The Ricky Gervais Show

Ricky Gervais has decided to call and end to both An Idiot Abroad and The Ricky Gervais Show.

In a post on his official blog, Gervais confirmed that he will be concentrating on a full season of his Channel 4 project Derek.

“So I don’t think I’m going to do a fourth series of The Ricky Gervais Show,” wrote Gervais. “39 episodes is more than I’ve ever done for any other project (Yes. I know that’s pathetic but trust me.) and I don’t want to push my luck. Continue reading »

This animated comedy series spans 13 x 30-minute episodes much of which consists of Karl Pilkington musing on everything from slugs and freaks to the mind body problem and world hunger. The show has been sold around the world and been nominated for 5 Emmys.

Ricky Gervais said: “Karl is not only my best friend but also my gift to the world. This is my favourite series so far and it even features some previously unheard audio”

The Ricky Gervais Show is based on the record breaking podcast which won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads and last year passed the incredible 340 million download mark.

Channel 4 Head of Comedy, Shane Allen, said: “A very welcome return to E4 of these comedy masters. Their flights of fancy and infectious banter are a joy as Stephen and Ricky delve in to the inner workings of Karl Pilkington’s oddly wired brain”.

The Ricky Gervais Show is produced for Channel 4 by Media Rights Capital in association with Wildbrain Entertainment; executive producers, Ricky Gervais, Bob Higgins, Lisa Ullmann and Steve Patrick; supervising producer, Margaret M. Dean; producer, Pamela J. Arseneau; director, Dan Fraga.

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Ricky Gervais has confirmed that production has commenced on two of his current TV projects.

He confirmed that the third season of The Ricky Gervais Show is nearly finished while early meetings have been held for An Idiot Abroad 3: The Short Way Round.

“Started planning a European tour, put the final touches to the 3rd season of The Ricky Gervais Show (should have a confirmed TX date next week for you), had a production meeting about AIA3 The Short Way Round (Karl is already trying to get out of it),” he wrote on his blog.

The third season of An Idiot Abroad will focus on Karl Pilkington and Life’s Too Short actor Warwick Davis.

Source: Digital Spy

10:30pm Tuesday, May 10 on E4

Karl reminisces about an overabundance of breath mints throughout his childhood.

10:30pm Tuesday, May 3 on E4

Karl contemplates how many different species are actually needed in the world, and whether or not we should keep looking for new forms of life.

10:30pm Tuesday, April 19 on

Ricky casts doubt on Karl’s story about a monkey toll operator in the jungle.

10:30pm Tuesday, April 12 on

Karl tells the story of having kidney stones, ponders a phenomenon – and more.

10:30pm Tuesday, April 5 on

Karl reveals that he often goes on walks to observe ants, moths and other insects and that once, he saw a bee have a heart attack.

10:30pm Tuesday, March 29 on E4

Karl addresses one of his pet peeves: animals that are treated like people.