{"id":562359,"date":"2026-07-22T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562359\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:44:11","slug":"itv-studios-launches-steve-penks-animal-radio-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562359\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Studios launches Steve Penk\u2019s Animal Radio \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"RTUKPackageDeal1webp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RTUKPackageDeal1webp.webp\" alt=\"\"   width=\"800\" height=\"160\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ITV Studios\u2019 Creative Network has partnered with Steve Penk to launch a digital-first comedy series, Steve Penk\u2019s Animal Radio, reimagining his classic Wind-Up calls for a new generation. <\/p>\n<p>The series is set in an animated world where a pirate radio station, run by animals, broadcasts prank calls to unsuspecting humans below from the top floor of a city tower block.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cats, dogs, monkeys, mice, bears, chickens and other eccentric animal characters operate the station, creating chaos and reliving some of Steve\u2019s most memorable prank calls in a new visual format.<\/p>\n<p>James Abadi of Abadi Films handled the production design, AI image and video generation, music, sound design and editing, using Almation\u2019s Omnigen to create the show\u2019s unique look.<\/p>\n<p>The series is available from today on dedicated YouTube and TikTok channels, with digital experts Zoo 55 distributing it across wider digital and social platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Steve said seeing his calls brought to life in this way is \u201csomething else entirely\u201d and described the Animal Radio world as \u201cweird, funny, slightly unhinged and unlike anything I\u2019ve seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James explained that AI technology allowed them to build a world that is both believable and ridiculous, making it possible to tell these stories in a new way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ITV Studios\u2019 Creative Network has partnered with Steve Penk to launch a digital-first comedy series, Steve Penk\u2019s Animal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-562359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}