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Fifty years of Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Friends

Aardman Animations, the makers behind classic characters Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, celebrate their 50th anniversary.

It is birthday celebrations for Aardman Animations. The award-winning British studio behind Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep celebrates 50 years since it was founded in the UK.

And we head over to the US as their latest figures shows they added more jobs than expected but wages are still falling behind inflation. While in Canada, job losses are hitting their retail and finance sectors. We hear from businesses across the two countries about the challenges they are facing.

(Photo: Aardman characters Wallace and Gromit. Credit: PA)

Presenter: Andrew Peach
Producer: Barbara George
Editor: Stephen Ryan

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Fri 4 Sep 202622:32GMT
BBC World Service except Europe and the Middle East

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