Who's Got Talent? Rank the Prank

Warning. Kids like you are on the loose with big explosions,

big stunts and big laughs...

Except for the laughs.

Imagine if you had the chance

to play epic pranks

on an unsuspecting public

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

And imagine if a panel of ranksters 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 battling today?

Let's meet the Green Team.

I'm Nubia.

I'm Mia.

-BOTH:

-And we're the...

We've known each other for most of our life.

When we're together,

we're more cheeky and devious than

when we're on our own.

We've got loads of experience with pranking.

One time, we ambushed my dad with water balloons.

Now we're ready to take our pranks to a whole new level.

We really want to shock members of the public

when an orangutan on the loose

comes crashing through a picture.

We are desperate to do a Mega Prank.

I want to get my dad back

for all those times he's embarrassed me in public.

-We're the Frizz Twins.

-And we could strike at any time.

-BOTH:

-So watch out.

Game on.

So now it's time to meet the Blue Team.

-I'm Millie.

-Hello, I'm Charlotte.

And we are the...

We only have to look at each other

and then we burst out laughing.

We love pranking.

I tricked my grandad into thinking

I was Taylor Swift on the phone.

'I'm Taylor Swift, I'm awesome.'

He hung up because

he didn't know what was going on.

In our prank, we want to shock people

and show people that gorillas

are very powerful creatures.

If we make it to the Mega Prank,

I would love to prank my grandma.

She's sort of the one who embarrasses everyone.

Be on your guard cos the Mischief Makers are coming for you.

Now, THAT'S pranking talk.

But for some serious mischief,

you're going to need the help of these guys.

Bring on the effectors.

I'm Abbi Collins, stunt coordinator.

A stunt is any physical activity

in a script which might put

an ordinary actor at risk.

This could include falls,

staged fights,

high-speed collisions and, remember,

the stunt has to look really great,

but, also, it has to be safe.

So, pranksters, if you can think

it up, I can prank it up.

What does that even mean?

Don't ask me, Abbi, but now we need

someone to create some animal magic.

I'm Rob Mayor,

creature effects 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.

Rob, you're the man.

That's exactly what we need.

Time for today's location.

Take it away, pranksters.

Girls, welcome to Rank The Prank.

You guys don't know what each other's pranks are.

So, Frizz Twins, what's your prank?

So, our prank involves two people carrying a massive picture.

One of the people asks a member of public to come and help

and then they get a phone call on the walkie-talkie

and they say that it's an emergency and an orangutan

is on the loose and it's stolen a golf cart.

And it smashes through the picture.

-Through the painting.

-Oh, nice.

-Brilliant.

When we heard the Frizz Twins' idea, we thought,

"Yeah, it was OK, but we have a lot of confidence in our idea as well."

So the Frizz Twins better watch out.

OK. What's your idea?

So, first of all, in the park,

just a gorilla sitting down.

The zookeeper sort of wants to show the crowd that's watching

what the gorilla can do, so he starts making these movements

and the gorilla copies them.

Ah, I see, I see, that's good, that's good.

After they've done all the actions and the moves,

they'll have a celebratory high five.

The force of the gorilla from the high five is so powerful

that the zookeeper goes flying back.

I thought the Mischief Makers' was OK,

but I think they could have done a little better.

I think that our idea was actually quite good and I think...

-We're the best.

-..it's better.

Teeny, tiny bit better.

The orangutan and the gorilla is something I can sort out for you.

And all the action, that's my department.

So, come on, Frizz Twins, let's go and prank the public.

So, we've got an orangutan on the loose versus

a gorilla playing copycat.

Only one team will go through to stage a Mega Prank

and only the ranksters will decide

who faces the ejector button of doom.

Anyway, Frizz Twins, you've got some work to do.

I can't wait to get started.

The Frizz Twins

came up with a fantastic idea.

It just so happens

that we have our own monster warehouse

and part of our monster team is Otis, the orangutan.

So, we were very lucky that the girls wanted to do a prank

that used Otis.

So, this the orangutan suit. This is his orangutan bottom.

-His tush.

-This isn't actually orangutan fur,

-this is yak hair that's dyed orange.

-Does it smell of yak?

-Have a smell.

-Eurgh!

When we saw the costume, me personally,

I thought it was amazing.

I thought it was kind of creepy until it has facial expressions.

-Here we have the head.

-Ew!

-What's this hard bit?

The head is hard because all his facial movement are controlled

by these little motors here that are called servos

and every little motor controls a different part of the face

so, when the motor moves,

it controls part of the lip or part of a brow.

Nubia made the eyebrows keep going up and down.

Which made it look as if it was flirting.

You're a natural puppeteer. Look at that.

-Be careful, they bite.

-That was actually quite funny.

