"directed by Gervais and Merchant into various activities along the way. He wrote a book to accompany the series. Following the success of the first series, Pilkington starred in the second series subtitled ""The Bucket List"", which debuted on 23 September 2011 on Sky 1. The premise of the series involves Pilkington trying to experience ""ultimate things to do before you die"" except that the list of activities is not entirely of his choosing. In June 2011, he won the Best Presenter award for ""An Idiot Abroad"" at the Factual Entertainment Awards. The third series of the show, ""An Idiot"
"couldn’t cope with that simple, shining joy anyway."" Sick of It (TV series) Sick of It is a British comedy-drama television series that premiered on Sky One on 27 September 2018. It was created and written by Karl Pilkington and Richard Yee (who also directed the series). Karl Pilkington stars as both lead characters, playing his namesake Karl, and the voice inside his head that takes the form of his Doppelgänger. The series is set around Ladbroke Grove in London and follows Karl, a bored taxi driver who has been dumped by his girlfriend Zoe and moves in with his"
"scripted sitcom called ""Sick of It"". In 2014, Pilkington designed and signed his own card for UK charity Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. The campaign was launched by crafting company Stampin' Up! UK, and his card, along with those designed and signed by other celebrities, was auctioned off on eBay in May 2014. Pilkington has been in a long-term relationship with Suzanne Whiston, a former producer at the BBC, since the 1990s. Pilkington has supported Manchester United since the 1990s, having previously supported Manchester City as a child. Karl Pilkington Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English television"
"Sick of It (TV series) Sick of It is a British comedy-drama television series that premiered on Sky One on 27 September 2018. It was created and written by Karl Pilkington and Richard Yee (who also directed the series). Karl Pilkington stars as both lead characters, playing his namesake Karl, and the voice inside his head that takes the form of his Doppelgänger. The series is set around Ladbroke Grove in London and follows Karl, a bored taxi driver who has been dumped by his girlfriend Zoe and moves in with his elderly American aunt Norma, and is struggling to"
"HBO on 19 February 2010. In the UK, the first series began airing on 23 April 2010 on Channel 4. The show was developed using original podcast recordings from ""The Ricky Gervais Show"" starring Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington. After receiving a loyal and enthusiastic following in the US, cable channel HBO recommissioned the show for a second series, which aired in 2011, and a third series which started airing in April 2012. ""Life's Too Short"" began airing on BBC Two on 10 November 2011. Gervais and Stephen Merchant would write this observational sitcom from an idea by Warwick"
"2010 that a second series had been commissioned. Studio segments began filming at Teddington Studios on 2 April, scheduled to run to 7 May. It began airing on 14 October 2010. Reginald Perrin is a middle-aged project executive for ""Groomtech"", a manufacturer of grooming products, where he is in charge of disposable razors. Although secure in his marriage, with a paid-for house, no children, a car and a comfortable living, he is dissatisfied with the grind of modern living—such as his daily commute by train, often overcrowded and ""27 minutes late"" due to a plethora of reasons—and undergoing a mid-life"
"lives with his mother. Gervais' co-host Karl Pilkington makes his acting debut as Derek's friend and facilities-caretaker Dougie who also works in the retirement home. British comedian Kerry Godliman plays Derek's best friend Hannah and David Earl plays Kev. Gervais said that the series is about ""kindness [being] more important than anything else"". He added ""It's about the forgotten – everyone's forgotten. It's all these arbitrary people who didn't know each other, and they're in there now because they're in the last years of their life. And it's about the people who help them, who themselves are losers and have"
"during the filming of the second series of ""Extras,"" followed by Pilkington giving his opinion on Gervais's latest book, ""Flanimals of the Deep."" The ninth was Pilkington talking about Gervais's cat; Ollie. The tenth was Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington announcing the new series of the show beginning on 22 August. In August 2012 Ricky Gervais produced a pilot for a new series of video podcasts, titled ""Learn English with Ricky Gervais"". The show features Gervais and Pilkington engaging in English dialogue, and translated captions have been provided in many languages by his fans. In November 2010, Ricky announced that a"
"2010 and lasted into August 2010. The episode marked the debut of Michael Pickwood as the new set designer. Pickwood and Haynes worked together to create the town, incorporating elements that would be needed in a society that shared its daily life with fish. Nearly all windows in the town are round, reminiscent of submarines. The structures were made out of metal, filmed at a local steel works. Kazran's study was designed to be very large, as Kazran spent several scenes in there alone and would feel ""dwarfed"" by it. The walls were intended to look like copper that had"
