Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention is a BBC One science show featuring the animated claymation characters Wallace and Gromit, made by Aardman. The BBC said in a press statement that the series, "Wallace will take a lighthearted and humorous look at the real-life inventors, contraptions, gadgets and inventions, with the silent help of Gromit". The series aims to inspire a whole new generation of innovative minds by showing them real, but mind-boggling, machines and inventions from around the world that have influenced Wallace's illustrious inventing career.