Here is your picture frame that you drew on your storyboard.

So, I'm playing the person that's holding the painting.

So, it could be a huge picture

that's come out of this huge house that we're carrying.

And I'm the one that has to coax a member of the public in

because the orangutan's on the loose.

-What's under here?

-There are some metal legs at either end.

That's why you can't tip it over.

And they both have gravel covered over them

so that they could blend in so the public wouldn't notice.

So, over here, we have

-our lovely stuntman, Rob...

-Hello.

-..who is the orangutan.

-We were allowed to ride in the golf cart.

-Bump, bump!

-GIRLS SHRIEK

-How was that?

-Again, again, again!

We tried it three times and on the third one he went faster.

Now imagine the face of the person seeing an orangutan. Hold on.

-GIRLS SHRIEK

-Yay!

-That is epic!

And here comes something else that's epic.

It's time for the first public prank.

The hidden cameras are rolling and the pranksters are

in the control room, ready to direct the action.

I think we're ready.

Just two people trying to move a picture in the park.

Surely nothing could go wrong with that?

When we were in the control room and we saw our first target

approaching, we felt excited.

Epiphany moment.

OVER WALKIE TALKIE: 'We have a problem, over, charlie-one.'

Oh, really? One second. Excuse me.

Oh, I'm really sorry. Would you just mind grabbing...

Would you mind holding that?

This is going well.

-Go ahead, what's the problem?

-'Otto has escaped.'

Otto the orangutan, are you serious?

-Are you serious?

-'He's coming your way.'

-I can see him.

-ORANG-UTAN CHATTERS

Oh, my goodness. Could you hold that one second? Sorry.

'Charlie-one?

'Who's with the walkie talkie, charlie-one?'

-I am, Catherine.

-'What's happening?'

The buggy's just gone through the painting.

'Oh, my goodness.'

I don't think it's a real one, it can't be.

It can't be.

-Is this your picture?

-You couldn't hang on to this for me?

I think I've got most of the weight. Can you just hold that?

-'Charlie-one.'

-Sorry, go ahead.

'Otto is loose on the park again.'

-ENGINE REVS, ORANG-UTAN SCREECHES

-Oh, no!

ORANG-UTAN CHATTERS

Can you just hang on to that?

-Oh, no!

-ORANG-UTAN CHATTERS

-Yes!

-'The reactions'

-from the public were sniggering...

-Mainly happy and sniggering.

One of them was suspicious.

Would you mind just holding this for a second, if you don't mind, please?

-'Charlie-one...'

-We've got a bit of an emergency.

-Go on.

-'The orangutan's escaped.'

-Orangutan escaped?

-What?

-ENGINE REVS

-Oh, my... Oh, crikey!

Oh, my...

'You've just been pranked on Rank The Prank.'

Are you winding me up or what?

Great idea. You really got me. Could hardly expect that.

An orangutan on a golf caddy. Doesn't happen every day, does it?

I thought it might be from the zoo...running around.

The prank was amazing, it couldn't have gone any better.

Now we're more confident than ever

that we're going to do our Mega Prank.

I like your confidence.

We'll have to wait and see because it's time to monkey around

with the Mischief Makers.

I'm really excited to see

what the special effectors have got in store.

Millie and Charlotte's prank

is a little bit more stunt heavy.

Girls, this is Dr Steph, she's our gorilla handler today.

The idea involves a stunt lady being pulled back

on a wire rig which we call a jerk-back

and they're pulled back into crash mats.

Steph will be on the stage

and then she'll get knocked back off the stage by the gorilla

and land on this big mat here.

-Can we have a go?

-Yeah.

-Let's get you rigged up.

Abbi showed us the harness that Steph will be wearing

for the prank and...

I can tell you who wore this. A very famous lady - Angelina Jolie.

-MILLIE GASPS

-Yeah! I'm so excited.

-So are you ready for this?

-Yes.

OK, Grant. Three, two, one, action.

-Whoo! I'm flying!

-THEY LAUGH

It made me feel like a bird. I just want to...

So, the Mischief Makers

had a copycat gorilla.

We have this fantastic animatronic gorilla suit.

We need to dress Richard in the suit,

practise our movements and the animatronic controls.

The gorilla walks by leading with the shoulder.

So if I kick out my left hand,

I then bring my right foot across with it.

And, likewise, when I move my right hand,

I bring my left foot and they tend to walk around.

'I just was like,'

"Is this actually happening?"

That's it.

And now the right arm crossing down and, yes, that's it,

and the left foot forward.

Absolutely brilliant.

Charlotte, I've never seen you look so good.

Richard showed me how to be an angry gorilla.

Let's go. THEY IMITATE GORILLA CHATTER

I felt a bit silly.

Girl, it's worth it for the prank.

