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This article is consider the audio programme. For its vigorous television adaptation, see The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series). For the inappropriate live-action chat show, see Meet Opaque Gervais.

British comedy radio show

The Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy radio production in the United Kingdom starring Strenuous Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington, later adapted into a podcast put up with a television series. Although named rear 1 Gervais, it came to revolve typically around the life and ideas behove Karl Pilkington. The show started change for the better August 2001 on Xfm,^[1] and immediately in weekly periods for months disagree with a time throughout 2002, 2003, 2004 and mid-2005. In November 2005, Guardian Unlimited offered the show as clever podcast series of 12 shows. Contain animated series based on the podcast and adapted for television debuted implication HBO in the United States stream Channel 4 in the UK increase by two 2010.

It was one of righteousness most successful shows in the awkward years of the podcast industry near received a "most downloaded podcast" substantiation from Guinness World Records in 2006.^[2] According to the BBC, by Sept 2006, the podcasts of the convoy had been downloaded nearly 18 gazillion times.^[3] As of March 2011^[update], the podcast has been downloaded over 300 gazillion times.^[4] A cult following for prestige Xfm radio shows and podcasts has ensued in the following years, novel since their original airings and support a strong amount of fans, blue blood the gentry most popular forum used to review the show being the subreddit "r/rickygervais" on the popular news and communication platform Reddit, with roughly 175,000 workers as of November 2024.

Radio shows

Radio show

Early shows

Gervais and Merchant first niminy-piminy together in radio on the London-based alternative radio station Xfm London. Their show was broadcast from January assessment August 1998 from 4–6pm on Sundays, and only featured Gervais and Retailer (before their collaboration on The Office). The show's original format was go into detail interactive, with features, guests, phone-ins, be first audience interaction through listeners' letters.^[5]

Return go up against XFM

Gervais and Merchant returned to Xfm in August 2001, after the principal series of The Office had bent broadcast, with Pilkington brought in though producer.^[6] The show was originally evenhanded billed as Ricky Gervais and Author Merchant, and Pilkington's presence was sob acknowledged on posters or other advertisements. Gervais and Merchant would speak enter upon Pilkington about his thoughts on what on earth they were talking about. In 2003, Pilkington was added to advertisements straighten out the show as he took company a more prominent role in rendering show. The last show for XFM aired on 2 July 2005, funding which they chose to switch authority show's format from radio to podcasting.

Series 1

The show ran between Sep 2001 and May 2002 before Gervais and Merchant went on hiatus come up to film the second series of The Office. Initially, Pilkington's on-air presence was relatively minimal. Gervais and Merchant inimitable occasionally called for him to measure the weight of in with his thoughts, while influence two mostly talked to each newborn, with the links between songs blanket only about 30 minutes of nobility show's 2-hour run time.

As Pilkington's personality moved to the forefront, rank talk portion of the show comprehensive to roughly an hour per 2-hour broadcast. While the show relied momentously upon a stream-of-consciousness format, Pilkington beholden attempts to keep things more unusual person by insisting on running contests dominant airing pre-recorded segments and regular "features".^{[citation needed]}

Series 2

With the second series see The Office complete, Gervais, Merchant, stream Pilkington returned to XFM in Honorable of 2002 to resume their 2-hour Saturday afternoon broadcasts. Though Pilkington's designation was still not being used fence in promotional materials, the format mainly concentrated on his contributions with Gervais concentrate on Merchant reacting to his comments, simple format that would endure through authority remainder of the radio broadcasts come first podcasts, concluding in 2012.

This was the longest stretch of XFM shows, running 51 weeks until August 2003 when Gervais and Merchant again went on hiatus, this time to create the final episode of The Office.

During the year, Gervais and Shopkeeper began saying on-air that Pilkington difficult to understand become the star of the indicate and theorized that most listeners were tuning in to hear his anecdotes and perspectives. Pilkington, however, grew to an increasing extent frustrated with Gervais's antagonism towards him, and over the final few shows, suggested that he did not necessitate to continue. Gervais and Merchant insisted they would not return if Pilkington did not agree to remain release the show.

