Studio Breakdown Rank the Prank

Except for the laughs!

Imagine if you had the chance to play epic pranks

-on an unsuspecting public.

-Agh!

And access to the best special effects artists in the world.

And imagine if a panel of pranksters thinks your public prank is

so good, you get to stage a mega prank on a target of your choice.

Well, quit imagining, this is Rank The Prank.

Which teams are pranking it up today? Let's meet the green team.

-I'm Max.

-And I'm Vito.

BOTH: And we're the Walking Warriors.

We love making jokes and pranking people.

We usually play video games, play football.

Me and Max have the edge at pranking.

We know who is the perfect target and how to pull off

the perfect prank.

We want to get people so grossed out,

we'll make them believe that they're eating someone's earwax.

Not anyone's earwax, an ogre's earwax.

If we make it to the Mega Prank,

we want to prank our friend, Charles.

He has the greatest reactions ever

and will make everyone at home laugh.

Team Genius, you mess with the best so you can lose like the rest.

That's cool!

Eugh! Walking Warriors, your prank sounds disgusting. Nice work, guys!

Let's see what the blue team has to offer.

-I'm Yashila.

-And I'm Imelda. And we are...

BOTH: Team Genius.

Imelda is cheeky, bubbly and mischievous all at the same time.

Yashila is really lively and she's just really nice.

We love dancing, baking, sports and making music videos.

For a public prank, we want to shock members of the public when

an alien comes out of the machine.

I can't wait to see their faces.

We really want to make it to the Mega Prank

so we can prank one of our friends.

Walking Warriors may have a good idea...

But Team Genius have got this all in the bag.

It's all in the name.

Well, the name of this game is Rank The Prank and the best pranks

need the best that Hollywood can provide.

Bring on the effectors.

I am Rob Mayor, Creature Effects and Prosthetics Designer.

In my career, I've worked on many films and TV shows.

I create fantasy creatures,

sci-fi aliens and realistic animatronic animals.

I can even make young people look ancient.

For instance, I'm only nine years old.

That's how good I am!

So, if you pranksters want something that's out of this world,

then I'm your man...

Or creature. Ha-ha-ha!

Huge improvement there, Rob.

But we still need someone to add sparks,

bangs and crashes to the pranking mix.

I'm Danny Hargreaves and I'm a Physical Special Effects Supervisor.

I actually blow up monsters for a living, that's my job.

If a script has something visually demanding, it's my job to

make it happen.

So, that would include sparks, explosions or alien goo.

I mean, I could even change the weather. I can really, honestly.

So, come on, pranksters!

Make something up and I will make it happen.

I can't believe you made me say that!

And I can't believe it's already time to prep the first prank

so I'll quit stalling because today's location is a busy market.

So, teams, welcome to Bury market.

You guys don't actually know what each other's pranks are yet, do you?

ALL: No.

Nothing at all. No idea. OK.

So, Walking Warriors, if you go first.

It's going to be a cake stall with, like,

-loads of really delicious looking cakes.

-Nice.

We'll call the chef who made them out and then at that point,

-an ogre will come out.

-It looks like you, Rob.

Then, he holds his nose and blows and all the earwax explodes

out of his ears.

So, he shoots wax out of his ears?

We like their idea.

It's messy and gross.

But they're not going to win, we're going to win.

OK, let's have a little look at what you've got.

So, we have this machine, a fortune-telling machine,

and there's like this alien inside.

Members of the public come to get their fortune read and then

-the alien suddenly just bursts out of the machine.

-Nice!

What about if maybe you put some smoke in there and maybe

some sparks, yeah?

-We're hoping it's going to shock them.

-Yeah.

But they'll still have a laugh.

I don't really think their idea is that good.

Sorry, Team Genius, but you won't really believe it's a real alien.

So, Walking Warriors, let's go!

So, we've got a disgusting chef versus an alien mind-reader.

Only one team will go through to stage a Mega Prank and only

the pranksters will decide who faces the ejector button of doom.

