''Is Harry on the Boat?'' Is a 2001 British made-for-TV film, based on the lives of

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s in

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. A television

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series then followed, airing on

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from 2002 to 2003.

Background

It is based on the book of the same name by Colin Butts. The title is a reference to the sexual act of ejaculating on the face ('Harry Monk', often shortened just to 'Harry', is

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for "spunk" (a British slang term for semen) and 'boat race', or just 'boat', is rhyming slang for 'face'). The TV series was developed and produced by Rapido TV for Sky TV. ''"Is Harry on the Boat?"'' was a mix of fast-paced drama, sex and comedy. It was set in

and focused on the adventures of a group of holiday reps catering for an 18-30 market.

Cast

The cast of the film was made up from a series of young, mainly unknown young actors and gave first TV appearances to a number of now notable British actors. *

Danny Dyer Danial John Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor and presenter. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Moff in ''Human Traffic'', with other notable roles as Mick Carter in EastEnders, Billy the Limpet in '' Mean Machine'' and as Tommy Johns ...

as Brad *

Rik Young Ricky James Young (born 25 April 1978) is an English actor, dancer, and producer. His early work includes the miniseries ''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, Children of Dune'' (2003) and the films ''Is Harry on the Boat?'' (2001) and ''Beowulf ( ...

as Mario *

Des Coleman Desune Franklin Coleman is a Northern Irish actor, singer and weather presenter. He has appeared in numerous stage musicals, and played the role of Lenny Wallace in BBC's '' EastEnders''. In 2007, he became the weatherman for BBC's ''East Midl ...

as Mikey *

Davinia Taylor Davinia Taylor (born Davinia Murphy; 11 November 1977) is an English actress, socialite and interior designer, best known for playing Jude Cunningham in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. Career Taylor starred in Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', ...

as Alison *

Will Mellor William Mellor (born 3 April 1976) is an English actor, singer and model. He is known for his roles as Jambo Bolton in ''Hollyoaks'', Gaz Wilkinson in '' Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'', Warren Stamp in EastEnders, DC Spike Tanne ...

as Greg *

Kate Magowan Katie Victoria "Kate" Magowan (born 1 June 1975) is an English actress and producer. She has been in film, theatre, television and radio productions. Her best known role is Princess Una in the 2007 feature film ''Stardust''. She is married to a ...

as Carmen *

Daniela Denby-Ashe Daniela Jolanta Denby-Ashe (born 9 August 1978) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Sarah Hills on the soap opera ''EastEnders'', Margaret Hale on the period drama ''North and South'', and Janey Harper on the BBC sitcom ''My F ...

as Lorraine * Keith Allen as Trevor * David Girvan as Russell *

Ralf Little Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer, presenter, narrator and former semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He played Antony Royle in ''The Royle Family'' and Jonny Keogh in ...

as Nick *

Caroline Flack Caroline Louise Flack (9 November 1979 – 15 February 2020) was an English television and radio presenter and actress. She won the twelfth series of BBC’s ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2014 and presented '' The X Factor'' and later ''Love Is ...

as Blonde * Stuart Sinclair Blyth as Jim * Kate Sanderson as Belinda *

Jakki Degg Jakki Degg (born 20 February 1978) is an English glamour model and actress. While the bulk of her work has been done in England, she has appeared in American film and television, and has posed for posters and magazine pictorials. Early life Alt ...

as Claire * Jack Rossi as wee Jack * Leanne Wilson as Trudy * Steve Chaplin as Pitbull * Susan McArdle as Pacemaker Peggy * Jonathon Natynczyk as Trannie 1 * Rebecca Hazlewood as Girl with Brad *

John Simm John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970) is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Sam Tyler in ''Life on Mars'', the Master in ''Doctor Who,'' and DS Roy Grace in ''Grace.'' His other television credits include '' S ...

as Prize Winner

Television series

The TV series cast was totally different from the movie cast, with no actors from the movie appearing in the TV series. The TV series ran for 2 series with 18 episodes in series 1 and 10 in series 2. Although like the film being set in

the series was filmed in Almunecar in Southern Spain

Main Cast Series 1

* James Doherty as Brian Simms * Steve North as Cosmic Bob *

Charlie Kemp Charlie Kemp is a British actor. He played the character of Max King in the ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale''. He only featured in the series for a few months, with his last appearance on 2 October 2005, in an episode in which his character was ki ...

as Robbie Cooper * Lorna Pegler as Rosie Chadderton *

Gregory Finnegan Gregory Finnegan is a British actor. He best known for his roles as Dr Alex Arnott in ''EastEnders'' and as James Nightingale in ''Hollyoaks''. Career Finnegan studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. His first television acting ...

as Gabriel Brennan * Louise Franklin as Donna Harrison * Quentin Jones as Garry Flemming *

Pooja Shah Pooja Ashwin Shah (born 8 August 1979 in London, England) is a British actress, filmmaker and model of Kenyan-Indian descent. She is known for her role as Kareena Ferreira in the popular UK soap opera EastEnders. Shah works with her husband direc ...

as Sinjata Kapoor

External links

* * Sky UK original programming British television films 2001 television films 2001 films 2002 British television series debuts 2003 British television series endings 2000s British drama television series Films directed by Menhaj Huda {{UK-tv-film-stub

Background

Cast

Television series

Main Cast Series 1

See also

External links