Party Animals (TV series)

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
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running timeVaries
Production companyWorld Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release31 January (2007-01-31) –
21 March 2007 (2007-03-21)
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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 tells the story of people working in and around the British Parliament, including researchers, lobbyists and Members of Parliament. The show featured Matt Smith in his first major television role, portraying Labour Party researcher Danny Foster. Andrew Buchan played Scott Foster, Danny's older brother and a lobbyist. The show also starred Shelley Conn as a Tory party parliamentary researcher and aspiring Minister, and Andrea Riseborough, 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]

  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.