Walking Warriors, it's time to get busy.

Now that we're here, we've met the effectors, we're really excited.

We want to get this prank going.

I'm going to be building something that is not going to hold back.

It will be shooting lots of liquid and it will make a huge mess.

This is what we are using.

Danny showed us the slime and he also told us how to make it.

There you go. You're not going to get away with it. There you are.

All right?

It's the same as what you get in milkshakes when you go to,

like, a fast-food joint. Does it smell?

Eugh! There you go.

LAUGHTER

Vito was using the pressure valve and he was turning it on and off

and it was firing slime everywhere.

-Whoa! That's loads.

-There we go.

To create the disgusting ogre, we've gone the prosthetic route.

It's quite exaggerated to allow

the mechanism for the icing to squirt out.

I think Rob has done a really good job.

He's made all the details, like, perfect.

I'm Anne. I've heard all about your idea.

I'm going to be playing the stallholder and Chris

is going to be our icing chef.

Not got his make-up done yet,

but he'll have to get it done soon, won't he?

He's been in that chair for about three hours and he's going to

be really grumpy to the audience, but only nice to Anne.

Can you just do some noises for us, please?

HE GRUNTS

Could you maybe like do it a bit louder and a bit more scarier?

HE GRUNTS

That was perfect!

Inside, you can see in his ears,

can you just see the little pipe sticking out?

These are connected to these hoses here

so that's where your icing and ear goo will shoot out.

When all the parts of the ogre got put into place,

I thought it was immense.

It was better than I would ever expect or anticipate it

to look like.

Where did I put those ogre trousers?

-Right, boys, are you ready?

-Yeah.

-So let's get him dressed.

It's time for public prank number one.

We have literally set out our stall and the cameras are rolling.

Will this prank be the icing on the cake for Max and Vito?

I'm feeling really excited. Ready to crack on with the prank.

Walking Warriors presents Disgusting Chef.

The market is open and the cake stall is ready for business.

'Right, Anne is out.'

Who'd like a slice of prank pie? Anyone?

She's got to pull this off.

Excuse me, would you like a free cake?

We're going, we're going, we're going!

This is my little stall. It's called Anne's Nice Iced Delights.

Would you like one? You just take that. You can have that.

The special thing about this icing is I've got a world-famous chef.

He's called Edgar.

This one's going to be funny.

-Edgar, will you come and ice a cake for me?

-Jesus!

LAUGHTER

Watch Edgar, he's really clever. And he's got a really good technique.

HE SNEEZES

SCREAMING

Is beautiful, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

All right... All right, Edgar, that's enough now. Pipe down.

-Would you like a free cake.

-Here we go!

HE GRUNTS

He's actually here to show you how the icing is made.

Oh, Edgar!

You're a bit angry today, aren't you?

He's a really good help in the kitchen.

Would you like to try one?

Cue Edgar!

Oh, Edgar!

Edgar!

ANNE LAUGHS

What's he like?

Well done, Anne.

Oh, Edgar!

A lot of gunk, as much as you can get.

What do you think?

He's good, isn't he? Edgar! Oh, you are a one!

What did you think? Did you like it?

-Hi, you got pranked by Rank The Prank.

-You've just been pranked.

She was showing me some cakes

and the next minute some monster came out. Well scared me!

Freaked me out. I thought he was going to poison me!

-It was just gross.

-Everything went to plan.

-I'm just really happy and I hope the ranksters pick us.

-Hold on, Vito!

We need to see Team Genius first with their alien fortune-teller.

We're really excited to be working with Rob and Danny and we're

super confident that they're going to make our prank amazing.

So, the girls have come up with this fantastic idea

of a fortune-telling machine.

The twist on this is that your fortune is told by a space alien.

The alien is going to be a prosthetic human head that's alien

on the outside but has the shape of the actor's head on the inside.

The alien was absolutely unreal.

Whoa!

It's really good.

-A glowing brain.

