| Walk on the Wild Side | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Comedy Entertainment |
| Written by | Various |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Caroline Wright |
| Producer | Mark Lucey |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Worldwide (production) BBC Earth (natural history footage) |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC |
| Release | 15 August 2009 (2009-08-15) – 6 November 2010 (2010-11-06) |
Walk on the Wild Side is a 2009 Britishcomedysketch show shown onCBBC. It involves theoverdubbing ofvoiceovers tonatural history footage, to give the appearance of the animals doing the talking. Celebrity guest voices are also included in each episode, with the exception of the pilot episode.
A second series began airing onCBBC on 18 September 2010.[1]
| Voiceover | Series | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Manford | 1–2 | 2009–2010 |
| Steve Edge | 1–2 | 2009–2010 |
| Sarah Millican | 1–2 | 2009–2010 |
| Rhod Gilbert | 1 | 2009 |
| Jon Richardson | 1–2 | 2009–2010 |
| Pal Aron | 1–2 | 2009–2010 |
| Isy Suttie | 1–2 | 2009–2010 |
| Harriet Carmichael | 1–2 | 2009–2010 |
| Gavin Webster | 1–2 | 2009–2010 |
| Jason Byrne | 2 | 2010 |
Manford, Edge, Richardson, Webster, and Suttie all write the series as well as providing voiceovers.Alex Horne, Alistair Griggs and Ian Manford write the series with them.
| # Episode | Featured animals | Guest Voiceover(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | Field mouse,marmot,shark,dolphin,crocodile,frilled lizard,gibbon,badger,flamingo,chameleon,vulture,penguin,panda,giant tortoise,polar bear,seal,tiger,giraffe,zebra,meerkat. | None | 28 March 2009 |
| 1 | Elephant seal, meerkat, panda, penguin,gorilla, marmot, shark,fox,black bear,puffin, badger,elephant,proboscis monkey,snowy owl,beetle,ant,crab,ostrich,pangolin | Stephen Fry | 15 August 2009 |
| 2 | Koala, chameleon,marine iguana,anteater, giraffe,bat, ostrich, marmot, gorilla, badger, meerkat,camel,shoebill, shark,caterpillar,sage grouse. | Rolf Harris | 22 August 2009 |
| 3 | Porpoise, whitemouse,spoonbill,black heron,iguana, meerkat,walrus, penguin, giant tortoise, badger,rabbit, crab,frog, seal, shoebill,skunk. | Barbara Windsor | 29 August 2009 |
| 4 | Frilled lizard, marine iguana, camel,duck-billed platypus,mudskipper,barn owl, shoebill, puffin, anteater, elephant,chipmunk, chameleon,marten,lemur | Richard E. Grant | 5 September 2009 |
| 5 | Lion,cheetah, shark, penguin,rhinoceros,emperor tamarin,antelope, flamingo,swan, tiger,capybara,owl, giant tortoise, puffin, giraffe, ant, vulture,mandrill. | Tom Jones | 12 September 2009 |
| 6 | Sea eagle, fox, shark, polar bear, lion,leopard, tiger,peacock,starfish, puffin, iguana,wolf, crab, meerkat, shoebill,deer,lizard,sea otter, mandrill, barn owl, penguin, seal, camel, frog,red-capped manakin. | Ozzy Osbourne andSharon Osbourne | 19 September 2009 |
| # Episode | Synopsis | Guest Voiceover(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tensions run high in the natural world as a young lion cub called Malcolm is lost atGiraffestonbury. | John Goodman | 18 September 2010 |
| 2 | A vulture tries out a saucy joke; twoGeordiechimps have a close encounter withaliens; An evil cloned giraffe threatens to "kiss your mum". | Jason Byrne | 25 September 2010 |
| 3 | Alistair and Arnold the very Britishairmen; Sid themonkey's conscience plays a joke on him; Keith the dolphin farts through hisblowhole | 2 October 2010 | |
| 4 | Two parentpetrels fake giving their son afish; showeringbeavers conversation is derailed by their mate obsessed with his wife's affair; camelQueen awards aknighthood; aheron repeatedly pretends it's nighttime, then daytime;Monkey Mastermind | John Humphrys | 16 October 2010 |
| 5 | Chester MacArthur's Guide To Wood-whittling; Finbar Finnegan's Fancy Feet; ahyenapolice chase | 23 October 2010 | |
| 6 | A chimp who can't remember if he left the front door unlocked;opera-singingstorks;squirrel Henry Edwardson'smemoirs of being a jobbing actor | The Three Tenors | 30 October 2010 |
| 7 | Midsafari Murders;Animal Casualty; abear after hisstag night | John Humphrys | 6 November 2010 |
The show often uses music for comic effect, and it has used a range of contemporary music as well as popular music from the past. Artists featured include:Toto,Lady Gaga,Beyoncé,Marvin Gaye,The Pussycat Dolls,Barry White,Shaggy,Lulu,Stevie Wonder,Michael Jackson,Robbie Williams,Tinie Tempah,Bon Jovi,Radiohead andAdam and The Ants.[2]
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