Three Men in a Boat (1956 film) Three Men in a Boat (1956 film) Three Men in a Boat is a 1956 British CinemaScope colour comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, Shirley Eaton and David Tomlinson. It is based on the 1889 novel "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome. The film received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success. The film is set in the Edwardian era, Harris, J, and George, want to get away from it all and decide to take a holiday boating up the River Thames to Oxford, taking with them their dog Montmorency. George
Two and a Half Men in a Boat Two and a Half Men in a Boat Two and a Half Men in a Boat is a 1993 travelogue book written by English novelist, screenwriter and playwright Nigel Williams describing his travel on the Thames inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's book Three Men in a Boat. The book has been described as"a whimsical account of a lazy trip up the Thames with friends" but was written to pay a tax bill of 28,000 pounds. Like Jerome, Williams travels in a skiff with his dog Badger and two friends, BBC executive Alan (Alan Yentob) and professional explorer John Paul, called