-Everything looks so cool.

I'm speechless because of it.

So, the alien escapes in smoke and explosions.

Well, it's got my vote anyway, hasn't it?

I prepared a panel of shatter glass. That's not real glass, OK?

So this is a specially-prepared panel.

I got to smash it and it was so much fun, it was unreal!

The girls have got an alien, smoke, pyros.

When I press a button that will spark, OK?

What could possibly go wrong? Ready?

It was amazing, but at the same time it was like...

It gave us a shock!

-Girls, I'm going to be the stallholder today.

-And I'm Sid.

I'm going to be doing the voice-over for you for your Psy-Clopticus.

I predict your future to be...

Sid gave us some examples of the voice and we chose the daft voice.

You two could be like having a fight. You're a married couple.

Oh! OK, we'll run with that, yeah.

-Hello, earthlings.

-Come on!

-Let's do this!

Will the future be bright for Team Genius?

We are about to find out because it's time for public prank

number two.

The hidden cameras are set and the pranksters are in the control room.

Now that we've seen everything, we're really, really excited

and I just can't wait for this prank to happen.

Team Genius presents Alien Fortune Teller.

Who would have predicted a space-age prank in a quaint, old marketplace?

Free fortune-telling by Psy-Clopticus.

Would you like to have a look?

Yeah, these guys are good. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Get them to come here.

-ALIEN VOICE:

-I am Psy-Clopticus.

-I predict a future to make Janet...

-It is Janet, isn't it?

-No.

-No!

-Not Janet.

-Oh, no. How embarrassing.

-Jean? Joan? Barbara?

-Susan?

-Yeah.

Showtime!

Get ready to smash out, Sid.

-What would you like to know?

-Just my future.

-Well, it's going to be wet, isn't it, today?

-I know it's wet.

You're really bad at your job today, mate.

You know what? I've had enough of this.

-Sue, I'm coming with you.

-Be careful!

It's never happened... Oh!

-What did you do, Sue?

-This is what I think of your stall.

-Psy-Clopticus!

-You naughty boy! Get back in your box.

-What would you like to know?

-To win the lottery.

-Oh, the lottery.

Give her six numbers.

-Er, 27...

-Oh, I had that one. I do that.

108.

-They're too high, the numbers.

-They're too high!

Will you stop giving me earache, I'm doing my best.

LADIES LAUGH

BOTH: Sid, break out.

Sheila, Alice, darlings, I love you. I'm coming with you.

I've spent too long with you, Anne. This is what I think of your stall.

Come on, ladies. Let's go!

-What would you like to know?

-Am I going to be famous?

You are going to be famous.

In fact, I think I'd like to come home with you and your mum, Paula.

It's time to go... To a new future.

You've just been pranked on Rank The Prank.

-Weren't expecting that to happen.

-I really wasn't.

We've had a great time and the fright of my life!

He just blew up.

Oh! Gobsmacked with it, that's all.

Great reaction.

-We're really, really happy with it.

-Everything went to plan.

We got the best reaction possible.

Team Genius, that was a truly genius prank. That's it.

Public pranks are over, but which prankster pair will go on

to play the Mega Prank on a target of their choice?

It's time to meet today's prank-loving panel.

Ranksters, show yourself.

I like the bit where that stuff came out of his ears.

The special effects that were used were really good as well.

ALL: Eugh!

I really like the way that the alien chased after people.

That would have been quite terrifying actually.

It's really hard to choose. I don't know what I'm going to choose.

Oh, it's going to be so hard.

The hour of judgment is upon them.

I think me and Vito are pretty confident,

but nervous at the same time.

Which team will make it through?

And who will be sent home packing Hollywood-style?

I'm really happy with how the prank went and I'm really confident

that we are going to have the chance to do our Mega Prank.

Green or blue, jury of Ranksters, it's down to you.

We've made our decision.

The team that's going home today is...

Team Genius.

When the Ranksters told us that we won, we were really surprised.

So, we may have lost this round...

