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Winging It

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Comedy series which features quick-witted comedians who are thrust into unfamiliar scenarios and forced to improvise their way out of them.

Sporting a fake identity and with no time to prepare, the comedians will be pushed to the limit as they desperately try to adapt to their challenge. Each challenge begins with the performer receiving a dossier they won't be allowed to open until minutes before their assignment begins.

This fearless cast of the best new comedy talent will be guided through their assignment by the Wing Commander who will communicate with them via an earpiece. Their mission will contain several 'hit points' - pre-planned obstacles, which increase in difficulty as the challenge progresses. The Wing Commmander will be pushing the comedians and will secretly trigger each new part of the 'hit'.

Performer Jonny Sweet becomes Barry Balmoral, a minor member of the royal family claiming to be 37th in line to the throne.

Meanwhile, comedian Andrew Spiers takes on the role of top astronaut Snap Wiffersley, with a mission to convince a room of sci-fi fans that he is Britain's number one spaceman.

Will they get away with it or will their audience realise they are Winging It? Show less

Contributors

Participant:
Jonny Sweet
Participant:
Andrew Spiers

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