
Series 3, Episode 5 - The F.I.P.
Further details
Prize task: A photo of their most handsome relative.
* Dave Gorman: Cary Grant, whose cousin married Dave's great-grandmother's niece. - 5
* Al Murray: His grandfather, Sir Ralph Murray. - 4
* Rob Beckett: James Earl Jones, because his mother lied to him and jokingly said he was Rob's uncle. - 3
* Paul Chowdhry: His father's son, i.e. himself. - 1
* Sara Pascoe: Her half-sister, i.e. her pet cat Pebbles. - 1
Task 1: Move the water from Bucket A to Bucket B. You must not move the buckets. Most water moved wins. You have 10 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Al: Over 11cm (Although Alex was punished for moving the bucket for him) - 5
* Rob: 6.6cm - 4
* Paul: 4cm - 3
* Sara: 0.8cm (Awarded an extra point as Alex did not move the bucket for her) - 3
* Dave: 7.8cm (Disqualified for filling the bucket with tea) - 0
Task 2 (Team Task): While wearing one of these hands over each of your hands at all times, communicate to your teammate(s) the names of these books, films and TV programmes. You may not raise your voice. Most correct answers wins. You have 10 minutes. Your time starts when the whistle's blown.
* Al, Dave and Paul: 19 out of 20 - 5
* Rob and Sara: 7 out of 20 - 0
Task 3: Do something that looks brilliant when sped up or slowed down. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
* Rob and Sara - 5
* Dave and Paul - 3
* Al - 2
Live task: Place one or more doughnuts on your stick. You have 100 seconds, after which the person with the lowest unique whole number of doughnuts on their stick wins. In the event of there being no unique numbers, the task shall be replayed until there is a winner. Winner takes all.
* Round 1: Al - 1; Dave - 1; Paul - 1; Rob - 2; Sara - 2. No unique number.
* Round 2: Al - 1; Dave - 1; Paul - 5; Rob - 2; Sara - 3. Rob wins 5 points.
Final scores
* Rob - 17
* Al - 16
* Dave - 13
* Paul - 12
* Sara - 9
Series scores
* Rob - 87
* Dave - 81
* Al - 80
* Sara - 72
* Paul - 66
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 1st November 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Regular cast | |
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Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Rob Beckett | Self |
Paul Chowdhry | Self |
Dave Gorman | Self |
Al Murray | Self |
Sara Pascoe | Self |
Guest cast | |
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Ben Fogle | Guest |
Writing team | |
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Alex Horne | Writer |
Production team | |
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Andy Devonshire | Series Director |
Peter Orton | Director |
Andy Cartwright | Series Producer |
Richard Allen-Turner | Executive Producer |
James Taylor | Executive Producer |
Jon Thoday | Executive Producer |
Hilary Rosen | Executive Producer |
Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
Andy Devonshire | Executive Producer |
Alex Horne | Executive Producer |
Video
Move water from one bucket to another
Paul Chowdhry and Rob Beckett try moving water from one bucket to another, without touching the buckets.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Rob Beckett, Paul Chowdhry.

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