An Idiot AbroadAlso known asAn Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket ListAn Idiot Abroad 3: The Short Way RoundGenreDirected byRichard YeeKrishnendu MajumdarJamie Jay JohnsonBenjamin GreenStarring(series 1–2)(series 3)Theme music composerOpening theme'Seven Wonders'Ending theme'The Wrestler'Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal language(s)EnglishNo. Of series3No. Of episodes19 ProductionExecutive producer(s)Richard YeeKrishnendu MajumdarDan GoldsackProducer(s)Richard YeeKrishnendu MajumdarRunning time60 minutes (inc. Adverts)Production company(s)Mentorn Media (Series 1)RiSK (Series 2–3)Me & You Productions (Series 3)DistributorReleaseOriginal networkPicture format( )Audio formatOriginal release23 September 2010 ( 2010-09-23) –14 December 2012 ( 2012-12-14)External linksAn Idiot Abroad is a British / broadcast on, as well as a series of companion books published by, created by and and starring. 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.

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The series features as he travels around the worldOriginally entitled Karl Pilkington's Seven Wonders of the World, An Idiot Abroad documents Karl Pilkington's journeys to foreign countries under the guise of visiting the. Though the New Seven Wonders of the World include the in Rome, this is not one of Pilkington's destinations, Gervais and Merchant feeling Karl would be too comfortable in Italy; instead he visits the in Egypt (which is the last of the to remain intact). Most of each episode focuses on Pilkington's reactions to cultural differences and idiosyncrasies in the countries he visits.

Gervais and Merchant call Pilkington during each trip, to assign him tasks often not related to why he believed he was visiting the country. These include training as a, travelling the desert on a camel, and dancing with a samba school in a parade. It was confirmed by the show's producers that Pilkington has no prior warning about these situations. The camera man coaxes him along. Gervais commented: 'This is a more real documentary than most others you'll ever see on television. We don't plan it, he doesn't know what's going to happen.'

A book entitled The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington was published shortly after the series. It was authored by Pilkington and gives a deeper insight into his feelings on what he was experiencing.The second series shows Pilkington performing activities from a general (but not his) 'bucket list'.Gervais produced a Christmas special mini-series that aired in the UK in late 2012. The original concept, pitched by Gervais, was to show Pilkington and travelling around England on a bike together. The final outcome featured the pair travelling to China from Venice via Eastern Europe and India, loosely based on the journey of. Gervais said, 'We started planning the route for An Idiot Abroad 3: The Short Way Round, this week. It's only a three-part special but we've decided to make it a bit more global as opposed to 'around Kent for a few days', Pilkington is starting to regret it already.' An Idiot Abroad 3 did not feature Stephen Merchant, who was busy with other projects.

After the conclusion of the show, Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington worked together again in the TV series.There is also an official podcast to accompany the programme and book. The programme was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on, and has since started airing in other countries.Reception Series 1 The very first episode of An Idiot Abroad aired on 23 September 2010 at 9:30pm on Sky1 and achieved an official audience figure of 1,241,000 viewers based on BARB. These audience figures were Sky1's best viewer numbers for a debuting show since four months earlier, making An Idiot Abroad the fourth-most popular non-terrestrial programme that day. The program increased its viewing figures throughout its run, with Episode 3 attracting 1,850,000 viewers and Episode 7 attracting 1,918,000 viewers.Series 2 The show returned on 23 September 2011 at 9:00pm on Sky1 with 2,659,000 viewers, making it the most watched Sky1 and non-terrestrial programme since 2005.Series 3 A three-part Christmas special was shown from 30 November 2012 to 14 December 2012 on Sky1. Pilkington is joined by actor travelling to various locations along. On 21 December 2012, a fourth episode entitled 'A Commentary' was broadcast; it featured Davis, Pilkington, and Gervais commenting on. Gervais confirmed that the specials would be the end of the series.

An Idiot Abroad: Lost Luggage In February 2013, which broadcast all three series in, began rebroadcasting episodes of An Idiot Abroad under the title An Idiot Abroad: Lost Luggage, marketed as 'Karl Pilkington's greatest journeys. Now with never-before-seen footage' and 'Same idiot, more scenes.'

Each Lost Luggage episode is made up of the original episode and two brief, new 'Lost Luggage' segments filmed at Gervais's home in that were not part of the original episode. In each 'Lost Luggage' segment, Gervais and Pilkington hold a short discussion. Transmissions. Pilkington, Karl; Gervais, Ricky; Merchant, Stephen (2010). An Idiot Abroad. Canongate Books. ^ Naughton, Pete (21 September 2010), London: Daily Telegraph, from the original on 24 September 2010, retrieved 24 September 2010.

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