Karl Pilkington
| Karl Pilkington | |
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Pilkington in 2008
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| Born |
23 September 1972 Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Television presenter, author, comedian, radio producer, actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Notable work | The Ricky Gervais Show, An Idiot Abroad, Derek, The Moaning of Life |
| Partner(s) | Suzanne Whiston |
| Website | karlpilkington |
Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English television presenter, author, comedian, actor and radio producer. He gained prominence as the producer of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's radio programme on XFM. He appeared on The Ricky Gervais Show, presented the Sky travel comedy series An Idiot Abroad, and made his full acting debut (following a cameo appearance in the final episode of Extras) on Gervais' 2012 comedy-drama series Derek. Pilkington is a co-founder, along with Gervais and Merchant, of RiSK Productions, a television production company. Pilkington recently starred in the Sky 1 travel documentary comedy series The Moaning of Life (2013–2015). This is his first show to not have any involvement from either Gervais or Merchant.
Pilkington was born in Manchester in 1972. He worked as a journalist for the Sun for a period of time and moved to London from Manchester to work with XFM as a producer, at one point unintentionally causing Gail Porter to leave the station in tears after only one show by criticising her performance, which Pilkington maintains was an attempt to encourage her to improve. After several years he began work on The Ricky Gervais Show, broadcast on Saturday afternoons. Initially Pilkington was solely the programme's producer. As Gervais and Merchant began to invite him to make the odd comment, Pilkington's persona came to light and his popularity increased. Pilkington was eventually included as a main element of the broadcasts, with large amounts of airtime often given over to his thoughts on various subjects, or various childhood stories. In December 2005, Pilkington stood in for two BBC 6 Music shows for Nemone, and co-presented the shows with Russell Brand.
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