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Ricky Gervais creating Derek series

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10 May 2012

Ricky Gervais' 'Derek' has been commissioned for a full series. Channel 4 has confirmed the comedy - about a man named Derek who works in a retirement home - will air next year, with Gervais writing, directing and starring. The initial pilot…

Warwick Davis joining Karl on An Idiot Abroad

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26 Apr 2012

Warwick Davis will join Karl Pilkington on the third series of 'An Idiot Abroad'. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are sending Karl around the world for a third time with the 'Life's Too Short' star as his first ever companion on 'An Idiot Abroad…

Ricky Gervais plans The Short Way Round

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29 Mar 2012

Ricky Gervais wants Warwick Davis and Karl Pilkington to join forces for a new show. The comedian joked that he has plans for the 'Life's Too Short' actor to team up with his 'An Idiot Abroad' star to make a programme entitled 'The Short Way Round'…

Karl Pilkington to travel world with dwarf Warwick

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14 Oct 2011

Karl Pilkington is to travel the world on a moped with dwarf Warwick Davis in a basket on the front. Masterminded by Ricky Gervais, a brand new show will see the 'An Idiot Abroad' star and Warwick - who appears in upcoming sitcom 'Life's Too Short'…

Karl Pilkington's 20k bag of Revels

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23 Sep 2011

Karl Pilkington sent a bag of Revels on a £20,000 astronaut simulation session on 'An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List'. The 38-year-old radio producer was supposed to experience total weightlessness on a jet flight during the second series of the…

Ricky Gervais' Idiot Abroad stitch-up

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23 Sep 2011

Ricky Gervais admits he "stitched up" Karl Pilkington on 'An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List'. The 'Office' star explained while Karl - who shot to fame following the first series of the Sky1 comedy travel show - thought he was choosing from a list…

Karl Pilkington angers Van Halen with Jump cover

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12 Sep 2011

Van Halen are trying to ban Karl Pilkington's version of 'Jump' from appearing in 'An Idiot Abroad: The Bucket List'. The Sky1 TV show - devised by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant - sees Karl being sent around the world to undertake a list of…

Karl Pilkington won't go Abroad anymore

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7 Jul 2011

Karl Pilkington won't do another series of 'An Idiot Abroad'. Ricky Gervais' hapless sidekick was a huge hit in the first run - which saw Karl visit the new seven wonders of the world - and while he will appear in one more series and one-off special…

Karl Pilkington to appear in The Simpsons

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19 May 2011

Karl Pilkington is to appear in 'The Simpsons'. The 'An Idiot Abroad' star appeared less than overwhelmed when comic pal Ricky Gervais told him one of their sketches would feature in the long-running animated sitcom but the 'Office' star insists his…

The Ricky Gervais Show recomissioned

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8 Apr 2011

Ricky Gervais' animated comedy show has been commissioned for a third series. Both Channel 4 and US broadcaster HBO have agreed to another run of 'The Ricky Gervais Show' which is based on the podcasts created by the 'Extras' star, Stephen Merchant…

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