Famous Bristol duo Wallace and Gromit have scooped the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards.

The pair were first catapulted to fame in A Grand Day Out some 35 years ago and have since gone on to become household names.

Creator Nick Park developed the characters while a student at the National Film and Television School in the early 1980s and was later offered a job at Bristol-based Aardman Animations, where the duo was brought to life.

The award was presented to Mr Park, who is still an executive director at Aardman, by presenter Jonathan Ross.

“I have to pinch myself sometimes when I think back at how it all started," said Mr Park. "Making these two goofy-looing guys out of clay, I never imagined years later they would become household names. It’s still quit

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