Karl Pilkington

Ludwig

John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts.

Release Date2024-09-25

Charactersd DI Matt Neville

Episode Count1

Vote Count77

Derek

Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.

Release Date2013-01-30

Charactersd Dougie

Episode Count7

Vote Count220

Cemetery Junction

In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.

Release Date2010-04-14

Charactersd Toupee Man

Vote Count298

The Ricky Gervais Show

The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO and Channel 4. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcasts and audiobooks of the same name, which feature Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington, talking about various subjects behind the microphone. The TV show consists of past audio recordings of these unscripted "pointless conversations," with animation drawn in a style similar to classic era Hanna-Barbera cartoons, presenting jokes and situations in a literal context. The animated Ricky Gervais Show has aired 39 episodes across three seasons since it premiered in 2010. There were some plans for a possible fourth season which would have used newly recorded audio, but this was shelved in June 2012. Series 3 of The Ricky Gervais Show premiered on 20 April 2012 on HBO, and on 8 May 2012 on E4.

Release Date2010-02-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Himself

Episode Count26

Vote Count114

Sick of It

A middle-aged man recently ditched by his long-term girlfriend, ‘Karl’ lives with his elderly Auntie and his closest companion is his doppelgänger alter ego.

Release Date2018-09-27

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Karl

Episode Count[ 12 ]

Vote Count29

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

The extraordinary and compelling story of how John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy will be told in The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe. The drama relates how Anne Darwin's husband, a prison officer, came up with the hare-brained scheme to defraud insurance companies, unbeknownst to their two sons.

Release Date2022-04-17

Charactersd DC Phil Bayley

Episode Count2

Vote Count41

Rain Dogs

An unconventional love story between a working-class single mum, her young daughter and a privileged gay man. A wild and punky tale of a mother's love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice.

Release Date2023-03-06

Charactersd Simon

Episode Count2

Vote Count41

The Moaning of Life

Now Karl’s turned 40 and has officially hit middle age, it’s time for him to re-assess his life. He’s not married, he doesn’t have kids, he’s got a job where he’s known as an ‘idiot’, and he’s known for being miserable. He’s classic ‘mid-life crisis’ material. As Karl attempts to put his life in order, he’ll be dispatched around the world on a crash course to find out how other cultures deal with life’s big questions. The ups and downs of Karl’s experiences will be contrasted against the beautiful geography of the countries he visits, captured on HD with stunning aerial photography.

Release Date2013-10-20

Charactersd Karl Pilkington

Episode Count11

Vote Count64

Prequel: The Dawn of Lying

Short film that serves as a prequel to The Invention of Lying.

Release Date2009-12-17

Charactersd Caveman

Vote Count1

Meet Karl Pilkington II

Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington discuss the big bang, the space race, time travel, biology, and logic.

Release Date2010-11-23

Charactersd Himself

Bury Your Nephew

An uncle struggling to find common ground with his nephew eventually bonds with him over a morbid curiosity.

Release Date2025-05-12

Charactersd Toby

Chingari

Officer Parashuram travels to Switzerland to rescue his girlfriend. He only has five days to rescue his girlfriend from her kidnappers.

Release Date2012-02-12

Charactersd English Journalist

Vote Count3

Learn English with Ricky Gervais

Ricky explores the English language with Karl Pilkington.

Release Date2012-08-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Bald Fucking Orange

The One Show

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

Release Date2006-08-14

Charactersd Self - Guest

Episode Count1

Vote Count30

GMTV

GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.

Release Date1993-01-01

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count12

An Idiot Abroad

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.

Release Date2010-09-23

Charactersd Self

Episode Count19

Vote Count242

Meet Karl Pilkington

Ricky Gervais introduces his friend Karl Pilkington to the world in an Interview discussing race, disability, sexuality, education, the elderly and crime and punishment.

Release Date2004-11-15

Charactersd Self

When Karl Met Warwick

In this instalment of the 'Meet Karl Pilkington' series, Ricky introduces Karl to Warwick Davis for the first time with hilarious results.

Release Date2010-11-22

Charactersd Self

Fame: I'm Gonna Live Forever

Karl Pilkington travels to Speaker's Corner in London to meet a man whom Ricky Gervais has told him about; a man who claims he has discovered the secret to eternal youth.

Release Date2007-11-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool

Karl Pilkington, best known for his podcasts with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and his travel show An Idiot Abroad goes on a quest to find out if intelligence really makes you happier.

Release Date2007-03-07

Vote Count3