| Prank Patrol | |
|---|---|
| Format | Comedy-Kids |
| Created by | Apartment 11 Productions |
| Starring | Barney Harwood |
| Country of origin | Britain |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBBC |
| Original airing | 17th May 2007 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Prank Patrol was a British version of the original Canadian Prank Patrol. The show was made for by Baker Media for CBBC which specialised in kids programming. It was hosted by Barney Harwood. It was produced by Baker Media in association with Apartment 11 Productions [1]
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Based on the original Prank Patrol series, a young adult nominates his or her friend to play a prank on. Barney then arrives in his van with the Ninjas driving and organize their Prank at Prank HQ. They usually are assisted by someone in that prank's area of expertise. After preparing everything it is then 'Prank Day' which is the day the prank will be executed.[2]
Similar to the original Canadian format this filler is an animated short of which explains how to set up your own Prank. [3]
The Ninjas usually go to a public place and play a Prank whether it be hiding behind a park bench and making fart sounds or putting free drinks on a table with leaking cups.
The show is produced by Baker Media in association with Apartment 11. The first series was filmed in late 2006 and first aired on the 17th of May 2007. The first series consisted of 25 episodes of 30 minute lengths. A second series of ten episodes was commissioned in early 2007 and started airing in October 2007. Series three was filmed in mid-2009 and is currently airing on BBC2. [4]
| Episode # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Art auction" | 2007 |
| Our prankster convinces their targets they just broke priceless artwork. | ||
| 2 | "The Mummy" | 2007 |
| When our prankster set up his target to set up a new exhibition at a museum, things get spooky after the exhibition goes missing. | ||
| 3 | "Haunted Hall" | 2007 |
| A haunted suit of armour is going to scare our target. | ||
| 4 | "Computer game comes alive" | 2007 |
| James loves playing games on the computer all the time and it's driving Joe mad. Joe makes the game come alive. | ||
| 5 | "Giant Spider" | 2007 |
| A trashed laboratory, a fridge full of growth serum, an empty cage and one giant spider on the loose! This is Prank Patrol. | ||
| 6 | "Karate Kid" | 2007 |
| Prankster Jake wants to prank his martial arts classmates to show them he is the best at martial arts. He mixes up a special ‘energy drink’ which will give him super strength. | ||
| 7 | "Cheeky chinese" | 2007 |
| Krissy's dad is always singing songs in public place, which is really embarrassing. Since her dad likes going out for meals with the family, our prankster really gets revenge on her dad at a Chinese restaurant | ||
| 8 | "Mere Monsters" | 2007 |
| Our prankster Alice is one crazy diver, wearing a scary "mere monster" costume, emerging to grab hold of one unsuspecting target. | ||
| 9 | "Rap Star" | 2007 |
| Prankster Shallon Yusif fools her cousins into believing she became an megastar overnight and wants her cousins to be in her music video. | ||
| 10 | "Aliens exist" | 2007 |
| Our prankster wants to trick his friends into believing there is an alien in his backyard. | ||
| 11 | "Dinosaur dig" | 2007 |
| Our prankster fools her friends a dinosaur egg is hatching. | ||
| 12 | "Space Station" | 2007 |
| Will our target believe a video call from space? | ||
| 13 | "Bad Luck Bakery" | 2007 |
| Our prankster makes the target never want to do work experience again. | ||
| 14 | "Monkey mayhem" | 2007 |
| Monkeys are on the loose and it's the target's fault. | ||
| 15 | "Magic Show" | 2007 |
| This is one weird magic show. | ||
| 16 | "Dream Machine" | 2007 |
| Olivia pretends she knows someone who has a dream machine that makes you able to see them. When trying it out, Olivia has cool weird dreams, but Hannah's turn into a frightening reality! | ||
| 17 | "Lousy Laundry" | 2007 |
| Liz's prank is one strange launderette owner, a celebrity soccer star's wash and a out of control washing machine. | ||
| 18 | "Bonkers Bowling" | 2007 |
| Prankster Hannah wins two passes to a bowling alley and takes her best friend along for a innocent game but every time they bowl the pins explodes and the ball gets stuck. | ||
| 19 | "Calamity carwash" | 2007 |
| Our Prankster asks her best friend to join her for a charity car wash. They then knock the bumper off Prince Harry's car. | ||
| 20 | "Best Of Series 1" | 2007 |
| Barney watches through all the pranks they've pulled off this series to get inspiration to prank the Ninjas. | ||
| Episode # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Calamity Cop Shop" | 2007 |
| A visit to a police HQ turns out to be a disaster for our Prankster's target, as the Prankster creates an ingenious idea to "frame" him. | ||
| 2 | "Mission Invisible" | 2007 |
| Our prankster convinces a friend that a new science lab has really made a way to make someone invisible. | ||
| 3 | "Talent Showdown" | 2007 |
| Our prankster puts their target as a judge on a new talent show. However, things go horribly wrong with a bad opinion and a button that turns the show upside down. | ||
| 4 | "Meteor Mayhem" | 2007 |
| Our prankster makes his target believe there's a meteor coming to earth. | ||
| 5 | "Forest Of Fear" | 2007 |
| Our prankster makes their friend believe a weird "Cat Monster" is on the run in the forest. | ||
| 6 | "Fortune Teller" | 2007 |
| Our prankster makes their target put a coin in a fortune teller machine. It knows every detail about the target. | ||
| 7 | "Spy Dad" | 2007 |
| Our prankster convinces the target that their dad is a secret agent. Our prankster creates weird phone calls, a mysterious DVD, and a scary helmet that blows everything up. | ||
| 8 | "Ice Scream" | 2007 |
| Our prankster convinces their target to help out at the launch of a new product from "Captain Super Slushy". However, the rigged ice cream van goes crazy and splatters the girls in goo. | ||
| 9 | "Sounds Stupid" | 2007 |
| Our prankster persuades their target to accidentally break a master CD. It then sets off the water sprinklers. | ||
| 10 | "Crock Shock" | 2007 |
| Our prankster convinces the targets they truly are assisting the vet at the zoo during the operation of a crocodile. | ||
| Episode # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Shark Shenanigans" | 16 January 2010 |
| Our prankster puts her target in a shark infested aquarium. | ||
| 2 | "Whacky Wedding" | 23 January 2010 |
| Our prankster places her target as a bridesmaid at a person's wedding she doesn't even know. | ||
| 3 | "Football Crazy" | 30 January 2010 |
| Our prankster enlists the help of Barney and Ninjas to prank the target on the soccer pitch. | ||
| 4 | "Space Spoof" | 6 February 2010 |
| Our prankster wants to trick his friends into believing there is an alien in his backyard. | ||
| 5 | "Rodent Revenge" | 13 February 2010 |
| A fake vet and dumb rodent catcher; it can only be Prank Patrol. | ||
| 6 | "Ghostly Gallery" | 20 February 2010 |
| Our prankster gets her friend, who is obsessed with everything supernatural, to visit a haunted museum. Will she find and meet a scary ghost? | ||
| 7 | "Fishy Business" | 27 February 2010 |
| Our prankster has to fool his target into believing there's a dangerous lizard on the loose. | ||
| 8 | "Delivery Disaster" | 6 March 2010 |
| At customs, there are rampant reptiles, sleepy delivery drivers, and crazy customs officers. | ||
| 9 | "Bollywood Bedlam" | 13 March 2010 |
| Our prankster makes her friend believe they're in a music video. | ||
| 10 | "Car Choas" | 20 March 2010 |
| Our prankster brings his friend along on a joy ride. | ||