T HE cheese-loving dog owner made famous by Bristol-based Aardman Animations steps into the Evening Post spotlight. Wallace first came to the nation's attention alongside his trusty sidekick Gromit in the smash-hit film A Grand Day Out.

The story was written by Nick Park and developed by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, the founders of Aardman Animation, and shown for the first time on Christmas Eve, 1990. Wallace and Gromit have since gone on to star in numerous films and TV programmes, including A Close Shave and The Wrong Trousers – that celebrate Wallace's love of inventing.

How do you relax?

There's nothing I like better than putting my feet up on my old friend Shaun the sheep while I enjoy a nice cuppa…Get the kettle on, Gromit!

What's your earliest memory?

Eating a cheese-flavoured rusk.

What do you dream of?

Stepping on stage to accept the Nobel Prize for Invention.

What is your greatest fear?

Stepping on stage to accept the Nobel Prize for Invention, and realising that my trousers are still in the Get-U-Up machine.

What is your worst habit?

I'd have to say my acute modesty.

What possession could you not live without?

My multi-purpose screwdriver-cum-nose-hair-trimmer.

What is your greatest frustration?

Getting the screws out of my nose when my screwdriver-cum-nose-hair-trimmer goes wrong.

What is your favourite book?

The Coffee Table Book Of Coffee Tables.

What is your favourite word?

Prevaricate.

What would you choose to eat and drink at your last meal?

Cheese and crackers, of course.

What or who is the love of your life?

'Was' the love of my life, I'm afraid to say. That would have to be Piella Bakewell, our co-star in A Matter of Loaf and Death. I know she was a baker-murdering femme fatale, but she was all woman.

Who would you invite to your dream

dinner party?

Albert Einstein, Lady Tottington and the man who invented Meccano –oh, and not forgetting Gromit to bring around the cheese board, of course.

What is your greatest achievement?

The Techno-Trousers, I would have to say. Oh no, hang on, the Knit-O-Matic. Or was it the Mind-Manipulation-O-Matic? Er, Gromit...are there any of my inventions which didn't go disastrously wrong?