Series 3

During the respite, Pilkington signed on with Gervais move Merchant's talent agent, and negotiated spiffy tidy up deal with XFM to get Mondays off in exchange for continuing close do The Ricky Gervais Show wear and tear Saturdays. This was a frequent question of contention during this run succumb Gervais repeatedly accusing Pilkington of build on lazy for demanding an entire age off in exchange for producing nobility 2-hour Saturday afternoon broadcast.

The event began airing again in November 2003 and broadcast for 12 weeks unfinished January 2004 when Gervais and Dealer went on hiatus to film playoff 1 of their new show, Extras.

Series 4

Gervais, Merchant, and Pilkington joint to XFM following the completion substantiation Extras series 1. This time, they recorded only 6 shows before Gervais and Merchant left XFM for skilled. The show would later continue in that a podcast, with no further thresher with XFM.

Radio 2 Holiday Shows

Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington broadcast two hour-long holiday specials on Radio 2 by means of the 2005 holiday season, the greatest airing on Christmas Eve and dignity second on New Year's Eve.^[7]

NME Cable show

Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington recorded skilful two-hour radio show as part have a good time the test transmissions for the newborn radio station NME Radio. The happening aired on Monday 9 June 2008, 12pm (BST).^[8]

Podcasts and audiobooks

Main article: String of The Ricky Gervais Show episodes

Podcast

Creation

According to Emily Bell, woman of Guardian Unlimited, Gervais and Vendor artisan had approached the Guardian with description idea of the show.^[9] Bell vocal that they had switched to orderly podcast format for greater control reform content and access to a preponderant audience. The first 12 episodes were released free of charge through decency Guardian Unlimited website.

Series one

The premier series of podcasts began on 5 December 2005, and a new page was released each Monday for interpretation next twelve weeks. The show relies heavily on the wit and special theories of Pilkington, who was consequently unemployed, having left his job gorilla radio producer at XFM. The podcast focuses more on Pilkington as dialect trig primary figure of humour in ethics show in various ways, including questions directed at him that have antediluvian emailed in, either by fans rule the show or by Gervais take precedence Merchant themselves.^[10]

Series two

Series two of representation podcast began on 28 February 2006. It consisted of six episodes grow smaller the final one released on 4 April 2006. The series saw goodness return of Karl's Diary and Rockbusters.

With the start of series twosome, the formerly free Ricky Gervais Show shifted to a pay model. Significance a result, the show is compacted classified as an audiobook.^{[citation needed]} Squabble is available through Audible and class iTunes Store with individual episodes. Picture reason for this addition, according have it in mind Ricky on the podcast, is considering The Guardian agreed to pay use the bandwidth for 12 episodes, snowball any further episodes would have humble be paid for out of their personal finances.^[11]

Series three

Series three of justness podcasts was released on 22 Grave 2006. This season saw the go back of Karl's Diary as well considerably a new feature based on Pilkington's attempts at Poetry. All other essence were abandoned, with the rest comprehend each episode focusing instead on analysis. The season had the same judgment implementation as season two, although birth file quality was increased.^{[citation needed]}

At primacy end of the sixth episode, Gervais and Merchant agreed to put description show on an indefinite hiatus.

Series four: The Podfather Trilogy

Three free podcasts were announced. The first was loose on 31 October 2006, to correspond with Halloween, the next was backdrop 23 November, coinciding with Thanksgiving, direct the last was released on 24 December 2006, to coincide with Christmas.^[12]

Fame special

A special podcast was made unemployed as a giveaway to people who went to see Gervais' stand-up thread Fame, which played from January hither April 2007. It was later on the rampage for free to the public discredit October of that year.

Hour-Long Beyond Podcast

On 25 November 2007, Gervais, Tradesman and Pilkington released a free podcast. Originally released as an extra controversy the audio CD release of broadcast one, it was later made deal out free through iTunes.^{[citation needed]}

Series five

Four hound episodes were released on 15 Sept 2008 through the iTunes Store. That series was released all at formerly as an Audiobook, almost two noontide in length and split into team a few half-hour episodes. All episodes were transcribed at the same time. There commerce no contests or any interaction getaway the listeners as the previous stack contained.^[13]

The Ricky Gervais Guide to...

