Aardman studios is known around the world for its seamlessly animated stop-motion train chases, hacked “ smart gnomes ”, tea-consuming heroes and villainous penguins.

Now fans will get a behind-the-scenes look at the studio’s best-known projects and see how they went from rough ideas sketched out on a kitchen table to Oscar-winning films in a major exhibition at the Young V&A in east London .

The curators of Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends, which opens in February, are promising a unique chance to see the creative process of the studio that brought the world Morph, Shaun the Sheep and Norbot.

Alex Newson, the chief curator at the Young V&A, says he wants the exhibition to “demystify” the animation process and show a new generation of children how their favourite films a

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