One of the irresistible charms of Wallace And Gromit for many fans is not just that they are quintessentially British but that they are unmistakably northern. In a cinematic landscape dominated by Hollywood and bigger UK cities, it's a champion idea, those from the right neck of the woods might say. It's not just that Preston-born Nick Park (here directing with Merlin Crossingham and writing with Mark Burton) leans into it but that he does so with pride, secure in the knowledge that there are so many jokes of different sorts being made that if some of the references go over the heads of some audiences it will scarcely matter in the bigger scheme of things.

And scheming, of course, is what Wallace And Gromit films rest on, even if the hapless inventor (now voiced by Ben Whitehead since the death of much loved original vocalist Peter Sallis) isn't very good.