- Genre: Radio Comedy Surreal Sitcom
- Running Time: 30 minutes
- Home Station: Originally BBC London Live, then BBC Radio 4, later BBC 7
- Broadcast: 16 October to the 20 November 2001
- Series: One with six episodes
- Audience: Mainly student age, but 15-30 in the main
Starring
Noel Fielding* Julian Barratt*
Lee Mack
Richard Ayoade
Rich Fulcher* (*Writers)
Other Information
Award: Douglas Adams Award for Innovative Comedy Writing.
The series is available on CD from the BBC Audiobooks and on iTunes. It includes additional material.
The episodes from the radio series were reedited and used again for the first television series.
The theme music is the same for both the radio and television series.
Overview
Vince Noir and Howard TJ Moon are Zoo Keepers at ‘Zooniverse’/ Bob Fossil’s “Funworld”. Vince is a youthful, vain, energetic, and excited fashionista, whereas Howard is his dead pan, jazz loving companion. Other characters include Dixon Bainbridge, “body popping” Bob Fossil and Mrs. Gideon. All the animals can talk and the narratives are based on Vince and Howard’s adventures in and around the Zoo.
The Episodes illustrate the surreal nature of the shows:
1. Stolen: ‘The Phantom’ steals animals from Zooniverse, so Howard and Vince investigate.
2. Jungle: Howard and Vince go on a quest to find the zoo’s old...
