Party Animals (TV series)

Party Animals is a British television drama series screened on BBC Two in 2007. It was produced by World Productions, the makers of No Angels and This Life.[1]

Party Animals
Created byWorld Productions for BBC
StarringPatrick Baladi
Andrew Buchan
Matt Smith
Raquel Cassidy
Shelley Conn
Andrea Riseborough
Clemency Burton-Hill
Pip Carter
Peter Wight
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes8
Production
Running timeVaries
Release
Original networkBBC Two
Original release31 January –
21 March 2007
External links
Website

Party Animals tells the story of people involved with the Parliament of the United Kingdom, including researchers, lobbyists and government (at the time Labour) and Conservative Members of Parliament.

Despite reasonably good critical reaction, the show scored poorly in the ratings, attracting only one million viewers. The BBC has not commissioned another series.

The show featured Matt Smith of Doctor Who and The Crown in his first major television role, portraying Labour Party researcher Danny Foster. Andrew Buchan, of Broadchurch and Garrow's Law, played Scott Foster, Danny's older brother and lobbyist. The show also starred Shelley Conn of Mistresses and Liar fame as a Tory party parliamentary researcher and aspiring Minister of Parliament, and Andrea Riseborough, later known for roles in Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley and Oblivion, who works alongside Danny as an intern.

In Australia, ABC1 began broadcasting the show from 2 December 2008 on a Tuesday 8:30pm timeslot over the ('non-ratings period') summer break.[2] In the province of Ontario, Canada, TVOntario (Ontario's public educational media organisation), began showing the series in February 2010. In the province of British Columbia, Canada, The Knowledge Network began showing the series in September 2011. In Norway, NRK broadcast the show from May to June 2012.[3] It is currently streaming on Hulu.

Cast

References
  1. "About the Show". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. Party Animals – ABC1 Television Guide
  3. "Partiløvene". Norsk rikskringkasting AS (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 August 2013.
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