Three Men in a Boat

Synopsis

Three Men in a Boat is 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. In late October 2011, a production team was shooting in Provincetown, Massachusetts, America's oldest art colony, at the tip of Cape Cod.

First Air Date: 2006-01-03

Last Air Date: 2011-12-28

Number of Seasons: 7

Number of Episodes: 14

Networks: BBC Two

Top Cast

Griff Rhys Jones as Self
Dara Ó Briain as Self
Rory McGrath as Self

Seasons

Three Men in Boat (2006) - (2 Episodes)

Three Men in Another Boat (2008) - (2 Episodes)

Three Men in More Than One Boat (2009) - (2 Episodes)

Three Men Go to Ireland (2009) - (2 Episodes)

Three Men Go to Scotland (2010) - (2 Episodes)

Three Men Go to Venice (2011) - (2 Episodes)

Three Men Go to New England (2011) - (2 Episodes)

Three Men in Boat (2006)

Griff Rhys Jones, Rory McGrath, Dara O'Briain and Loli the dog set out from Kingston to Oxford across the Thames in a wooden skiff, attempting to re-trace the journey of Jerome K. Jerome in his classic 1889 book "Three Men in a Boat" and having some adventures of their own along the way, including entering a race after rowing into the middle of the Wallingford Regatta.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Three Men in a Boat, Part 1 (2006-01-03)

Griff Rhys Jones, Dara O'Briain, Rory McGrath and a nervous dog called Loli set out from Kingston in a wooden skiff in an attempt to re-trace the journey up the Thames immortalised by Jerome K Jerome in his comedy classic Three Men in a Boat. Along the way they drop in unannounced on a couple of friends - Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Antony Worrall Thomson. Halfway to Oxford, Rory and Dara have gone to the pub while Griff is left behind to prepare a campfire supper.
Ep. 2: Three Men in a Boat, Part 2 (2006-01-05)

Griff Rhys Jones, Dara O'Briain, Rory McGrath and a nervous dog called Loli set out from Kingston in a wooden skiff in an attempt to re-trace the journey up the Thames immortalised by Jerome K Jerome in his comedy classic Three Men in a Boat. Along the way they drop in unannounced on a couple of friends - Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Antony Worrall Thomson. Halfway to Oxford, Rory and Dara have gone to the pub while Griff is left behind to prepare a campfire supper.