5. Biplane Backflips (An Idiot Abroad)
A slight departure in terms of scripted scenes, but as this is a celebration of all things Gervais and Merchant, I thought Id chuck in one of the finest moments from An Idiot Abroad; the Karl Pilkington-helmed travel show where Ricky and Steve planned various pranks and scenarios to get a reaction out of the eternally-bemused Pilkington. Cue the offer of a biplane wing-walk as opposed to potentially taking part in a Mr. Leather competition, and he opted for the former. Its pretty clear from watching any of the footage of this stunt that Karl is most definitely not having a good time, and perhaps for those of you (including myself) who have been following the Orange-Headed One for years, you get infinitely more out of it being that its Mr. Monkey News himself up there. Still, as the plane goes into multiple corkscrews and a very large arching backflip, Pilkington screams at the top of his lungs, YOU F*CKING TW*TS! much to the delight of Gervais and Merchant, who were always watching comfortably from home like the rest of us.