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A British comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short acappella songs which are present throughout all three series.
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A British comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short acappella songs which are present throughout all three series.
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Episode 1
Bob Fossil sets up a highly illegal and shady kangaroo boxing match between the Killeroo and Howard. Howard thinks that by winning the fight he will impress the Head of Reptiles, Mrs Gideon. Vince enlists his uncle, a bare-knuckle fighter with a very strange accent, to help with Howard's training.
Directed by Paul KingWritten by Julian Barratt, Noel FieldingGuest stars Dave Brown, Peter Kyriacou, Victoria Wicks, Olly Ralfe
Episode 2
All is not well at the Zoo-niverse. Animals are disappearing one by one. Things go from bad to worse when Joey Moose, one of the zookeepers, goes missing. When Mrs Gideon reports that her python is also on the missing list, Howard is determined to save the day. Howard and Vince stumble across Dixon Bainbridge's secret laboratory and the terrible truth behind his ‘experiments' comes to light.
Directed by Paul KingWritten by Julian Barratt, Noel FieldingGuest stars Matt Berry, Peter Elliott, Peter Kyriacou, Victoria Wicks, Dave Brown
Episode 3
Bollo, the eldest and most respected gorilla at the Zoo-niverse is gravely ill. Bob Fossil persuades Howard to dress in an ape suit, replacing Bollo, so that he can continue accepting sponsorship money for the gorilla. Everything's going smoothly until the Grim Reaper arrives and mistakenly takes Howard to Ape Hell instead. Vince sets off to rescue Howard and they run into trouble when they encounter the Ape of Death who is plagued with problem hair.
Directed by Paul KingWritten by Julian Barratt, Noel FieldingGuest stars Peter Elliott, Peter Kyriacou
Episode 4
In an attempt to compete with daring adventurer Dixon Bainbridge, Howard and Vince set off in search of the Egg of Mantumbi - with the assistance of Gary Numan. Into the whiteness, the nothingness of the Arctic Tundra, the boys come face to face with hideous ice demon Black Frost. Luckily, Vince has befriended a polar bear.
Directed by Steve Bendelack, Paul KingWritten by Julian Barratt, Noel FieldingGuest stars Matt Berry, Peter Kyriacou, Dave Brown
Episode 5
Dixon Bainbridge, owner of the Zoo-niverse, is intent on selling to the highest bidder. There's a road being built through it and ‘if the animals won't work on it, they'll be underneath it'. Howard and Vince embark on an arduous trip deep into the Jungle Room, in search of the only man they think can help save the zoo - Howard's hero, Tommy Nookah.
Directed by Paul KingWritten by Julian Barratt, Noel FieldingGuest stars Matt Berry, Martin Trenaman, Judith Milne, Dave Brown, David Westlake
Episode 6
Howard is hell bent on a career as a serious writer in the hope that he'll improve his chances with Mrs Gideon. However, when famous publisher Hamilton Cork arrives at the Zoo-Niverse, he decides to publish Vince's literary efforts about a pink bubblegum character called Charlie. Meanwhile, Bob Fossil has embarked on a new breeding programme for the pandas.
Directed by Paul KingWritten by Julian Barratt, Noel FieldingGuest stars Matt Berry, Peter Kyriacou, Victoria Wicks, Peter Elliott, Simon Farnaby
Episode 7
Vince is convinced that The Human League invented music. According to Vince, Howard's past career as a jazz trumpeter does not measure up. When Vince is offered a chance to join a new band, ‘Kraftwork Orange' with Johnny Two Hats and the Electro Girls, he's intent on leaving everything behind, including Howard.
Directed by Paul KingWritten by Julian Barratt, Noel FieldingGuest stars Simon Farnaby, Peter Elliott, Peter Kyriacou, Dee Plume, Olly Ralfe, Sue Denim, Dan Clark
Episode 8
After Ivan the bear becomes angry and escapes from his cage, Fossil arranges a place for Ivan at an Animal Offenders Institute. All Howard and Vince have to do is get there and back, in one piece, without falling foul of the Hitcher.
Directed by Paul KingWritten by Julian Barratt, Noel FieldingGuest stars Dave Brown, Peter Elliott, Gurbachan Singh
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Julian BarrattHoward Moon
Noel FieldingVince Noir
Michael FieldingNaboo the Enigma
Matt BerryDixon Bainbridge
Dave BrownBollo
Rich FulcherBob Fossil
Margaret JohnNanatoo
Roger DaltreyRoger Daltrey
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