And now it's time for public prank number two.

The stunt has been tested and the girls are ready

and waiting in the control room.

We are really, really excited to go out and just do our prank.

It's just a quiet day in the park until...

Hi, ladies. My name is Dr Stephanie Carey.

And I'm a primatologist.

We're working with gorillas to show them basic human movements

and seeing if they can mimic us.

-Could you get Basil out?

-Mr Basil?

Up you come. All right, all right. Steady. There we go.

This is Mr Basil.

Steph, could you show us some funny moves now?

Let's raise the eyebrows, Mr Basil, can you raise your eyebrows?

And can you give us a twitch of your lovely nose?

That's it. Could you peel a banana for us, Mr Basil?

Could you do some dance moves now?

Mr Basil, if we can do the bum waggle? Bum waggle.

Ladies, if you do it as well. Bum waggle.

A bit of bum waggle. Mr Basil, well done.

That's fantastic. Well done.

No, really, well done. Ah!

Ah, it worked.

It's fine, I'm fine, I'm fine.

My favourite part was when I saw the reactions

of when they saw Steph being pulled away off the stage.

-Can you give us a couple of taps?

-GORILLA CHATTERS

-Really, well done.

-STEPH SHRIEKS

I think the reaction we got from the crowd was really good.

Everyone believed it.

Throw a few bananas at the old man.

-Mr Basil, behave.

-MAN LAUGHS

Now, be careful. Don't start throwing them at me.

-STEPH SHRIEKS

-They're just laughing.

It's OK, I'm fine.

You've been pranked on Rank The Prank.

I didn't know that was going to happen.

He very kindly gave me a banana.

We just stood and laughed, we didn't rush over to try and help her.

It was brilliant, it was good, it was good, wasn't expecting it.

I was thinking, "Is he real or not?"

And I'm still thinking that now.

All of them just looked like...

I genuinely think we're unbeatable.

Oh, really? Well, that's for the ranksters to decide.

The public pranks are over.

But which prankster pair will go on to play the Mega Prank

on a target of their choice?

Let's meet today's prank-loving panel. Pranksters, show yourselves.

The painting was really nice and it was just strange

when an orangutan just drives through it.

When the orangutan drove through the picture, it was so funny.

-Oh, my gosh.

-I love all the tricks that the gorilla did.

The gorilla prank was funnier

because it had a better story to it.

'This is a tough one.'

I don't know how we're going to decide.

The hour of judgment is upon them.

If we're overconfident and we lose,

that would just be really embarrassing.

Which team will make it through?

We really want to do the Mega Prank.

And who will be sent home packing, Hollywood style?

Green or Blue?

Jury of ranksters, it's down to you.

We have made a decision.

The team going home today is...

The Frizz Twins. THEY SHRIEK

The Mischief Makers had a great idea,

but the Frizz Twins shall strike again.

Working with the effectors was amazing and I can't wait to

do it all over again for our Mega Prank.

Well, that's convenient because now's your chance, Mischief Makers.

The special effectors are creating a magnificent Mega Prank just for you.

But who will be the unfortunate target?

Our Mega Prank target is my grandma.

Millie tells me that her grandma can be very unpredictable.

She's the first one up dancing, she loves to sing in public.

She's jumped on people. It's just anything, really.

She's extremely embarrassing.

Well, that sounds like the perfect target for a prank

and today's location will be a shopping centre.

What have the effectors got in store here?

Abbi, Rob, we're really excited to do the Mega Prank.

Well, we're hoping you'll be entertained cos we've set up

a fake talent show just down the road from your grandma.

-Sneaky, hey?

-Yeah.

We've got lots of weird and wonderful fake performers.

We've got a balloon artist,

-we've got a tap dancer and, best of all, a mind-reader...

-Wow.

..who is going to know absolutely everything about your grandma

because you gave us all those little secret tips, so thank you for that.

And that's just a warm-up to the main prank.

A few weeks ago, Madeline's sister, Heather, came to visit us.

She's going to volunteer to unicycle and juggle at the same time.

I know my auntie Heather and I know she can't do the unicycle

and I know she can't juggle.

You see, that's where we come in.

We've actually done a prosthetic make-up on a stunt double,

so she looks like your auntie Heather.

What do you think? Cool, hey?

-Yeah.

-Shall we get on with it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

It's going to be great fun.

We're really excited to see the stunt double

and I wouldn't be surprised if I start calling her Auntie Heather.

As a prosthetic make-up artist, being asked to make an exact double

of someone else is one of the hardest things

you can be asked to do.

Hello.

When I first saw Heather's double, I thought,

"Is this Heather?" Or, "Is the stunt double coming?"

-It's squishy, isn't it?

-Yeah. It's weird.

It should look as much like real skin as possible.

