Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington is a British television personality, author, actor and former radio producer. He gained prominence as the producer of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's radio program on XFM. Pilkington is best known for the Sky travel series, An Idiot Abroad. He has also appeared in The Ricky Gervais Show with both Gervais and Merchant, and in 2012 he made his acting debut in Gervais' sitcom Derek. Karl Pilkington was born and grew up in Trafford, Greater Manchester. He was educated at Ashton-on-Mersey School, receiving just one GCSE, an "E" in History. Pilkington only became aware of his... GCSE results after Gervais and Merchant contacted the school after a conversation during their XFM show. Pilkington was surprised and upset at his results as he recalled sitting through several other GCSE exams, as well as sending in a "little clay man" for Art. A failure to register for the exams was offered as an explanation by Gervais and Merchant for his lack of other grades. Pilkington relocated to London to work with XFM as a producer and after several years he began work on The Ricky Gervais Show, broadcast on Saturday afternoons.
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