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.
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OK the premise is fairly standard, get three comedy actors one an elder statesman of British comedy and two young(ish) guns who have something to say or at least a definite take on matters and throw them together into a boat and remove them from the studio and include a few sections with other celebs and you have two hours of fairly good TV.However delve a little deeper and there is more here, a wonderful montage of being on the river, very down to earth and the fact the Griff is an extremely competent sailor who knows more about boats that most people will happily forget. The dynamic that develops is a pleasure to watch, refreshing in a way that the vast majority of current entertainment delivers and therefore by its very nature excellent television to kick off your shoes too and enjoy especially when watched during the winter to conjure up those romantic ideas of messing about in boats..!