Karl Pilkington was born on the 23rd September 1972 in Manchester (England) and is a Sony award-winning radio producer, he is also a podcaster, an author and some would say a philosopher. He is best known for producing and co-presenting 'The Ricky Gervais Show' on XFM however after the radio shows The Ricky Gervais Show was turn into a number of podcast that were available on iTunes.

Karl Pilkington grew up in Manchester but spent alot of his childhood in Porthmadog, Wales due to his father's work. He was educated in Manchester, but had neither the punctuality or the motivation to learn. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant contacted Karl's school after a conversation during their XFM show and discovered that he attained only one GCSE for History, for which he achieved an "E" grade.

Karl has had a number of jobs, his favourite being his paper round, which he had at age 14. In December 2005, Karl stood in for two BBC 6Music shows, and co-presented the shows with Russell Brand. They proved so popular that by the following April Brand was working as a permanent DJ at BBC 6Music, which was the forerunner to his Radio 2 show. Karl then went to work with Ricky and Stephen at XFM where his views would become a nationwide phenomenon. It is often mused by Ricky and Stephen, that Karl "has a head shaped like a fucking orange." This phrase has become well known by the British public, and possibly worldwide.

Ricky Gervais Podcasts

The podcasts came after the end of the XFM shows. Karl left the world of radio stating that he didn't enjoy working as a producer. He debated a number of new jobs including being a dog walker and possibly returning to his old job doing a paper round. Fortunately however he decided, along side Ricky and Stephen, to move the show onto the new format of podcasts and has never looked back. The overwhelming popularity of the show made podcasting a phenomenon. This post includes seasons 1-3 however 4 and 5 are in a later post.


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Season 1
Part 1
Part 2

Season 2

1 Part

Season 3

1 Part

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Karl Pilkington on The Culture Show 20-10-07

Karl goes to a book fair in order to promote his new book 'happyslapped by a jellyfish' and shares his concerns on whether he'll be accepted as a genuine author.



YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ID-fj5CJms

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http://rapidshare.com/files/237778709/Karl_Pilkington_on_The_Culture_Show_20-10-07.mp4
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Meet Karl

Ricky Gervais interviews Karl as an extra on his DVD for his stand up 'Politics'. The topics range from the disabled to gay people. If you unfamiliar with Karl this interview gives you an idea of what a 'genius' this man is.



YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQBlZIXu3Yg

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http://rapidshare.com/files/237775634/Meet_Karl_Pilkington.mp4
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Karl Pilkington - Satisfied Fool

Karl goes to talk to people about whether being intelligent is a good thing or whether it just leads to depression. He also questions his own mental abilities and tries to come to his own conclusion on whether being clever has any effect on happiness.



YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRwlkLBfgyg

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http://rapidshare.com/files/237635234/Karl_Pilkington_-_Satisfied_Fool.avi
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XFM - The Ricky Gervais Show (Karl in the early days of his fame)

In the days before the Podcasts and Extras 'The Ricky Gervais Show' on XFM was a highlight of the week for many listens in the London area and SkyTv subscribers. The listings stated 'The RICKY GERVAIS Show' but listeners would inevitably tune in for the insane but somewhat genius ramblings of Mr Pilkington. As well as providing an amazing level of comic genius, a good feet due to the fact that its Ricky's show (one of the best comedians ever to come out of the UK), with his stories he also supplied competitions which were at times unclear but were always comic masterstrokes. So download and have a listen for yourselves.........


Season 1 (Filesonic)


Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8


Season 2 (Filesonic)


Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

Part 15


Season 3 (Filesonic)


Part 1

Part 2

Part 3


Season 4 (Filesonic)


Part 1

Part 2


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