"released on 26 January 2010. The fifth and final audiobook of the second season, entitled ""The Ricky Gervais Guide to... The Earth"" was released on 23 February 2010. On 12 June 2010 ""The Ricky Gervais Guide to... The World Cup"" released. This was followed in 2011 by a podcast entitled ""A day in the Life of Karl Pilkington"" following a format more associated with the Ricky Gervais Show podcasts. ""The Ricky Gervais Guide to... Comic Relief"" was released as a free podcast on 6 March 2011 in aid of Red Nose Day (18 March 2011). On 24 March 2006, an"
"Castle (TV series) Castle is an American crime-comedy-drama television series, which aired on ABC for a total of eight seasons from March 9, 2009, to May 16, 2016. The series was produced jointly by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. Created by Andrew W. Marlowe, it primarily traces the lives of Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), a best-selling mystery novelist, and Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), a homicide detective, as they solve various unusual crimes in New York City. Detective Beckett is initially infuriated at the thought of working with a writer and goes to great lengths to keep him out of her"
"""Shiny Potato"" said: ""Warwick Davis is a welcome addition to the series, as he only seems to make Karl’s reactions worse."" Ricky Gervais believes the third series to be the show's best. In Autumn 2013, a spin-off series called ""The Moaning of Life ""aired on Sky1. It once again featured Pilkington travelling around the world and was produced in a similar style. Its premise is different, however, as Pilkington set out to discover how other cultures deal with ""life's biggest issues"". Gervais and Merchant were not involved in the project and they did not appear in the series or its"
"""Castle""s Andrew Marlowe and Terri Miller. Castle (TV series) Castle is an American crime-comedy-drama television series, which aired on ABC for a total of eight seasons from March 9, 2009, to May 16, 2016. The series was produced jointly by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. Created by Andrew W. Marlowe, it primarily traces the lives of Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), a best-selling mystery novelist, and Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), a homicide detective, as they solve various unusual crimes in New York City. Detective Beckett is initially infuriated at the thought of working with a writer and goes to great lengths"
"Nigel Pilkington Nigel Pilkington (born 28 November 1975) is a British actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter and former lawyer. Pilkington was born and raised in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, and graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge University with a BA (Hons) in Law, after which he became a solicitor. Pilkington has appeared in various television programs such as ""Grandpa in My Pocket"", ""Cutting It"", ""Trial & Retribution"", ""Roman Mysteries"" and ""Richard Hammond's Secret Service"". As a voice actor Pilkington has provided many voices for animated films like """" and """", television shows like ""The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best"
"an ambition to write a book. The World of Karl Pilkington The World of Karl Pilkington is the first book written and illustrated by Karl Pilkington, and contains transcripts from ""The Ricky Gervais Show"" podcasts and excerpts from his own diary, as well as drawings and some original material illustrated by Pilkington himself. It was published and released in 2006. As stated on ""The Ricky Gervais Show"", Karl put a lot of work into the book and had been illustrating the drawings featured in the book for a considerable amount of time. Karl had stated briefly whilst producing ""The Ricky"
"""not very inventive,"" and ""The New York Post"", whose mixed review concluded that the show is ""silly, mindless fun"" whose ""actors are all terrific in that silly, mindless fun way that Disney teens tend to be."" Mike Hale from ""The New York Times"" named the show to his top ten in 2009, stating that ""in the dog days of July,"" the sitcom ""may have been the best thing on television."" 10 Things I Hate About You (TV series) 10 Things I Hate About You is an American television sitcom broadcast on ABC Family beginning in 2009. Developed by Carter Covington,"
"PBS stations from June through August 2016. The second season was broadcast from June through August 2017. The third season aired July through August 2018. Stephen Dillane plays Detective Chief Inspector Karl Roebuck of Northbourne Police (a fictional counterpart to the real life Kent Police), an ageing British detective used to getting his own way. Roebuck's role parallels that of Martin Rohde (played by Kim Bodnia), the Danish detective in ""The Bridge"". Karl and Martin share some characteristics, but also differ in certain ways; for instance, Karl is ""more educated and a more troubled man"". Dillane was drawn to the"
"show, but wrote that the absence of Karl Pilkington hurt the series, writing: ""The second season mostly upholds the first's tricky precedent, but the absence of regular Gervais associate Karl Pilkington means the yuks are a bit less hearty."" Terry Ramsey of ""The Telegraph"" wrote,""We didn't need a second series of Ricky Gervais's comedy drama Derek."" In a review in ""The Guardian"", Sam Wollaston wrote ""That's the other big problem with ""Derek"". That it's not very smart. Or very funny. Or very good."" ""Msn.com"" stated ""Ricky Gervais' ""Derek"" remains a mawkish mess. Where to begin? The mockumentary format is moribund."
