, Carla Shelley
• Music Composition by: Richard Stone, Jullian Nott
• Editor: Andrew Ward
• Directors Of Photography: Liam Owen, Dave McCormick
• Animation Directors: Merlin Crossingham, Andy Symanowski, Ian Whitlock
• Animators: Terry Brain, Dug Calder, Mike Cottee, Darren Thompson
• Assistant Animators: Maria Hopkinson Hassell, Alison Evans
• Story Artists: Michael Salter, Sylvia Bennion
• Visual Development: Nick Park, Christopher Sadler, Lloyd Price
• Visual Effects And Animation By: Industrial Light And Magic
• Compositors: Steve Box, Michael Salter, Merlin Crossingham
• Model Makers: Ian Whitlock, Andy Symanowski, Jay Grace
• CGI Animation: Seamus Malone, Peter Lord, Dick Hansom
• Produced by: Sylvia Bennion, Jane Kite
• Voice of Wallace: Peter Sallis
• Special Thanks To: Vic Finch, Anne Wood, Andrew Davenport, Peter Lord, Nick Park