Cracking views for Christmas Gromit

HERE'S a taste of Christmas telly-tocome, with a glimpse at some of the most eagerly awaited Yuletide specials.

- Chris Riches

None is more hotly anticipated than Aardman's new claymation sensation Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

Expects Feathers to fly on BBC1 and iPlayer at 6.10pm on Christmas Day.

The show follows the other hilarious Wallace & Gromit shorts The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, A Grand Day Out, A Matter of Loaf and Death, and the feature-length Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

It sees Gromit's growing concern as Wallace becomes over-dependent on his inventions - which proves justified when Wallace creates a "smart gnome" that seems to develop an evil mind of its own.