I Am Not an Animal: Season 1

2004 · 6 episodes · ★ 2.8

Series 1

What Season 1 of I Am Not an Animal

Six talking animals are part of the fourth batch of Project S at the Vivi-Sec UK laboratory. They don't realize they are an experiment. They live in something resembling a four-star hotel run by computers, with gourmet meals, fine wines and books, and each one has a human personality, a name and clothing tailored to them. They speak with a pseudo-intellectual air while, outside their bubble, other animals suffer torture they never notice. The season kicks off when Julian Lovely and his activists storm Vivi-sec and free the talking animals, led by Philip, the horse. Once out of the lab, the group faces money problems, romantic entanglements and the fame of one of them. It's an animated comedy from BBC Two, created by Peter Baynham.

6episodes

May 10, 2004Premiered

Oct 19, 2004final episode

3 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01
1x01 London Calling
May 10, 2004 · 30 min
Julian Lovely and his group of Animal Activists breaks into Vivi-sec and sets a batch of talking animals free, led by Philip the horse, the group hijack a van, but end up crashing.
Directing: Peter Baynham · Writing: Peter Baynham
1x02
1x02 Planet of the Men and Women
May 17, 2004 · 30 min
The six liberated talking animals enter the 'planet of the men and women' where they encounter wild animals & have a close shave at an army firing range.
Directing: Peter Baynham · Writing: Peter Baynham
1x03
1x03 Money
Oct 19, 2004 · 30 min
The animals begin to have problems with money.
Directing: Peter Baynham · Writing: Peter Baynham
1x04
1x04 My Fair Mare
May 31, 2004 · 30 min
Love is in the air, but the consequences aren't pretty.
Directing: Peter Baynham · Writing: Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
1x05
1x05 A Star is Hatched
Jun 7, 2004 · 30 min
Stardom hails for one of the animals but how will the others react?
Directing: Peter Baynham · Writing: Peter Baynham
1x06
1x06 Home Season Finale
Jun 14, 2004 · 30 min
As the reality show comes to an end, the animals are set free.
Directing: Peter Baynham · Writing: Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith