Political Animal (radio show)
Political Animal is a performance and radio show created by British comedians John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman in which various stand-up comedians perform political material.
Political Animal began at the 2004 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has returned regularly since, it was initially co-hosted by Zaltzman and Oliver but since 2006 hosted by Zaltzman alone except for some of the 2011 fringe where Oliver returned. In 2007 Political Animal also became a radio series on BBC Radio 4. It returned for a second series in 2008, running for 10 episodes. The series took the form of a stand-up show, with Zaltzman and Oliver performing in between the acts they introduced.
Previous guests have included Frankie Boyle, Daniel Kitson, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Jeremy Hardy, Marcus Brigstocke, Robert Newman, Chris Addison, Russell Howard and Russell Brand.
Episodes
Pilot
| Guests | Original air date | |
| 1 | Edinburgh Festival Special: Stewart Lee, Steve Hughes, Mark Watson |
Series 1
| Guests | Original air date | |
| 1 | Pete Cain, Jeremy Hardy and Glenn Wool | |
| 2 | Wil Hodgson, Tony Law and Robert Newman | |
| 3 | Russell Brand, Natalie Haynes and Andy Parsons | |
| 4 | Nick Doody, Richard Herring and Russell Howard |
Series 2
| Title | Original air date | |
| 1 | Mark Steel, Paul Sinha and Lewis Schaffer | |
| 2 | Frankie Boyle, Ian Stone and Stewart Lee | |
| 3 | John Mulaney, Mike Birbiglia and Lee Camp | |
| 4 | Glenn Wool, Shappi Khorsandi and John Hegley | |
| 5 | Steve Hughes, Natalie Haynes and Nick Doody | |
| 6 | Stephen Grant, Chris Addison and David Cross |