Series·2008·1 season

Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure

DocumentaryComedy

Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure was a television documentary series presented by comedians Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness. The series was broadcast on Five between 13 August and 3 September 2008. The series followed McGrath and McGuinness travelling around Great Britain, taking part in, "strange but quintessentially British sporting events". Examples of sports that appeared in the series include cheese rolling, pie eating, bog snorkelling, Eton Fives and Egg Throwing. A second series, Rory and Paddy's Even Greater British Adventure, began on 20 September 2010 and ended on 18 October 2010.

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Middle EnglandE1 · 60 min

# Cheese rolling # Dwile flonking # Snail racing # River football (Paddy's solo sport) # Tiddlywinks (Rory's solo sport) # Woolsack racing # Shin kicking

Scotland and Northern EnglandE2 · 60 min

# Axe throwing # Bed racing (Rory's solo sport) # Red Hose Race (Paddy's solo sport) # Pie eating # Swamp soccer # Stone skimming # Caber tossing

Wales and the ShiresE3 · 60 min

# Toe wrestling # Vintage cycling (Rory's Solo Sport) # Bog snorkelling (Paddy's Solo Sport) # Egg throwing # Worm charming # Caravan demolition derby

Southern EnglandE4 · 60 min

# Pedal Car Racing # Eton Fives # Stinging nettle eating (Rory's Solo Sport) # Bat and trap (Paddy's Solo Sport) # Cornish wrestling # Gig racing

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Paddy McGuinness
Paddy McGuinness
Rory McGrath
Rory McGrath

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