Walk on the Wild Side (TV series) explained

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.^[1]

Cast and writers

Voiceover	Series	Year
	1–2	2009–2010
	1–2	2009–2010
	1–2	2009–2010
	1	2009
	1–2	2009–2010
	1–2	2009–2010
	1–2	2009–2010
Harriet Carmichael	1–2	2009–2010
	1–2	2009–2010
	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			15 August 2009
2	Koala, chameleon, marine iguana, anteater, giraffe, bat, ostrich, marmot, gorilla, badger, meerkat, camel, shoebill, shark, caterpillar, sage grouse.		22 August 2009
3	Porpoise, white mouse, spoonbill, black heron, iguana, meerkat, walrus, penguin, giant tortoise, badger, rabbit, crab, frog, seal, shoebill, skunk.		29 August 2009
4			5 September 2009
5	Lion, cheetah, shark, penguin, rhinoceros, emperor tamarin, antelope, flamingo, swan, tiger, capybara, owl, giant tortoise, puffin, giraffe, ant, vulture, mandrill.		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.		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.		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".		25 September 2010
3			2 October 2010
4			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		30 October 2010
7	Midsafari Murders	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.^[2]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: One Programmes – Walk on the Wild Side, Series 2, Episode 1 . BBC . 24 September 2011.
2. Web site: One Programmes – Walk on the Wild Side . BBC . 16 July 2011 . 24 September 2011.