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An Idiot Abroad
Overview
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1 and Science, as well as spin-off books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. The ongoing theme of both the television series and the books is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel, so Merchant and Gervais make him travel while they stay in the United Kingdom and monitor his progress.
Key Crew
Producer: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Top Cast
Karl Pilkington
Self
Ricky Gervais
Self
Warwick Davis
Self
Seasons
Season 0 (2010)
No overview available.
45 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Preview Show
2010-09-05Alongside exclusive footage, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant quiz their perfectly round headed best mate Karl Pilkington about his forthcoming travels around the world.
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 2: Unseen Karl - China
2010-09-23Karl Pilkington struggles through a Chinese lunch break featuring heavy suction and a platter of Chicken feet.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Unseen Karl - India
2010-09-30Karl gets a gift from the production team to assist him on his travels and makes an amazing admission about one of his favourite pastimes.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Unseen Karl - Jordan
2010-10-07Stephen sends Karl to meet a man who says he's Jesus and a man who has the strangest accent ever. Although they're not the same person.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 5: Unseen Karl - Mexico
2010-10-14Karl meets some ugly plants, and spends an evening in Mexico doing exactly what he'd be doing at home.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 6: Unseen Karl - Egypt
2010-10-21Karl goes Snorkelling in the Red Sea and comes face to face with a Chicken fish
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 7: Unseen Karl - Brazil
2010-10-28Karl checks out the talent on a popular beach.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 8: Unseen Karl - Peru
2010-11-04Karl watches more dancing and goes to wash his clothes. Plus a sneak peek of next week's finale!
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 9: The Best Bits
2010-11-11Stephen and Ricky discuss with Karl what he's learnt from his experiences abroad. Plus a sneak peek at Sky1HD's new comedy Raising Hope
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 10: Karl on Price Drop TV
2011-09-27Karl appeared on Price Drop TV selling his latest invention the Pilko Pump Pants for the Discerning Traveler.
Runtime: 19 minEpisode 11: Unseen Karl - When Karl went zorbing
2011-09-23Episode 12: Unseen Karl - Be A Dwarf
2011-09-30Episode 13: Unseen Karl - Karl's Makeover
2011-10-07Episode 14: Unseen Karl - Karl's Igloo
2011-10-14Episode 15: Unseen Karl - Karl The Naturalist
2011-10-21Episode 16: Unseen Karl - The Day Karl Didn't Catch A Fish
2011-10-28Episode 17: Unseen Karl - Karl on Bonsai
2011-11-04Episode 18: Unseen Karl - The Continuing Adventures of Bullshit Man
2011-11-11Episode 19: Unseen Karl - Karl on Art
2012-11-30Warwick tries to teach Karl about Italian art...
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 20: Meet Karl Pilkington - An Interview With Ricky Gervais
2010-10-28Episode 21: Meet Karl Pilkington 2
2010-10-28Episode 22: Karl meets Warwick Davis
2010-11-04Before the trip, Karl was worried about travelling with someone he didn't know. So Ricky sent Karl & Warrick on a shopping trip to get to know each other.
Runtime: 6 minEpisode 23: Karl Pinkington - A Day in the Life
Episode 24: Unseen Karl - Accents
2010-10-07Stephen sends Karl to meet a man who has the strangest accent ever.
Runtime: 1 minEpisode 25: Unseen Karl - Gets Picked Up
2010-10-28Episode 26: Season 3 Deleted Scene - Art Gallery
2010-10-28Deleted scene from Season 3 Episode 1
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 27: Season 3 Deleted Scene - Bollywood Acting
2010-10-28Deleted scene from Season 3 Episode 2 Karl and Warwick have been asked to act in a Bollywood film. The only problem is that the lines are in Hindi.
Runtime: 5 minEpisode 28: Season 3 Deleted Scene - Karl Discusses Strengths
2011-09-23Deleted scene from Season 3 Episode 2
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 29: The Short Way Round: A Commentary
2012-12-21Pilkington , Gervais and Davis provide a special audio commentary to episode three.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 30: Fame I'm Gonna Live Forever
2011-09-30Episode 31: An Idiot Abroad Series 3 Q&A
2012-12-28Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis, discuss the highs and lows, and making of the new series of An Idiot Abroad 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeWysCnmCtM
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 32: Living With Ricky Gervais
2010-10-14Gervais is a cock, so living with him aint easy....
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 33: Warwick's Holiday Photos
2011-10-21Karl and Warwick reminisce over holiday photos
Runtime: 4 minEpisode 34: Ain't No Pleasing You
2011-10-28Full length video for Karl Pilkington and Chas & Dave's version of "Ain't No Pleasing You"
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 35: Unseen Karl - What Karl packed for India
2011-11-04Deleted Scene - What Karl packed for India
Runtime: 2 minEpisode 36: Unseen Karl - Karl Plays Connect 4
2011-11-11Deleted Scene - Karl plays Connect 4
Runtime: 1 minEpisode 37: Unseen Karl - Karl Snorkelling
2011-11-30Episode 38: Photo Gallery
2012-12-21Episode 39: Unseen Karl - Karl on Cacti
Episode 40: Unseen Karl - Karl Meets Jesus
Episode 41: Unseen Karl - Karl On Body Beautiful
Episode 42: Karl Snorkelling
Episode 43: Karl and Warrick Prepare For The Trip
Before the trip, Karl thought Warrick wouldn't be able to handle travelling. Little did he know how the journey would pan out.
