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After a very successful first series of podcasts it was in no doubt the there would be more. But for the second series something very different happened, listeners had to pay to download them. The series was available through iTunes and [[audible.com]], even though some thought people would not pay, they did and this was another amazing chart topper!
[[Image:PodcastS2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Show's Album Art]]
== Episode 1==
===Tuesday 27 Feb 2006===
*Karl worries about about the stationery implications of relocating to another planet
*Relativity and re-runs of the 1980 World Cup Final
*Doppelganger - The Karl Who Haunted Himself.  "How would I know which one I am".
*A brainteaser for a man with no brain
*Extracts from Karl's diary
*Plus, for the cognoscenti, the timely return of 'Rockbusters'.


==Episode 2==
After a very successful first run of podcasts there was sure to be another series. But this time around something very different happened: listeners had to pay to download them. The series was available through iTunes and [[audible.com]]. Some doubted that people would pay for what they could previously get for free, but this was another amazing chart topper!
===Tuesday 7 Mar 2006===
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*Karl Pilkington - the talk of tinsel-town
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*There's no news like no news; Karl's illustrated book of ages
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*Tall and pale and naked and waving
==List of Episodes==
*Karl's diary - Auntie Nora, cat criticism, unappealing ultrasound scans, the passing fad that is hoummous, mind/brain confusion and the elderly lady with the bent neck
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==Episode 3==
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===Tuesday 14 Mar 2006===
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Logo_Podcast.png|100px]] || align="center" | [[Series 2 Episode 1]] || align="center"|27 Feb 2006|| align="center"|31:13
*Complaints relating to the perception of an inadequate frequency of expletives are addressed
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*Look who's listening
|colspan="3"| A new and improved show has begun where listeners pay a quid to hear drivel. Karl has difficulty understanding time travel and imagines what he would do with his doppelganger. Although [[Monkey News]] was retired, [[Karl's Diary]] as well as the popular feature [[Rockbusters]] replace it.
*Social engineering at the North Pole
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*Questioning the credentials of TV pathologists
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*Karl's top twin tips
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*Plastic surgery at the deli counter
*Risky dining and cancerous carnivore
*Karl's Diary - Congo confusion; vegetable timepieces; subterranean schoolfriends; porcine-pated ladies; beehive boozers
*Rockbusters


==Episode 4==
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===Tuesday 21 Mar 2006===
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Logo_Podcast.png|100px]] || align="center" | [[Series 2 Episode 2]] || align="center"|7 Mar 2006|| align="center"|29:39
*Genocidal anura
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*Anthropomorphism and Fluffy the cat
|colspan="3"| Ricky reports that Karl is well received in America, but people continue to demand more Monkey News. Steve shares his infamous Rio anecdote and reads another installment of Karl's Diary. Karl continues his campaign to rid the world of jellyfish and gives out more Rockbuster clues.
*Reflections on the inducement of camouflage-feedback in visually impaired chameleons
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*Karl gets his head around the concept of a multiverse
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*Steve the party animal
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*Plastic surgery at the deli counter
*Karl's Diary - The worrying mortality rate of Karl's pets; blind dates; lunar lunacy; quadrupedal enclaves; common or garden aliens
*Rockbusters


==Episode 5==
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===Tuesday 28 Mar 2006===
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Logo_Podcast.png|100px]] || align="center" | [[Series 2 Episode 3]] || align="center"|14 Mar 2006|| align="center"|33:54
*Karl's Freudian slip-up
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*Surgical quotas
|colspan="3"| A fan criticises Ricky, Steve, and Karl via email for not swearing enough. Ricky's embarrassed himself by messing up the heaven and hell conundrum in the first episode. Karl puts forward some truly ludicrous theories about fingers used as knobs and throat cancer that eats meat. Ricky swears that this is the end of Rockbusters.
*Biblical logistics
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*Karl's diary; designer loo-roll, bed & boredom, prandial sorbets for pretentious brats, inappropriate choices for vehicluar nomenclature, cemetery sightseeing,
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*Karl's secrets of a successful relationships
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*Steve's unsound method of obtaining sound advice
*Rockbusters


