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Walk On The Wild Side. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Walk On The Wild Side
Walk On The Wild Side. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Walk On The Wild Side

A new series of this comedy is in production.

Family comedy series in which a group of comedians voiceover footage from the BBC's natural history department

Genre:
Sketch Show
Broadcast:
2009  (BBC One)
Episodes:
7 (pilot + 1 series)
Starring:
Jason Manford, Rhod Gilbert, Harriet Carmichael, Sarah Millican, Steve Edge, Harry Peacock, Isy Suttie, Jon Richardson, Gavin Webster, Pal Aron
Writers:
Jason Manford, Steve Edge, Ian Manford, Christine Rose, Aiden Spackman
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Meet the Not-Very-Scary-Sharks, the Scratching Badgers, the DIY Orangutan, the Vultures' Flying School and a marmot called Alan. They all come together in this show which combines the comedy talents of Jason Manford and friends together with the BBC's best natural history footage.

Our Review: This show is squarely aimed at a family audience... always a tricky task to get right. The pilot, shown in March 2009, was fairly fun, but definitely something more for the kids than adult viewers. The full series was much the same: there were a few great sketches, and the new guest stars did add a little 'something', but the half-hour length of the episodes meant that there were more misses than hits and a fair number of repeated sketches.