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Party Animals: power politics and sexual intrigue collide in new 大象传媒 TWO drama
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Filming has begun on Party Animals, a warm and witty new drama for 大象传媒 TWO.
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The drama comes from World
Productions, makers of No Angels and This Life.
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Like most twenty-somethings, Scott, Danny, Ashika and Kirsty spend much of
their day worrying about love, sex, friendship and paying the rent.
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Unlike
most twenty-somethings, the rest of the time they're worrying about running the
country...
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Drawing on a wealth of first-hand research, Party Animals presents Westminster
from the ground up - the young researchers and advisors shouldering huge
responsibility in a frantic, high-stakes world. It's no wonder their personal
lives are so messy.
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Sons of an ex-Labour MP, Scott and Danny Foster have politics in their blood.
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Danny (Matt Smith, The Ruby In The Smoke) is the devoted researcher of Home
Office Junior Minister, Jo Porter (Raquel Cassidy, Teachers).
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But times are
tough. The government is in crisis, Jo's struggling with a difficult home life
and Danny is caught in the crossfire.
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Add to this the distracting presence of
scheming intern Kirsty MacKenzie (Andrea Riseborough, A Very Social Secretary),
and Danny is about to make an almighty blunder.
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Scott (Andrew Buchan, Jane Eyre) fled Labour HQ with a bulging contacts book
for a lucrative career in lobbying. But with New Labour in decline, Scott's
schmoozing methods and contacts are looking a little dated.
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Boss Stephen
Templeton (Colin Salmon, Trial And Retribution) challenges him to secure new
friends in the rising Conservative Party.
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A chance lunch with Ashika Chandrimani
(Shelley Conn, Second Generation), chief advisor to Shadow Minister James
Northcote (Patrick Baladi, The Office), presents an opportunity that Scott is
eager to pursue.
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Ashika herself is at a crossroads. Boss James may be tipped as future Tory
cabinet material but she's tired of living in his shadow and the rumours
surrounding their relationship.
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So when she is approached to fight a critical
by-election, Ashika has to choose between future power with James and the
chance to strike out on her own.
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Danny's mistake and a scurrilous rumour set in motion a chain of events that
bind all four characters together - and change their lives forever.
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Eleanor Greene, Producer, World Productions, says: "Party Animals is a
funny, intelligent and explosive drama following a group of young people
growing up in one of the most cut-throat industries."
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Polly Hill, Executive Producer for the 大象传媒, says: "Party Animals reveals the
changing face of British politics, exposing a grubby underbelly beneath the
power and glamour.
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"We have secured an amazingly versatile cast bursting with
immense experience and exciting, new talent in equal measure."
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Party Animals is written by Ben Richards (Spooks, No Angels), Robert Jones (The
Cops, Ahead of the Class) and Fintan Ryan (Bad Crowd).
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It is directed by Brian Grant (As If, Clocking Off, Sinchronicity).
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Simon Heath is the Executive Producer for World Productions.
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The series due for transmission in Spring 2007.
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