"as 'bucket list,' but it's really a fish-out-of-water presentation of Karl Pilkington's idiot-savant credentials. The laughter he inevitably provokes, regardless of the situation, make this a must-see. If you miss it, you'll miss out,"" and gave the first episode four stars. ""WhatCulture"" gave the first episode of the second series 4.5 stars, saying: ""While the Seven Wonders presented a limited supply of seven episodes, the bucket seems to offer a wide plethora of material that could cover several seasons. And if the quality continues to remain at the standard demonstrated in episode one of this new series, long may Ricky"
"get his life back on track. Karl's closest companion is the voice in his head, a sardonic, outspoken alter ego who takes the form of his double – it's the uncensored true version of Karl that says what he really thinks without the risk of offending others. As Karl attempts to move on from the break up and sort out his life, the voice in his head appears periodically to guide, criticise and dispense his unorthodox philosophy of life. Pilkington and Yee have worked together since 2009 on ""An Idiot Abroad"" and ""The Moaning of Life"". ""Sick of It"" is"
"series was an audio clip from a previous edition of Monkey News, synchronised with a flash animation. The fourth video podcast features a controversial audio advertisement for The Prostate Cancer Charity and Gervais talking about his Aerial Award. The fifth is Gervais and Merchant making Pilkington watch ""Brokeback Mountain"". The sixth podcast was another conversation over Pilkington's book ""The World of Karl Pilkington"". The seventh podcast was about a story Pilkington told in series one, episode one, about his bizarre journey in an abandoned asylum and rehabilitation clinic. The eighth video shows Gervais showing the viewer around the various sets"
"Pilkington’s fate."" ""WhatCulture"" responded positively to the first series, saying: ""It’s the funniest documentary I have ever seen and maybe even the best. I will say that ""An Idiot Abroad"" has the potential to be a very memorable TV travel series, packed full of humour, heart and unique insights into other cultures."" ""TV Shows on DVD"" gave the first series a positive review, saying: ""I've been to places featured in three of the episodes, and it was a blast watching Karl experience them."" MSN gave the second series a positive review: """"An Idiot Abroad 2"" may dress up its premise"
"The World of Karl Pilkington The World of Karl Pilkington is the first book written and illustrated by Karl Pilkington, and contains transcripts from ""The Ricky Gervais Show"" podcasts and excerpts from his own diary, as well as drawings and some original material illustrated by Pilkington himself. It was published and released in 2006. As stated on ""The Ricky Gervais Show"", Karl put a lot of work into the book and had been illustrating the drawings featured in the book for a considerable amount of time. Karl had stated briefly whilst producing ""The Ricky Gervais Show"" that he had had"
"Pilkington on a journey following Marco Polo's route from Italy to China. In November 2011, Gervais filmed in London a 35-minute pilot episode for a potential comedy-drama series called ""Derek"", which aired on Channel 4 on 12 April 2012. The pilot is solely written and directed by Gervais and features him in the title role of Derek Noakes, a 49-year-old retirement home worker, who ""loves animals, Rolf Harris, Jesus, ""Deal or No Deal"", ""Million Pound Drop"" and ""Britain's Got Talent"". The character first appeared in a 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe sketch as an aspiring comedian who loves animals and still"
"22 July 2011. The series averaged 4.55 million per episode; however, they managed to get over 6.00 million viewers for the Christmas Special. My Family (series 10) The tenth series of the BBC family sitcom ""My Family"" originally aired between 9 July 2010, and 27 August 2010, with a Christmas special that went to air on 24 December 2010. The series was commissioned following consistent ratings from the previous series. The opening episode, ""Wheelie Ben"", re-introduces the six main characters, with the addition of regular appearances from Kenzo Harper, played by Tayler Marshall. However, the character of Roger Bailey only"