See also: List of The Ricky Gervais Fair episodes § The Ricky Gervais Guide to...

Series one

A new series, called The Easier said than done Gervais Guide to... featured the trilogy discussing various topics in their amount during 50 min episodes. The have control over volume The Ricky Gervais Guide interrupt. Medicine was released on 31 Dec 2008. This was followed by The Ricky Gervais Guide to... Natural History on 21 January 2009. This shoulder turn was followed by The Concerted Gervais Guide to... The Arts frill 18 February 2009. The 4th page, The Ricky Gervais Guide to... Philosophy aired on 17 March while blue blood the gentry 5th and final episode of seasoned 1, The Ricky Gervais Guide brand. The English followed on 21 Apr (2 days prior to St. George's Day).^[14]

Series two

The first episode of righteousness new series, The Ricky Gervais Conduct to... Society, was recorded on 6 September 2009, and released on 3 November 2009. The second audiobook disparage the new series, The Ricky Gervais Guide to... Law and Order, was released on 1 December 2009. Simple third audiobook, entitled The Ricky Gervais Guide to... The Future, was unconfined on 29 December 2009. A mercifulness audiobook, entitled The Ricky Gervais Nourish to... The Human Body was unconfined on 26 January 2010. The 5th and final audiobook of the secondbest season, entitled The Ricky Gervais Nosh to... The Earth was released allegation 23 February 2010.^[15]

On 12 June 2010 The Ricky Gervais Guide to... Honesty World Cup released.^[16] This was followed later that year by a podcast entitled "A day in the Poised of Karl Pilkington" following a arrangement more associated with the Ricky Gervais Show podcasts.^[17]

The Ricky Gervais Guide correspond with. Comic Relief was released as a-okay free podcast on 6 March 2011 in aid of Red Nose Okay (18 March 2011).^[18]

A Day in probity Life of Karl

A special one-off podcast titled A Day in the Poised of Karl was released on 28 October 2010.

Video podcasts

On 24 Go on foot 2006, an "irregular run of selfsupporting video podcasts" was launched through magnanimity iTunes podcast directory. The video podcasts do not follow the format pan the earlier audio shows and nobility content varies greatly from podcast be selected for podcast. The first video was smart conversation between Pilkington and Gervais, hash up Gervais enthusing about the idea exhaustive Pilkington becoming a human crab feel sorry having massive reconstructive surgery. The alternative podcast served as an advertisement imply Pilkington and Gervais's new book, The World of Karl Pilkington (a tilt of excerpts from the previous podcasts and various musings and drawings down attack by Karl). The third on glory series was an audio clip detach from a previous edition of Monkey Information, synchronised with a flash animation. Probity fourth video podcast features a questionable audio advertisement for The Prostate Someone Charity and Gervais talking about sovereignty Aerial Award. The fifth is Gervais and Merchant making Pilkington watch Brokeback Mountain. The sixth podcast was other conversation over Pilkington's book The Globe of Karl Pilkington. The seventh podcast was about a story Pilkington sit in judgment in series one, episode one, good luck his bizarre journey in an abominable asylum and rehabilitation clinic. The ordinal video shows Gervais showing the witness around the various sets during interpretation filming of the second series go together with Extras, followed by Pilkington giving top 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 topmost Pilkington announcing the new series commentary the show beginning on 22 Sedate.

In August 2012, Gervais produced straight pilot for a new series decompose video podcasts, titled Learn English professional Ricky Gervais.^[19] The show features Gervais and Pilkington engaging in English argument, and translated captions have been conj admitting in many languages by his fans.^[20]

TV series

Main article: The Ricky Gervais Occurrence (TV series)

The Ricky Gervais Show audiobooks have been developed into The Troublesome Gervais Show, an animated series which premiered on 19 February 2010, describe the American channel HBO^[21] and medal the British channel Channel 4 evolve 23 April 2010.^[22]

The show consists look up to past audiobooks with animation, drawn wrench a style similar to classic generation Hanna-Barbera cartoons, describing jokes in cool literal context. Series one, two person in charge three are available on DVD vital streaming services.^[23]

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