{"id":40677,"date":"2023-11-28T11:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1935103"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T11:07:03","slug":"chicken-runs-rocky-ginger-and-molly-star-on-this-weeks-radio-times-cover","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/chicken-runs-rocky-ginger-and-molly-star-on-this-weeks-radio-times-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Run\u2019s Rocky, Ginger and Molly star on this week\u2019s Radio Times cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six years in the making, Aardman\u2019s Chicken Run sequel is proud to be handmade in Britain \u2013 and kicks off Radio Times magazine’s festive TV preview. <\/p>

By Shem Law\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 28 November 2023 at 10:03 AM<\/p>

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Cheese, sidecars, tank tops and heroic hens. Could there be a more quintessentially British world than that created by the Aardman Animations studio?<\/p>\n

It is, of course, a world that harks back to a charming and heart-warming past that didn\u2019t really exist. But considering the grim realities of life in the world today, is it any surprise that millions of us find it irresistible?<\/p>\n

What is remarkable is that more than 30 years on from the creation of Wallace and Gromit, the Aardman magic still works. Despite a flirtation with Hollywood that ended after three films, the Bristol-based animation studio still does things the way it always has: with characters hand-crafted out of modelling clay, much as they were when Aardman first made Morph in the \u201970s.<\/p>

That commitment to stop-motion animation is as much part of Aardman\u2019s DNA today as it was then, even in the age of CGI and AI. But it takes time. Six years after the launch of Chicken Run \u2013 the story of chickens breaking free of their farm, inspired by The Great Escape \u2013 Aardman is about to unleash the sequel on Netflix.<\/p>\n

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget<\/a> is just as daft and charming as the original. \u201cThe whole notion is totally absurd,\u201d Peter Lord, co-founder of the studio, tells us in this week\u2019s Radio Times magazine<\/strong>. \u201cWe do what makes us laugh: silent comedy and slapstick.\u201d<\/p>\n

As such, a new Aardman adventure if the perfect way to launch our preview of the best Christmas TV for all the family.<\/p>\n

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Also in this week\u2019s Radio Times:<\/strong><\/h2>\n