Wallace and Gromit in surprise appearance on Strictly

Animated superstars Wallace and Gromit made a peculiar impermanent quality connected Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing, successful what co-host Claudia Winkleman said was the "single champion happening that's ever happened to me".

The duo - canine Gromit and cheese-loving inventor Wallace - appeared via "video link" to work retired the presumption and conditions up of viewers being capable to ballot for their favourite personage dancer.

While Wallace was inactive successful the ablution erstwhile Winkleman crossed "live" to his home, Gromit stepped successful erstwhile again to prevention the day.

Wallace and Gromit volition adjacent beryllium seen connected BBC One this Christmas Day successful the latest Aardman movie Vengeance Most Fowl.

Covering for Wallace successful their location workplace implicit with a silvery disco ball, a glittering purple rainbow backdrop, and a large cupful o' cha cha cha connected the desk, Gromit plays a "practice tape" of the inventor speechmaking retired the presumption and conditions for voting.

Wallace soon waltzes into the country to instrumentality over, having accessorised his accustomed apparel with a larger-than-life sparkling reddish bow tie.

As to beryllium expected, determination was a Wallace-involved mishap - midway done speechmaking the conditions his spot dropped down down the desk.

"Best of luck to each the couples," Wallace calls out, peering implicit the apical of the table with a thumbs up, portion Gromit holds up a people paddle with "7" connected it.

Vengeance Most Fowl volition spot the instrumentality of the villainous penguin Feathers McGraw, who archetypal made an quality successful 1993's The Wrong Trousers, arsenic helium seeks revenge connected the duo.

The Aardman Animations stop-motion movie tin beryllium seen astatine 18:10 GMT connected Christmas Day and volition besides beryllium connected BBC iPlayer.