Party Animals (TV series)

*Party Animals*
Party Animals
Created by	World Productions for BBC
Starring	Patrick Baladi; Andrew Buchan; Matt Smith; Raquel Cassidy; Shelley Conn; Andrea Riseborough; Clemency Burton-Hill; Pip Carter; Peter Wight
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	Varies
Production company	World Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	31 January –; 21 March 2007

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]

Cast

Andrew Buchan as Scott Foster
Shelley Conn as Ashika Chandrimani
Andrea Riseborough as Kirsty MacKenzie
Matt Smith as Danny Foster
Patrick Baladi as James Northcote
Clemency Burton-Hill as Sophie Montgomery
Pip Carter as Matt Baker
Raquel Cassidy as Jo Porter
Colin Salmon as Stephen Templeton
Peter Wight as George Morgan
Kika Markham as Vanessa Renfew
Marian McLoughlin as Barbara Foster
Emily Beecham as Vienna Lurie
Guy Flanagan as Felix Carrera
Nick Sampson as Paul Gaughan^[4]

References

^ "About the Show". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ Party Animals – ABC1 Television Guide
^ "Partiløvene". Norsk rikskringkasting AS (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ Party Animals (Drama), Andrew Buchan, Shelley Conn, Andrea Riseborough, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), World Productions, 31 January 2007, retrieved 19 June 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

[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.

[4] Party Animals (Drama), Andrew Buchan, Shelley Conn, Andrea Riseborough, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), World Productions, 31 January 2007, retrieved 19 June 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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