Animal Magic (TV series) by Laurie Johnson for KPM in 1960. It recently featured as the theme music for BBC Two comedy W1A. Around 1980, the original orchestral version was replaced by a funk arrangement (featuring an electric guitar with a wah wah pedal). Animal Magic (TV series) Animal Magic was a BBC children's television series which ran from 1962 to 1983 from BBC Bristol. It began fortnightly and was transmitted weekly from 1964. The presenter was the avuncular Johnny Morris. His charismatic style and genuine fondness for animals made the show an instant hit with children and adults alike. The show combined jovial
Animal Magic (The Blow Monkeys album) Animal Magic (The Blow Monkeys album) Animal Magic is the second album from the British band The Blow Monkeys, released in 1986 by RCA/Ariola (now BMG). It gave the group their commercial breakthrough after their debut album, "Limping for a Generation", had won critical acclaim but had only sold modestly. Sales of "Animal Magic" were boosted by the hit single "Digging Your Scene", which charted in the UK (peaking at No. 12), the rest of Europe and the US. The album's first single, the ballad "Forbidden Fruit", had been released almost a year before the LP. After "Digging Your Scene",