Limited series · BBC Two
I Am Not an Animal
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
How I Am Not an Animal actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
I Am Not an Animal reads strongest on World Building, Bingeability and Spectacle.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
I Am Not An Animal is an animated comedy series about the only six talking animals in the world, whose cosseted existence in a vivisection unit is turned upside down when they are liberated by animal rights activists.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E06
Home
- Directed by Peter Baynham
- Written by Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham
S01E05
A Star is Hatched
- Directed by Peter Baynham
- Written by Peter Baynham
S01E04
My Fair Mare
- Directed by Peter Baynham
- Written by Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham
S01E02
Planet of the Men and Women
- Directed by Peter Baynham
- Written by Peter Baynham
S01E01
London Calling
- Directed by Peter Baynham
- Written by Peter Baynham
Behind the series
Created by
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The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Steve CooganProducer
Writing
- Sarah SmithWriter
- Peter BaynhamWriter
Direction
- Peter BaynhamDirector
Where to watch
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