Now I'm confident it's going to work.

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

So, the cameras are rolling on our fake talent show prank.

We've got lots of acts ready to perform and our stunt double,

Auntie Heather, waiting in the wings.

All we need now is our target - Grandma Madeline.

But luckily, the real Auntie Heather has just texted her.

I was just trying to keep calm to try make it as natural as possible.

And here comes Grandma Madeline,

so let's get this show on the road.

I'm feeling, like, really excited cos I can't wait

to see Millie's grandma's expression.

Ladies and gentlemen, give a big welcome...

OK, here we go, here we go.

It's Tony Leicester!

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Thank you. Thank you.

Good afternoon, good afternoon.

Who's got talent?

-CROWD:

-We've got talent!

I suppose that will have to do, won't it, for the time being?

Please put your hands together and welcome Ingrid Wagner!

Come on out, Ingrid.

So on came our array of weird and wonderful acts.

I can't believe so many things are happening to prank my grandma.

Da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da. Oh.

-There we go.

-What is she doing?

It's one of them long-necked dinosaur things, yeah?

And if you thought the acts were bad,

the star prize is even worse,

but at least it's super safe just sitting on the side of that stage.

That doesn't sound right.

I'd like to break out a little bit here,

ladies and gentlemen,

I do a bit of mind reading.

Oh, that lady there.

Yes, you, looking at yourself.

Would you like to come and join me?

-Let's give her a big round of applause.

-Yeah.

We've given a few facts about my grandma,

so he can mind read.

Now, I'm just thinking you've got a granddaughter...

-Is she a Molly?

-Millie.

-A Millie, oh, I was so close there.

So close. And she's...ohh, she's ten, no, she's 11.

-MILLIE LAUGHS

-Is that right? Now, then, Madeline.

I'm getting something very strong from you.

Tables, tables, you like table dancing.

I've danced on a table.

A few times, yeah.

Well, have we got some music for Madeline?

There you go, Madeline, go on, take it away.

Come on. Come on, Madeline. Get in there.

Hey?

Come on, give her a clap.

Judging by Madeline's moves, she doesn't suspect a thing.

Who's got talent?

Madeline's got talent!

She doesn't want to stop.

But what will she think when her sister becomes

a unicycling superstar?

For the end, she can have a unicyclist who's going to come on.

Please welcome Gilly Lamb.

But the unicyclist is not available to come,

so Millie's Auntie Heather is going to volunteer.

Sorry about this, ladies and gentlemen, but she's not turned up.

I was thinking to myself, I've got to get up here!

Don't suppose there's anybody out there that can do this, is there?

'I actually said to Madeline,'

"I could cycle. I could do that."

I could...

She laughed and said, "Yeah, you could."

Go on, then. Go on, win that.

Go on, Heather, win that star prize.

What about that lady there? Can you do it, madam?

Go on, let's give her some encouragement.

-What's your name?

-Heather.

-Heather!

-THEY CHANT:

-Heather!

It's a tricky job this, are you sure you can do it?

I'm not sure at all, but I'll have a go.

Well, take it backstage, I'll sort that out for you.

Go and get yourself ready. Give her a round of applause.

Grandma genuinely thinks her sister, Heather, is going to unicycle,

but, of course, she's not.

It's time for a Rank The Prank auntie switcheroo.

She went back behind stage and someone else came out.

This was the stunt double.

Get your cameras ready for the one, the only...

-My grandma's got her phone out!

-THEY LAUGH

..Heather!

I didn't know how on earth Robert managed to do it,

but it just looked so like Heather.

My grandma's believing it.

Ladies and gentlemen - Heather!

The stunt double did amazingly well.

That was until she decided to get off the stage.

Everything went wrong.

Come on, give her a clap.

Watch out for that star prize.

My grandma just had no clue whatsoever

that was this was going to happen.

CROCKERY SMASHES

-OK, come on.

-Are you all right? Are you with anyone?

-I'm with me sister.

-Come on, sister. Come here.

Listen, you two, this is not the only surprise

you've got coming to you today.

Two other people back there have got a little surprise for you.

MADELINE SHRIEKS

Hi, Grandma. You've been pranked on Rank The Prank.

LAUGHTER

Collect your reward.

I'm so happy that my grandma fell for it.

Altogether, I'm just over the moon.

I'm going to get you back one day. You be careful.

I thought the prank was superb.

You've been a top-notch team of mischief makers.

-TALENT SHOW HOST:

-'Madeline's got talent!'

I don't mind getting up and making a fool of myself.

Heather!

I can't believe that I actually got up on the stage.

Well, I've got two Auntie Heathers,

now I'm a bit worried which one I take home.

I've just been pranked on Rank The Prank.

-OTHERS:

-Yay!