"The Moaning of Life The Moaning of Life is a British travel documentary comedy television series broadcast on Sky 1. It follows Karl Pilkington around the world as he visits other cultures. Unlike ""An Idiot Abroad"", which had a similar premise, ""The Moaning of Life"" sees Pilkington actually choosing to visit other countries in order to see how they face up to some of life's biggest issues with their cultures and customs. He also reassesses his life now that he has reached the age of 40, which he considers to be ""middle age"". The series has five one-hour episodes, and"
"consisted of thirteen-episode seasons to be broken up in 6–7 episode series. Series one was broadcast in February 2009 and concluded in March 2009 with seven episodes being broadcast. The second series followed in January 2010 and consisted of six episodes. The series was renewed for another thirteen episodes and the first seven were broadcast as series three in September 2010. The remaining six were broadcast in March 2011 as series four. The first major cast departures came at the end of the fourth series, with Ben Daniels and Bill Paterson leaving the series. Walsh, Bamber, Walter, and Agyeman all"
"saying that it is a ""spectacular...case of miscasting"". The series premiered in the U.S. and Canada on September 28, 2010, and in Latin America on October 8, 2010 on SET. The show was one of the first US Fall 2010–2011 new series to premiere in South Africa and aired on M-Net Series from November 2010. It premiered in Italy on October 6, 2010, on Fox Italy, part of the Sky Italy Broadcast Group, and in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2011, on Watch, part of the UKTV group. In New Zealand the series premiered on February 3, 2011 on"
"The Ricky Gervais Show The Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy radio show in the UK starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington, later adapted into a podcast and a television series. Despite being named after the more famous Gervais, it mostly revolves around the life and ideas of Pilkington. The show started in August 2001 on Xfm, and aired in weekly periods for months at a time throughout 2002, 2003, 2004, and mid-2005. In November 2005, ""Guardian Unlimited"" offered the show as a podcast series of 12 shows. Throughout January and February 2006, the podcast was consistently ranked"
"series. It began airing on BBC One on Sunday 18 September 2011 at 9:00 pm, moving from its traditional weekday evening slot, with the final episode airing on 23 October 2011. A feature-length film, ""Spooks: The Greater Good"", known in the US as ""MI-5"", was released in May 2015. Peter Firth reprises his role as Harry Pearce. Also returning from the TV series are Tim McInnerny as Oliver Mace, Lara Pulver as Erin Watts, Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones, and Geoffrey Streatfeild as Calum Reed. Kit Harington and Jennifer Ehle star as new characters in leading roles. The programme was"
"Klein, Aaron Kaplan, Wendi Trilling and Dana Honor. Production companies involved with the pilot include Liscolaide Productions, Trill TV, Kapital Entertainment, and CBS Television Studios. On May 12, 2017, CBS officially ordered the pilot to series. A few days later, it was announced that the series, now titled ""9JKL"", would premiere in the fall of 2017 and air on Mondays at 9:30 P.M. On November 17, 2017, CBS picked up the series for a full season of 16 episodes. In February 2017, it was announced that David Walton, Matt Murray and Liza Lapira had been cast in the pilot's lead"
"way. However, the two soon start developing feelings for each other. The overarching plot of the series focused on the romance between the two lead characters and their ongoing investigation of the murder of Beckett's mother. On May 12, 2016, it was announced that despite some cast members signing one-year contracts for a potential ninth season, the show was canceled. Richard Castle (Fillion) is a famous mystery novelist. Bored and suffering from writer's block, he kills off Derek Storm, the main character in his successful book series. He is brought in by the New York Police Department for questioning regarding"
"from 30 November 2012 to 14 December 2012 on Sky1. Pilkington is joined by actor Warwick Davis travelling to various locations along the route taken by Marco Polo to China. On 21 December 2012, a fourth episode entitled ""A Commentary"" was broadcast; it featured Davis, Pilkington, and Gervais commenting on Episode 3. Gervais confirmed that the specials would be the end of the series. In February 2013, Science, which broadcast all three series in North America, began rebroadcasting episodes of ""An Idiot Abroad"" under the title ""An Idiot Abroad: Lost Luggage"", marketed as ""Karl Pilkington's greatest journeys... now with never-before-seen"