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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Patrick Baladi, Andrew Buchan, Matt Smith, Raquel Cassidy
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 15 Oct 2007
  • Run Time: 411 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000UVGXS2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,991 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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BBC Drama Party Animals recreates the behind-the-scenes rough-and-tumble of British politics. Conservative politician James Northcote (played Patrick Baladi, better known for his role as David Brent's straight-laced boss Neil in The Office) and Labour MP Jo Porter (Raquel Cassidy) epitomise the changing public faces of their parties. But the real action centres on their aides. Dedicated researchers Danny, Kirsty, Matt and Ashika help the MPs score points against their enemies - whether adversaries are across the floor or on the same side. Meanwhile, lobbyist Scott finds the shifts in power at Westminster affecting his working life, with both personal and professional loyalties tested. The show takes a sideways, through-the-keyhole look at the way power is deployed and is laden with enjoyable cynicism. The characters are not especially nice people. Vulnerable, yes, though mainly when they fail to exploit others' vulnerabilities, and yet they're interesting. And given that Party Animals a fast-moving drama first and a civics lecture a poor second, it succeeds in telling a bit about the way Westminster office politics truly works.


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BBC drama PARTY ANIMALS centres on the unsung heroes of party politics; those ambitious young men and women who keep the government ticking over like a well-oiled machine. When Scott, Danny, Ashika, and Kirsty are not absorbed in their own personal dramas, they're beavering away behind the scenes at Westminster as researchers and advisors. Unlike most self-involved twentysomethings, these four must shoulder the incredible responsibility of running a country, and the pressures that entails. PARTY ANIMALS invites you to a world of cloak-and-dagger politics, where power play and sexual intrigue are the order of the day.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent and entertaining, 27 Feb 2008
By Amy Daisy La-La (Aberdeen United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Loved this - real grown-ups' telly and I don't mean lots of sex and gore as in how something like Torchwood is supposed to be "grown-up", but rather in the sense of being wise, thought-provoking, perceptive, politically realistic and about ideas and human nature. Not often that you get something so witty, grown-up, engrossing and ENTERTAINING on the box. The visuals and the acting were so convincing it felt like you were there, and I found I became very involved in it. There were sympathetic characters to engage with who would then go and do something unacceptable which was shocking but you could understand how they had got there. There were also plenty of out-and-out horrors who nevertheless had their moments of compassion so, like life, you never knew what was coming next. The drama was never pushed to the point where it lost credibility and some scenes still stick in my memory - like the shocking moment where a drunken friend/rival is hit by a car moments after an argument. Another scene where the lovers are stealing time (and the opportunity to have sex) in a white room in a country house, and although the relationship is all wrong, you can see how they got there and why that place and time has its attraction. It was a convincing portrayal of the nitty-gritty of politics from constituency meeting to Westminster. The whole thing is shot for realism, and it works, so even the style expresses the mores and obsessions of our time. Couldn't believe it was such a short series, and couldn't believe it didn't make it to a second series - what is WRONG with our tv culture that this didn't "succeed"? I am so glad it is out on DVD. I'm sending it to my mum because she loved it too. So there.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 17 Oct 2007
I was a fan of this when it first aired on BBC2. It is a drama set against the backdrop of politics, focussing on young Labour and Tory members. The central characters are brothers Danny and Scott Foster. Danny is an idealist, working for Jo Porter Labour junior minister at the Home Office. Scott worked for the party, but left to join Templeton Carter, a lobbying firm, and is cynical about politics. Their late father was a labour MP for the Northern Constituency of Sedley. Ashika Chandiramani is special advisor to James Northcote, tory shadow minister. She is smart, ambitious, and future tory candidate. When Scott is urged by his boss to build up some tory contacts, he arranges a meeting with James Northcote. James sends Ashika in his place, and the attraction between Scott and Ashika is obvious from the start. When the sitting Labour MP for Sedley dies, and a bye-election is called, Ashika gets the tory nomination, and Scott is drafted in by the labour party to run their campaign.

This drama is funny, sexy, well written, and beautifully acted by established stars such as Patrick Baladi (The Office) and Raquel Cassidy (teachers) Peter Wight and new talents, Shelley Conn, Matt Smith, Andrew Buchan, Andrea Riseborough & Clemency Burton Hill Andrea, Pip Carter. It's a shame that BBC didn't decide to go with a second series, but this series can stand alone. I've deducted one star from my rating, because the music, which was such an integral part of the series as broadcast (Razorlight, The Guillemots, Aha amongst others) has been changed on the DVD version. Disappointing, but I presume a rights problem...even still drama doesn't get much better than this.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Party Animals review, 20 Oct 2007
By KS (Co. Armagh) - See all my reviews
Loved this series set in the political world in London. Fantastic acting all round by the cast, excellent script, very fast moving, just fab all round (made even better by the gorgeous and fantastic Andrew Buchan-keep an eye on him!!)

Only thing that lets the series down is the very open ending-knowing now that there won't be a second series will leave us forever wondering.........
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent drama
My wife and i loved this series on one of the none mainstream channels and bought it for our daughter-in-law who missed it
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5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT!
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