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Animal Nonsense

Animal Nonsense

By: Jess Blake and David Robinson
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 The real world is full of the most remarkable, exciting, bizarre, ferocious and occasionally adorable animals - relax and enter their realm alongside real best friends the actor Jess Blake and the musician David Robinson.2025
Episodes
  • The Real Mystery of the Nativity Animals

    The Real Mystery of the Nativity Animals
    Dec 19 2025

    In episode 10, we answer the question... what animals were really at the nativity? David asks Jess to remember the animal-related lines of Christmas carols + we re-create on an audio adventure how the night of Jesus' birth might have been for poor Mary.
    Use of BBC Sound Effects library for the purposes of non-advertised and educational reasons only.

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    15 mins
  • Lights, Camera, Reindeer

    Lights, Camera, Reindeer
    Dec 12 2025

    On episode 9, we hear about the heart-warming Christmas movie 'Prancer' that Jess acted in with a real reindeer. Jess provides a behind the scenes insight into how the movie was made and how the reindeer flourished in the role.

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    17 mins
  • The Relationship Between Music and the Animal Kingdom

    The Relationship Between Music and the Animal Kingdom
    Dec 5 2025

    On episode 8, David explains how he wrote the 'Animal Nonsense' music. Jess plays the sound round and tries to recognise the animal muse of 3 classical composers. Jess remembers working at Battersea Dogs Home and we explore if cows really enjoy jazz music.
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    16 mins
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