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.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1
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
| Ben Hanlin | Self |
| Olivia Lee | Self |
| Ant McPartlin | Self (Archive Material) |
| Declan Donnelly | Self (Archive Material) |
| Noel Edmonds | Self (Archive Material) |
| Joe Pasquale | Narrator |
| 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) |
| 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 |