Ben Phillips Blows Up
Ben Phillips Blows Up is a Welsh entertainment program which follows Ben Phillips and his friends as they prank long life suffering Elliot Giles. In December 2016, Comedy Central announced that they had commissioned a new reality prank comedy show based on Phillips' YouTube channel pranks. The first episode aired on 24 June 2017. The series followed Phillips throughout his day-to-day life and let his fans see another side to the online pranks. The series did not last long, since then Philips has released an animated series on YouTube titled 'The Ben and Elliot Show'.[1]
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| Genre | Comedy Reality Entertainment Pranking |
| Created by | Comedy Central Ben Phillips |
| Written by | Ben Phillips |
| Presented by | Ben Phillips |
| Starring | See Below |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ben Phillips |
| Production location(s) | Wales |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 22 Minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sorry Bro Productions Channel X |
| Release | |
| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 24 June 2017 |
Summary
The show follows Ben Phillips and his circle of friends playing a prank on his long-suffering brother Elliot Giles, only for it to backfire.
Cast
This is a list of cast members appearing on Ben Phillips Blows Up.
| Cast member | Duration | Year | |||||||
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| Current cast members | |||||||||
| Ben Phillips | 1x01 | 2017 | |||||||
| Elliot Giles | 1x01 | 2017 | |||||||
| Chris Powell | 1x01 | 2017 | |||||||
| Tristan Sonnekus | 1x01 | 2017 | |||||||
| Gwendolyn (Nana) Phillips | 1x01 | 2017 | |||||||
| Admin (Jamie) Gould | 1x01 | 2017 | |||||||
Development and production
In December 2016, it was announced that Comedy Central had commissioned a new reality comedy show starring YouTuber Ben Phillips, who rose to fame when he started uploading videos on Facebook which show him pranking his brother, Elliot. The 22 minute pilot aired on 24 June 2017 on Comedy Central.[2]
Broadcasts
The pilot episode aired on 24 June 2017 Comedy Central, at 11 pm.