The Ricky Gervais Show

Name: The Ricky Gervais Show
Genre: Comedy, Animation
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington

Comedy • TV-MA • 2010–12 • 3 Seasons

7.2

8.4

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.

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February 19, 2010

User Reviews

Jack Brand

Honestly had moments I couldn’t breathe from laughing too hard, Carl Pilkington is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs

Tiztd

I have watched this dozens of times through, as listened to the xfm shows and podcasts. Absolutely hilarious. Karl Pilkington is a legend.

John JK Harty

Very few shows make me belly laugh like this one.

Cameron Campbell

I love seeing the animated bits of Karl Pilkington. Dead hilarious.

Mike

What you would expect from Ricky, funny, witty and a bit different.

Gofckyerslf

Either poorly casted or poorly named. Only because Ricky Gervais gets a bit overshadowed by the other two, comedically. Great stuff though!

James James

Series of short cartoon clips from thier podcast. Fun stuff.

Oliver Martin Puggaard

Karl Pilkington carries this show, and he does it well.

Grizzly

The animation makes it 10x more hilarious.

Ben Milward

A great adaptation of the podcast. The pod itself puts a little too much effort towards bullying Pilkington, however.

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7.2 – Based on 442 ratings

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