Just as man’s best friend is his dog, animation fans’ favorite duo is Wallace and Gromit, the claymation buddies whose misadventures have been amusing audiences since 1989’s A Grand Day Out. A gregarious and goofy inventor and his silent,

The second “Wallace & Gromit” feature film, “Vengeance Most Fowl” debuts on Netflix worldwide, except in the U.K., on Friday.

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (now on Netflix). The first W&G outing since 2008 short A Matter of Loaf and Death, and the beloved characters’ first feature-length film since 2005’s Oscar-winning The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,

Vengeance Most Fowl will be available on BBC iPlayer after its premiere on December 25 and will air again on BBC Two on December 27 at 7.20am. It will then also air on BBC One on New Year’s Day (January 1) at 1:55pm.

Nick Park, co-director and creator of 'Wallace and Gromit,' and Merlin Crossingham, co-director and Aardman's Creative Director, enthuse about the iconic duo's return.

Nick Park’s beloved pair faces off against the dastardly penguin Feathers McGraw in this stop-motion feature.

This image released by Netflix shows the characters Gromit, left, and Wallace, voiced by Ben Whitehead, right, with their robot knome, Norbot, voiced by Reece Shearsmith, in a scene from the film “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

This film marks the 35th year of their adventures, beginning with the short film “Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out” in 1989, all of them rendered in lovingly detailed stop-motion animation. “Vengeance Most Fowl” is only the second feature-length film,