We've got plenty more pranks left in us.

The girls had an amazing idea and we didn't know that we would win.

We're really happy that we did.

So, the Walking Warriors have stamped out Team Genius's dreams

which means it's time for the effectors to step up to the mark

in the Mega Prank.

So, let's get the lowdown on today's target.

Our target for the Mega Prank is our friend from school, Charles.

We hang out in school and outside school and we've known each other

for quite a long time.

Charles deserves to be pranked because he's always pranking people

and we're going to have a bit of revenge.

He is a very gullible character. The perfect target for the Mega Prank.

So, look out, Charles!

The Walking Warriors are on the war path

and their chosen battleground today is a TV studio.

Danny and Rob, you did amazing on our public prank.

So, what have you got up your sleeves this time?

Welcome to the longest-running kids' TV show in the world, Blue Peter.

-What do you think?

-It's amazing.

-Cool, right?

To make a Prank Charles, we've invited him, along with you guys,

for a behind-the-scenes tour of the studio.

Now, you guys play quite an important role in this,

so are you up for the challenge?

-BOTH:

-Yes.

-Have you got your acting faces on?

-BOTH:

-Yeah.

-Fantastic!

So, Charles will be introduced to the floor manager.

We're going to pretend that we're trying to record an episode

of Blue Peter, but, of course, it's just a huge set-up.

Next, they'll meet Radzi, a real Blue Peter presenter,

who'll go on to explain that they have an exclusive.

A mysterious creature has been found frozen and perfectly

preserved and it's thousands and thousands of years' old

and it is here in the studio in this special refrigeration unit.

Yeah, that looks really scary.

We're going to say that the whole studio is powered by

renewable energy. So, we've got an exercise bike.

We'll get Charles to sit on the bike and pedal, pedal, pedal

and then it's going to explode,

blow all the lights out and it's going to go into total darkness.

Charles's face is going to be so funny.

When the lights are out, you'll hear the sound of breaking glass.

The lights will come back on and the creature has disappeared.

So then, as you all go to make your escape,

the floor manager is in for a bit of an unexpected surprise.

Are you up for that?

BOTH: Yeah! Yeah? Shall we do it?

BOTH: Yeah. Right, let's go!

The effectors' idea for our Mega Prank was astonishing.

When Charles sees the creature,

I think he's going to be a bit worried and a bit scared.

I think Charles will fall for it 110%.

Max and Vito are no stranger to using monsters in their pranks.

We'll be supplying the creature that goes inside the refrigeration unit.

I definitely think that,

with all the hard work that's gone into it from all the departments

and the teams, I think this prank is definitely going to work.

Three, two, one.

Whoa!

My involvement is all the explosions going off all over the place.

We have the monster encased in the ice as well,

so recreating the smoke to make it look like it's real.

We are in charge of all the mayhem really, to be honest.

The effects have really pulled it out of the bag on this.

I can't wait to see the outcome.

OK, gallery, going for the prank in three, two, one... Go prank.

Calling all prank fans, it's the moment you've been waiting for.

The Mega Prank.

So, here comes Charles.

He thinks he's on a television studio tour with Max and Vito.

Sounds fun. Little does he know!

Do you guys know Blue Peter? Do you know the show?

The oldest TV show for children anywhere in the world.

When I walked into the Blue Peter studios I felt to myself

that the prank's going to start, I've got to act all calm.

But the giggles kind of came to me a bit halfway through.

-Hey, guys! How are you?

-This is Radzi.

What's your name, sir?

-I'm Max.

-Top Max! What's your name, dude?

-Vito.

-Hi, what's your name?

-I'm Charles.

Charles, straight up top. I like your cap by the way.

We've done something quite cool at the moment.

I probably shouldn't tell you this, but it's trying to

make it the most environmentally- friendly show on television.

Myself and Team Barney take it in turns to cycle this

little baby here and that helps keep energy stored in the battery.

All these lights here, all the sound from our microphones,

all gets put onto a battery.