Runtime: 3 minEpisode 44: Karl on Italian Art
Warrick tries to teach Karl about Italian Art.
Runtime: 2 minEpisode 45: Season 2 - Deleted Scenes
All Deleted Scenes from the Season 2 DVD
Runtime: 20 min
Season 1 (2010)
No overview available.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: China
2010-09-23Karl Pilkington's journey begins in the Far East. As well as casting his verdict on The Great Wall of China, he immerses himself in the culture with laugh-out-loud results.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 2: India
2010-09-30Karl travels to India and gives own unique verdict on its ancient customs and vibrant culture.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 3: Jordan
2010-10-07This week, Karl Pilkington's voyage takes him to Petra in Jordan, by way of Israel. What will he make of the 'rose-red city half as old as time'?
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 4: Mexico
2010-10-14Karl travels to Mexico where he pays a visit to Chichen Itza. He also tries his hand at wrestling, learns how to become a cowboy, and hunts for a Mexican jumping bean.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 5: Egypt
2010-10-21Karl Pilkington's journey continues in Egypt, where Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have arranged for him to sample the local culture. He tastes delicacies including rabbit meat, takes a boat ride down the Nile and is entertained by a belly dancer, before visiting the pyramids
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 6: Brazil
2010-10-28Tag along with Karl Pilkington as he takes up temporary residence in Rio de Janeiro. On his way to Christ the Redeemer, he experiences a back wax and Brazil's famous beaches.
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 7: Peru
2010-11-04Reluctant explorer Karl Pilkington visits Peru, where he is unhappy with the Amazon jungle's toilet arrangements, and fails to impress a local tribe with his hunting skills. Arming himself with oxygen, the Mancunian then sets off on a high-altitude, eight-hour trek to witness Machu Picchu, the fortress city of the ancient Incas.
Runtime: 44 minEpisode 8: Karl Comes Home: The Debrief
2010-11-11Reluctant globetrotter Karl Pilkington is reunited with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to reflect on his journeys to the seven wonders of the modern world, considering whether travel has truly broadened his mind.
Runtime: 43 min
Season 2 (2011)
No overview available.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Desert Island
2011-09-23Karl makes his way through the 'Bucket List' that has been created. First up he ends up spending a a night on a private island.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 2: Trans-Siberian Express
2011-09-30Karl takes a trip on the Trans-Siberian Express. He is expecting luxury, but Ricky and Steve have other ideas for the trip.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 3: Dolphin Swim
2011-10-07Karl gets the chance to swim with some dolphins but with Ricky and Steve as the holiday planners there are a few surprises.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 4: Whale Watching
2011-10-14Karl isn’t really prepared for the arctic conditions in Alaska. Ricky and Steve have also planned some dog sledding, a meeting with Innuits and a visit to the North Pole. When Karl finally gets to catch his whale watching cruise, he learns that Ricky and Steve have stuck him on a deep sea fishing trawler.
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 5: Meet a Gorilla
2011-10-21Karl heads of to Africa to go meet a Gorilla. Before he travels to Uganda, Karl agreed to start in South Africa as he’s been there on holiday he heard it was alright. Ricky and Steve want Karl to have an authentic African experience so they arrange some time in a slum with a family and helping a charity rebuild a shelter. Karl visits Jessica the Hippo who lives with a family and Ricky sends him to join a Rhino conservation project before heading off traveling through the impenetrable forest in Uganda before coming ‘face to face’ with a Gorilla.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 6: Route 66
2011-10-28Karl wants to drive along the legendary Route 66 in the USA in an open top Cadillac but Ricky and Steve have other ideas. Along the way they want him join a high school choir, hang out with New Age therapists, meet the Amish before ending his journey by Wingwalking.
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 7: Climb Mount Fuji
2011-11-04Karl’s last “thing to do” is seeing Japan’s most spiritual destination: Mount Fuji. On arrival in Japan Karl gets lost in Tokyo. Ricky and Steve put him up in a ‘capsule’ hotel, send him to a Sumo wrestling stable, arrange for Karl to meet a Zen Master and send him on the world’s steepest rollercoaster. And he has to attempt to climb Mount Fuji.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 8: Karl Comes Home
2011-11-11Karl is reunited with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant after returning home and he reflects on his experiences. There are also a few surprises.
Runtime: 44 min
Season 3 (2012)
No overview available.
3 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Short Way Round: Venice
2012-11-30Karl is joined by Warwick Davis as they attempt to follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo. They begin their adventure in Venice.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 2: The Short Way Round: India
2012-12-07Karl and Warwick's journey continues as they make their way to India. Laughing yoga and parts in a Bollywood film are trumped after Karl experiences his first holiday highlight.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 3: The Short Way Round: China
2012-12-14It's the final part of the journey as Karl and Warwick get ready to make their way to China. A surprise makes sure that the series ends on a high.
Runtime: 43 minVideos
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