They are a modern classic. A legend in their own right. Paragons of Britishness. Comedy icons and Hollywood superstars. Their production company has won dozens of awards including four Oscars. They personally won three of those, one in this year's ceremony.

But these are but mere trinkets in the super-celebrity lifestyle of these British international film stars now that plans have been announced to immortalise these celluloid giants in their home city of Bristol. For it is there that they were born and there that their company has loyally remained for thirty years despite their five film deal with Dreamworks and Hollywood's constant beckoning.

Bristol City councillor, Matthew Symonds, is pushing the campaign to honour these national heroes for their loyalty and good advertising for the city.

He said, "Everyone loves Wallace and Gromit and everyone I've spoken to on this matter agrees that we should thank Aardman in some way for what they have done for the city. I think that Wallace and Gromit have certainly earned a statue now."

Peter Lord and David Sproxton formed Aardman Animations in 1976 and were joined by Wallace and Gromit creator, Nick Park, in 1985. It was his Creature Comforts that scored their first Oscar in 1990, the The Wrong Trousers in 1993 and A Close Shave in 1995. It was The Curse of the Were-Rabbit that just earned them their fourth and rallied Bristol councillors to arms.

A spokesperson for the City Council stated, "If we receive an official request for a statue of Wallace and Gromit we will certainly consider it."

Presumably it would be constructed of something slightly more durable than Plasticine.