Three Men in a Boat (TV series)
| Three Men in a Boat Three Men go to... (place) |
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| Starring |
Dara Ó Briain Rory McGrath Griff Rhys Jones |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Liberty Bell Productions |
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| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 3 January 2006 – 28 December 2011 |
Three Men in a Boat was a television comedy/documentary series produced by Liberty Bell Productions for BBC Two starring Dara Ó Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones, first shown on 3 January 2006. In this first rendition, the three participants rowed in a replica wooden skiff from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford.
The BBC subsequently commissioned and aired Three Men in Another Boat,Three Men in More Than One Boat,Three Men go to Ireland,Three Men go to Scotland;Three Men go to Venice, and Three Men go to New England, broadcast in 2008, 2009, 2009/2010, 2010 and 2011 respectively. Every series, bar the first, has featured the music from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
Produced by Andrew Fettis and Zoe Timmers.
Dara Ó Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones take to the river Thames in their original recreation of the novel.
Embarking on a wooden skiff, a replica of that described in the original novel, the trio take it in turns to row and to steer the skiff along the Thames, from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford. Along the way they stop at or pass by locations mentioned in the novel and other historical and significant places, including Bisham Abbey, Boulter's Lock in Maidenhead, Henley-on-Thames, and Cliveden House. This series heavily used the soundtrack from the film Amélie.
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