Walk on the Wild Side - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Show which combines the comedy talents of Jason Manford and friends together with jaw-dropping natural history footage.
Meet the Not-Very-Scary-Shark Choir, maverick eagle cop Jack Hawk, the rakish dandy of the monkey world, Jumping Justin, and a marmot called Alan. With special guest 'natural treasure' Stephen Fry.
Episode 2
Meerkat Sir Alan looks for an apprentice, some lizard punks spend the Bank Holiday reliving their youth, and a Geordie anteater guides us through the complex world of ant cuisine.
Jason Manford and friends are joined by special guest and national treasure, Rolf Harris, playing a koala in this half-hour teatime talking animal hoedown.
Episode 3
Jason Manford, Rhod Gilbert, Isy Suttie et al are joined by natural treasure Barbara Windsor as the natural world talks rhubarb.
Meet Lonesome George, a belligerent tortoise with a Jamie Oliver-shaped axe to grind, drop in on Sebastian the chimp's therapy session, and catch up with the 18th live semi-final of Penguin's Got Talent.
Episode 4
Richard E Grant is an angry camel. Fact. An owl with indigestion, a down-on-his-luck Ninja Turtle and a community of puffins preparing for Mexican Night are among the animal folk in this 30-minute talking beast barn dance.
Jason Manford, Isy Suttie, Sarah Millican, Steve Edge, Jon Richardson, Harriet Carmichael, Gavin Webster, Pal Aran, Rhod Gilbert and Harry Peacock are the vessels through which they talk.
Episode 5
Jason Manford and the regular cast are joined by living legend Sir Tom Jones - he's a penguin with a plan, boyo. Also featuring some Bird Builders From Hell, and the first slice of Wildlife On Mars, in which Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt are resurrected as monkey cops.
Episode 6
A small exotic bird called Kevin performs a moving tribute to Michael Jackson, some wolves are cheating at Bingo, and the credit crunch hits Santa's team of reindeer as new boy Ken is made redundant. With special guest species Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.
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