TOWIE's Saffron Lempriere takes a tumble as the cast pile onto a banana boat ... trends now

TOWIE's Saffron Lempriere took a tumble as the cast piled onto a banana boat in Essex on Wednesday as filming for series 33 of the hit reality programme drew to close.

Saffron was joined by her dad Jason, Roman Hackett, Sophie Kasaei, Jordan Brooks, and Dan Edgar, who sat confidently at the helm.

Series 33 began airing on March 24, but the cast were still hard at work filming episodes. 

Saffron looked scared and frazzled as she lay back in the water and let her life jacket do the hard work.

Much more comfortable was Sophie, who smiled brightly as she adjusted her black life jacket

Dan punched a victorious fist into the air as the banana boat was pulled onto shore by two ropes.

Before they got into the water, Roman wrapped his arm around Saffron as they walked along the deck.

Inside, Jordan sweetly helped Saffron's tattoo-covered father into his grey, white, and black wetsuit. 

The cast then united for a group selfie taken by Saffron and with Dan at the back, putting his arms around them all.

Saffron attempted to drag her father into the water with her but eventually he went in on his own while she lingered. 

Dan, Jordan, and Roman were the first to leave for the water, however, as the group descended, they all clung to the edge and looked rather desperate.

Dan in particular was so scared at one point that he looked like he was in physical pain.

However he overcame this to be the first person on the boat, looking as though he had been sailing his whole life.