In fact, if you guys fancy doing that later on, please be my guest.

-What are you pointing out?

-That and that.

Shall we come and take a look at this.

OK, this really gives me the creeps.

Later on, I'll be meeting an archaeologist who found this

in Alaska and it's perfectly preserved.

Apparently, it's tens of thousands of years old.

You can see we've got cold air pumped out of it because the

temperature inside cannot change a single degree.

So, as long as we do not switch the power off, we'll be absolutely...

I don't think anybody's going to switch the power off, Radz.

-That's never going to happen.

-What do you think it is, like?

-It looks like a werewolf-ey type thing.

-Will it ever break out?

I hope not. I sincerely hope not.

When I saw Charles's face when he was looking at the monster,

I knew he was going to have a great reaction.

I couldn't wait to see what happens next.

They're saying they're ready for your trail, Radz.

-We'd better start that.

-Fantastic.

-Cool.

OK, step back, boys, out of the way. Radz is about to do a trail.

You know on TV, they go, "Coming up later on the show..."

-This, that and the other...

-Yeah.

-This is one of those.

OK, going for a take for this trail. Quiet, please.

Five, four, three...

Hello and welcome to this very special Blue Peter where we have

a world first.

We'll be meeting an archaeologist who's made a very special discovery.

Can we dim the lights, please?

Oh, my goodness! Look at that! Look at the claws.

Apparently, it dates back to the Ice Age. That's all I know now.

You'll know a lot more later on.

They're very happy with that, Radzi.

You're such a professional. Excellent stuff.

-Guys, have a fab time. See you guys later on. Bye-bye.

-Thank you.

Thanks, Rad. See you in a bit.

OK, do you want to have a go at the bike?

ALL: Yeah.

OK, Max first. Go! This is ridiculous, isn't it?

Isn't this crazy! Radzi said he did it all the time, which is not true.

-There you go. Genius!

-This is really difficult. I can't do any more.

-I'm sorry. That is a difficult thing.

-Charles, get involved.

-Make it happen.

-Charles, go full power and go as fast as you can.

I couldn't wait for Charles to get on the exercise bike because

I knew what was going to happen next.

-Yeah, really give it some.

-Faster!

SPARKS CRACKLE

Whoa!

OK. You guys come back here.

Down here, please.

ALARM BLARES

Just here. Wait a second. Back here, please.

Just stay down, lads. Stay down.

GROWLING

GLASS SHATTERS

I'm so scared, I'm so scared. I'm so scared.

Yeah, listen, I...

No, no, I'm staying here.

We've got three guests with us. We'll stay here.

We don't want to move. Don't move for me, please. It's fine.

I'm really worried, I'm really worried.

You've just blown up, like, £1 million worth of stuff.

When we were behind the desk,

Charles didn't know what he had done.

-That's when I knew we'd got him.

-They're fine. OK.

-Lights. We're back. OK, gents. Are we all right?

-What's happened?

When Charles realised that the creature had gone,

his face went bright red. If I was Charles, I would have been scared.

'So, it's been quite a day for Charles.

'He's blown up a TV studio and defrosted a prehistoric creature.

'Surely things can't get any worse.'

FLOOR MANAGER: Boys, I'm going to talk to the gallery.

This is no good, this is no good. The...

The creature grabbing the floor manager was just the icing

on the cake.

Has anyone seen a prehistoric monster anywhere? Charles!

-How are you feeling?

-Gobsmacked.

-Boys, what have you got to say?

Charles, you've just been pranked by Rank The Prank.

Round of applause.

This prank was very successful because it went how we wanted

-and we got the reaction we wanted.

-Max and Vito, watch out.

I'm going to come and get you.

Charles's reaction was a bit like this...

Max and Vito were so good.

They did everything they needed to do and they got their job done.

Well done. Great prank.

But I think you need to watch out because I think Charles

is going to come after you.

I've just been pranked by Rank The Prank.

CHEERING