Walk on the Wild Side is a 2009 British comedy sketch show shown on BBC One. It involves the overdubbing of voiceovers to natural 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 on BBC One on 18 September 2010.
Cast and writers 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.
Episodes
Series One (2009)
# 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, white mouse, 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 and Sharon Osbourne 19 September 2009
Series Two (2010) # Episode Synopsis Guest Voiceover(s) Original airdate 1 Tensions run high in the natural world as a young lion cub called Malcolm is lost at Giraffestonbury. John Goodman 18 September 2010 2 A vulture tries out a saucy joke; two Geordie chimps have a close encounter with aliens; An evil cloned giraffe threatens to "kiss your mum". Jason Byrne 25 September 2010 3 Alistair and Arnold the very British airmen; Sid the monkey's conscience plays a joke on him; Keith the dolphin farts through his blowhole 2 October 2010 4 Two parent petrels fake giving their son a fish; showering beavers conversation is derailed by their mate obsessed with his wife's affair; camel Queen awards a knighthood; a heron 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; a hyena police chase 23 October 2010 6 A chimp who can't remember if he left the front door unlocked; opera-singing storks; squirrel Henry Edwardson's memoirs of being a jobbing actor The Three Tenors 30 October 2010 7 Midsafari Murders; Animal Casualty; a bear after his stag night John Humphrys 6 November 2010
Music 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 and Adam and The Ants.
See also , a French TV show created in 1990 by Patrick Bouchitey. When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren, a 2021 American adaptation of the series
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