Joe Lycett has unveiled a brand new documentary highlighting the UK’s sewage spill downside following quite a lot of pranks the comic pulled.

Lycett is understood for his public stunts, usually performed with a political or activist angle. He pushed David Beckham to stop working with Qatar amidst its homophobic insurance policies, threatening to shred £10k if the footballer didn’t finish his sponsorship earlier than the World Cup started. It was revealed Lycett donated the cash to charity and faked the shredding upon the information Beckham didn’t cease working with Qatar.

In his newest prank, Lycett travelled to the Liverpool Docks to advertise the primary episode of his podcast, ‘Turdcast’. It was set to characteristic Gary Lineker and his notorious World Cup fecal failure, together with a large inflatable rest room Lycett branded ‘The Turdis’. Nonetheless, the comic cancelled the podcast upon footage exhibiting he had leaked sewerage into the dock. Lineker himself added: “That is all extraordinarily disappointing. I agreed to it in good religion, however can’t assist however really feel considerably let down. Shit occurs, I assume.”

Nonetheless, it’s been revealed the podcast and leak had been all pranks, a part of Lycett’s upcoming Channel 4 documentary, Joe Lycett vs Poo.

Bit dissatisfied @JoeLycett. The bathroom didn’t even inflate after which spilled into the Dock – I’m a fan however WTH pic.twitter.com/SjXtR0nw6D

— Louise Kemp (@LouiseKempUK) November 23, 2023

As Joe’s first visitor on the podcast, that is all extraordinarily disappointing. I agreed to it in good religion, however can’t assist however really feel considerably let down. Shit occurs, I assume. https://t.co/ik3yKzdbjW

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) November 24, 2023

Lycett took to social media to elucidate the collection of mishaps in a video: “I spilled pretend sewage as a result of I wished to get folks speaking in regards to the billions of litres of actual sewage which might be launched yearly by our water corporations,” he started.

“Final 12 months, in response to one evaluation the water corporations paid shareholders £1.4billion in dividends. That’s some huge cash that might have been used to enhance the sewer community and scale back spills.

“We’re asking the water corporations to cease paying dividends and as a substitute make investments the cash in fixing this downside.”

He then urged folks to “write to your water firm” to enroll to Joe’s Poo Promise.

The programme is about to air in 2024.