==Episode 6==
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===Tuesday 4 Apr 2006===
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Logo_Podcast.png|100px]] || align="center" | [[Series 2 Episode 4]] || align="center"|21 Mar 2006|| align="center"|34:04
*Some sad news about an elderly tortoise proves a versatile opener for conversation - sparking a discussion on suppressed memories, longevity and who if anyone is in charge of Karl's brain.
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*Karl ponders his most favourite and least favourite words and proposes a lexicographical cull.
|colspan="3"| Ricky and Steve are criticized by the listeners for the way they bully Karl. Ricky annoys Karl with some animal facts and Steve tells an anecdote about his luck with the ladies. Rockbusters is back again, but Ricky and Steve are fairly certain that Karl has no idea what the word cryptic means.  
*Believing that octopuses aren't the friendly little creatures they're portrayed as in films, Karl considers some suitable terms of abuse.
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*Karl's Diary - Philosophers and their names; Lao Tse's advice for spectators
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*Cockbusters
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.rickygervais.com/newseries.php Rickygervais.com] Official site
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Logo_Podcast.png|100px]] || align="center" | [[Series 2 Episode 5]] || align="center"|28 Mar 2006|| align="center"|31:24
*[http://rickygervais.com/newseries.php Series 2 info] Rickygervais.com
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|colspan="3"| Karl was supposed to learn about Sigmund Freud in the week but he gave up when he couldn't find any good quotes. Karl talks about another Pilkington pet, Harry the Housefly, and Steve reads about Karl's trip to Cotswolds with Suzanne for her birthday from his diary. Clues for the final Rockbusters ever are given out.
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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Logo_Podcast.png|100px]] || align="center" | [[Series 2 Episode 6]] || align="center"|4 Apr 2006|| align="center"|31:15
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|colspan="3"| In this final episode, Steve asks Karl questions from ''Inside the Actor's Studio'', Ricky lets out a string of obscenities, and Karl wonders if he is in control of his brain or if his brain controls him. Karl also gets annoyed at a killer octopus that spits venom. Finally, the answers and winner of Rockbusters are given out for the last time.  
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Latest revision as of 21:48, 4 February 2009

The Show's Album Art

After a very successful first run of podcasts there was sure to be another series. But this time around something very different happened: listeners had to pay to download them. The series was available through iTunes and audible.com. Some doubted that people would pay for what they could previously get for free, but this was another amazing chart topper!


List of Episodes

Title Release Date Length
Series 2 Episode 1 27 Feb 2006 31:13
A new and improved show has begun where listeners pay a quid to hear drivel. Karl has difficulty understanding time travel and imagines what he would do with his doppelganger. Although Monkey News was retired, Karl's Diary as well as the popular feature Rockbusters replace it.
Series 2 Episode 2 7 Mar 2006 29:39
Ricky reports that Karl is well received in America, but people continue to demand more Monkey News. Steve shares his infamous Rio anecdote and reads another installment of Karl's Diary. Karl continues his campaign to rid the world of jellyfish and gives out more Rockbuster clues.
Series 2 Episode 3 14 Mar 2006 33:54
A fan criticises Ricky, Steve, and Karl via email for not swearing enough. Ricky's embarrassed himself by messing up the heaven and hell conundrum in the first episode. Karl puts forward some truly ludicrous theories about fingers used as knobs and throat cancer that eats meat. Ricky swears that this is the end of Rockbusters.
Series 2 Episode 4 21 Mar 2006 34:04
Ricky and Steve are criticized by the listeners for the way they bully Karl. Ricky annoys Karl with some animal facts and Steve tells an anecdote about his luck with the ladies. Rockbusters is back again, but Ricky and Steve are fairly certain that Karl has no idea what the word cryptic means.
Series 2 Episode 5 28 Mar 2006 31:24
Karl was supposed to learn about Sigmund Freud in the week but he gave up when he couldn't find any good quotes. Karl talks about another Pilkington pet, Harry the Housefly, and Steve reads about Karl's trip to Cotswolds with Suzanne for her birthday from his diary. Clues for the final Rockbusters ever are given out.
Series 2 Episode 6 4 Apr 2006 31:15
In this final episode, Steve asks Karl questions from Inside the Actor's Studio, Ricky lets out a string of obscenities, and Karl wonders if he is in control of his brain or if his brain controls him. Karl also gets annoyed at a killer octopus that spits venom. Finally, the answers and winner of Rockbusters are given out for the last time.



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