Walk on the Wild Side | |
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Walk on the Wild Side title card
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Genre |
Comedy Entertainment |
Written by | Various |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Caroline Wright |
Producer(s) | Mark Lucey |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | BBC |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Original release | 15 August 2009 – Present |
External links | |
Website | www |
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 from 18 September 2010.
A third series began on CBBC 2013.
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.
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, Pussycat Dolls, Barry White, Shaggy, Lulu, Stevie Wonder, Robbie Williams, Tinie Tempah, Bon Jovi, Radiohead and Adam and The Ants.