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\u25ca\u2192 \u00a0A Grand Day Out<\/a> \u21d0<\/span><\/h4>\n

\"\"‘A\u00a0Grand Day Out’ (full name ‘A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit’) is an award-nominated 1989 animated film directed and animated by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol. This was the first adventure featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his quiet but smart dog Gromit.<\/p>\n

In the film, Wallace and Gromit<\/strong><\/a> spend a bank holiday by building a rocket to the Moon to sample some cheese.<\/p>\n

\u2026\u00a0Sequels:<\/h6>\n
\u2022\u00a01993’s The Wrong Trousers,<\/strong><\/address>\n
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\u2022 \u00a01995’s A Close Shave,<\/strong><\/address>\n
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\u2022 2005’s\u00a0The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,<\/strong><\/address>\n
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\u2022\u00a02008’s\u00a0A Matter of Loaf and Death.<\/strong><\/address>\n
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\u00a4 \u00a0THE \u00a0SNOWMAN<\/a> \u00a0\u21d0(1978)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Wordless (save for the song \u00abWalking in the Air<\/strong>\u00ab)<\/em> animated adventure about a young English boy who makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, only for it to come to life that night and take him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.directed by Dianne Jackson\u00a0in 1982.<\/p>\n

\u201cthe whole point of illustration is that it is literary. If it is not, it remains a drawing only.\u201d<\/strong> \u00a0-Raymond Briggs<\/a><\/p>\n

We’re walking in the air<\/a>
\n We’re floating in the moonlit sky<\/a>
\n The people far below are sleeping as we fly<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m holding very tight<\/a>
\n I’m riding in the midnight blue<\/a>
\n I’m finding I can fly so high above with you<\/a><\/p>\n

Far across the world<\/a>
\n The villages go by like dreams<\/a>
\n The rivers and the hills<\/a>
\n The forests and the streams<\/a><\/p>\n

Children gaze open mouth<\/a>
\n Taken by surprise<\/a>
\n Nobody down below believes their eyes<\/a><\/p>\n

We’re surfing in the air<\/a>
\n We’re swimming in the frozen sky<\/a>
\n We’re drifting over icy<\/a>
\n Mountain floating by<\/a><\/p>\n

Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep<\/a>
\n Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep<\/a><\/p>\n

We’re walking in the air<\/a>
\n We’re floating in the midnight sky<\/a>
\n And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a4 \u00a0Read a brief puffin.co.uk interview with Raymond Briggs \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n
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PLACE & DATE OF BIRTH:\u00a0<\/b>
\nWimbledon Park, London, 18 January 1934<\/p>\n

FAVOURITE BOOK:\u00a0<\/b>
\nBomber \u2013 Len Deighton<\/p>\n

FAVOURITE SONG:\u00a0<\/b>
\nNational Brotherhood Week \u2013 Tom Lehrer<\/p>\n

MOST TREASURED POSSESSION:\u00a0<\/b>
\nMy house<\/p>\n

FAVOURITE FILM:\u00a0<\/b>
\nBrief Encounter<\/p>\n

When did you start illustrating?\u00a0<\/b>
\nIn 1957 when I left Art School. I tried all the three fields of illustration: 1) Advertising, 2) Magazine & newspapers, 3) Books. I soon found I enjoyed book illustration the most, despite it being the poorest paid. But then I discovered that book illustration meant CHILDREN\u2019S BOOKS! Ugh! And Yuk! However, I soon realised children\u2019s books were wonderful to illustrate and so I have been at it for the last 44 years.<\/p>\n

Where do you get your ideas?\u00a0<\/b>
\nI don\u2019t know. Prefer not to think about it. I always tell interviewers not to ask this question.<\/p>\n

Can you give you top 3 tips to becoming a successful illustrator?\u00a0<\/b>
\n1. Learn to draw! (From life and from memory)
\n2. Learn to paint! (From life and from memory)
\n3. Don\u2019t fiddle about on computers. They are a useful tool when you know what you are doing, but they can make you feel clever when you are not.<\/p>\n

Favourite memory<\/b>
\nComing home after the Army. The warmth and comfort of our little kitchen. Seeing my mum and dad and girlfriend. Carpets on the floor! Curtains! The women in pretty clothes. A cloth on the table. China cups and saucers. A comfortable bed. Food you could eat and no one shouting at me.<\/p>\n

Favourite place in the world and why?\u00a0<\/b>
\nMy work room at home where I can read, write, draw and paint. It is quiet and peaceful as the house is on its own and is in a country lane with views over miles of fields.<\/p>\n

What are your hobbies?\u00a0<\/b>
\nFishing, walking in the country, going round second-hand bookshops, collecting and framing jigsaw puzzles of the Queen Mother and collecting LP covers of Mrs Mills.<\/p>\n

If you hadn\u2019t been an illustrator, what do you think you would have been?\u00a0<\/b>
\nProbably some sort of writer and journalist. Radio plays, stage plays, short stories, novels, I would have had a bash at all of these.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u25ca\u2192 A Grand Day Out \u21d0 <\/p>\n

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