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Greatest Celebrity Wind-Ups Ever!
Greatest Celebrity Wind-Ups Ever!

Greatest Celebrity Wind-Ups Ever!

  • TV factual
  • 5Star / Channel 5
  • 2017 - 2020
  • 13 episodes (2 series)

Joe Pasquale narrates a selection of clips from TV shows in which celebrities are pranked. Also features Ben Hanlin, Dom Joly, Olivia Lee, Roman Kemp, Jahannah James and more.

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Series 2, Episode 1

Highlights include TV favourites Ant & Dec going undercover to prank adventurer Bear Grylls at a dining-in-the-dark restaurant, Little Mix pulling a fast one on Friday Download presenter Harvey, and Louie Spence getting tricked by magician-turned-prankster Ben Hanlin into thinking he has just dropped £100,000 off the side of a yacht.

Further details

Highlights include TV favourites Ant & Dec going undercover to prank adventurer Bear Grylls at a dining-in-the-dark restaurant, Little Mix pulling a fast one on Friday Download presenter Harvey, and Louie Spence getting tricked by magician-turned-prankster Ben Hanlin into thinking he has just dropped £100,000 off the side of a yacht.

Elsewhere, Bradley Walsh dons a disguise to wind up tomfoolery king Noel Edmonds in a long-forgotten 'gotcha' moment, comedian Olivia Lee purposefully messes up an acting audition, and Hugh Jackman makes a magical appearance as Wolverine to make a young fan's day.

Plus, Rylan Clark-Neal makes a prank phone call to his This Morning colleagues Eamonn and Ruth live on air, Antonio Banderas gets out-foxed by Banzai's "Lady One Question", and Neil Patrick Harris dons a cunning disguise to prank superstar Pharrell.

Prank List

- Rylan Clark-Neal, appearing on Radio 1, has to phone Eamonn and Ruth using all the letters of the alphabet.

- Ant & Dec prank Bear Grylls in a restaurant in the dark.

- Ben Hanlin makes Louie Spence think he's dropped £100,000 off the side of a yacht.

- Little Mix appear to get cross with Friday Download presenter Harvey

- Bradley Walsh and Paul McKenna prank Noel Edmonds by making him think he's controlling a bus conductor who is hypnotised... but he's not. A fake fight breaks out.

- Neil Patrick Harris pranks The Voice USA judges.

- Alan Shearer and Ian Wright prank an interviewer by making him take the blame for opening some champagne.

- Lady One Question from Banzai versus Antonio Banderas.

- Olivia Lee's pranks on Balls Of Steel, particularly by shaking Ralf Little's hand with fake dog poo.

- Hugh Jackman pranks a young fan by appearing in a radio studio.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 20th October 2020
Time
8pm
Channel
5Star
Length
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Ben Hanlin Self
Olivia Lee Self
Ant McPartlin Self (Archive Material)
Declan Donnelly Self (Archive Material)
Noel Edmonds Self (Archive Material)
Joe Pasquale Narrator
Guest cast
Neg Dupree Self
Amy Christophers Self
Neev Spencer Self
Ashley Storrie Self
Charlotte Dawson Self
Montana Brown Self
Wayne Sleep Self
Frankie Essex Self
Melody Thornton Self
Arielle Free Self
Martel Maxwell Self
Luke Campbell Self
Rylan Clark-Neal (as Rylan Clark) Self (Archive Material)
Bear Grylls Self (Archive Material)
Carl Donnelly Self (Archive Material)
Louie Spence Self (Archive Material)
Bradley Walsh Self (Archive Material)
Paul McKenna Self (Archive Material)
Harvey Cantwell Self (Archive Material)
Little Mix Self (Archive Material)
Alan Shearer Self (Archive Material)
Ian Wright Self (Archive Material)
Ralf Little Self (Archive Material)
Hugh Jackman Self (Archive Material)
Matt Edmondson Self (Archive Material)
Neil Patrick Harris Self (Archive Material)
Production team
Elaine Hackett Executive Producer
Jason Wells Executive Producer
Simon Withington Executive Producer
Dylan Tweddle Edit Producer
Mat Gillbe (as Matthew Gillbe) Producer/Director
Steve Blackwell Editor
Malcolm Oldfield Director of Photography

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