Party Animals (TV series)

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 (2007-01-31) – 21 March 2007 (2007-03-21)

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

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

External links

• Party Animals at BBC Online
• Official BBC website for Party Animals
• Press pack for Party Animals
• Party Animals at IMDb
• TV producer Eleanor Greene talks about casting Matt Smith