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.
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, David Gilmour's Astoria recording studio at Tagg's Island,[6] and Cliveden House.
Along the way they crash into a harbour, play their part in the lobster repopulation, drop in at the Sawmills Studio during a Wire Daisies recording session, visit Pendennis Castle in Falmouth and investigate Cornwall's colourful maritime history at various landmarks.
First broadcast on Monday 5 January 2009 at 21:00 – 3.22 million viewers[7] village of Newlyn and find themselves on a number of vessels including an Open 60 high-speed yacht and a local fisherman's pilchard boat.
As the winds pick up the trio struggle to find a ship capable of carrying them through the force 8 gale lying between them, the Scilly Isles and their final destination – the Bishop Rock Lighthouse.
Griff contacts the captain of the THV Galatea in hopes of hitching a ride and while waiting for a reply, he and Rory find themselves participating in an amateur production of the musical Pirates of Penzance.
En route they stop by Ireland's most haunted castle, sail through Lough Derg on a surprisingly windless, sunny day, and navigate the Ardnacrusha power plant, the largest and deepest lock in Europe.
[5] Griff, Rory and Dara attempt to recreate some of James Boswell and Samuel Johnson's journey through the Scottish Highlands and Islands as told in The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, albeit in the opposite direction.
Broadcast on Monday 27 December 2010 at 20:00[9] – 3.46 million viewers[7] The trio hitch a ride on a seaplane to the end of the Crinan Canal where Griff and Dara help start the boiler of VIC32, one of the last coal-powered Clyde puffers still in operation.
Broadcast on Thursday 30 December 2010 at 20:00[10] – 2.98 million viewers[7] After a memorable yacht race, Griff, Dara and Rory start off from Oban, "gateway to the Highlands and Islands", to the Harris.