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This is the first series of Xfm shows featuring Ricky Gervais, Steve Merchant, and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Ricky and Steve had previous series on Xfm, but they did not feature Karl. The earliest found recording from this series is from 10 Nov 2001, but comment made in that show indicate that there had already been a few shows.
[[Image:Xfm Series 1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Xfm Series 1]]
==10 November 2001==


<u>[[Xfm transcript 2001-11-10|Transcript of show]]</u>
[[Xfm Series 1]] ran from September 2001 to May 2002 and marked the return of [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]] to their former employers, [[Xfm]] following the [[Xfm#Takeover|Capital Group takeover]] in 1998. Earlier in the year Ricky and Steve had written and directed the first series of their sitcom [[The Office]]. It was broadcast in July 2001 to critical acclaim and the success of the sitcom was thought to have been a factor in Xfm's re-hiring of Ricky and Steve. Further evidence of their success could be seen in the fact that Xfm had given them a producer, unlike their [[Xfm Series 0|old Xfm show]] which they had had to produce themselves. Their new producer was a laconic, round-headed Mancunian by the name of [[Karl Pilkington]], who was originally an off-air producer. However, Ricky and Steve found his contributions hilarious and with their encouragement Karl got steadily more involved. The development of Ricky and Steve's relationship with Karl was apparent over the course of the series, and by the end Karl had become an essential part of the show.


'''Fly and Dope:''' Ricky and Steve start the show with a hi-5.
Although the series began in September 2001, the earliest show in circulation is [[10 November 2001]]. There are 23 shows from Xfm Series 1 in circulation and each show has an individual page detailing its contents. They can be accessed by clicking the 'Title' (date) of each show.


'''[[Ricky's Film Review]] - The Jungle Book:''' Ricky continues to review the latest films with '[[The Jungle Book]]' (1968). He gives it 9 out of 5. [[Song for the Lovers]]: ''The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me''
==List of Episodes==
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!! width="300" style="background:#efefef"|Title
!! width="150" style="background:#efefef"|[[Xfm Labels|Xfm Label]]
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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[10 November 2001]] || align="center" | n/a || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 1
|-
|colspan="5"| This show is the earliest known recording of [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]] on [[Xfm]] following their return to the station after the [[Xfm#Takeover|Capital Group takeover]].
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[17 November 2001]] || align="center" | n/a || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 2
|-
|colspan="5"| Steve's animal trivia about birds with penises leads to an afternoon of euphemisms and double entendres, much to Karl's chagrin.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[24 November 2001]] || align="center" | n/a || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 3
|-
|colspan="5"| It's Stephen Merchant's birthday. Both he and Ricky are hung over after going out (separately) the previous night.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[01 December 2001]] || align="center" | n/a || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 4
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl: Well...like, when you're born, you're a little baby, you're wrinkly and stuff, when you get older you sort of morph into a baby again.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[08 December 2001]] || align="center" | n/a || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 5
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl talks about his mobile disco.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[15 December 2001]] || align="center" | n/a || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 6
|-
|colspan="5"| Features Ricky's song "Dont cry, it's Christmas" - also, Jonathan Ross stops by and whips out his famous member. Karl wants to know what gem the Pope wears, but then he loses the printoff and can't answer.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[22 December 2001]] || align="center" | n/a || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 7
|-
|colspan="5"| Ricky and Steve discuss Christmas presents and the Bionic Man.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[12 January 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 1'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 8
|-
|colspan="5"| Steve discusses the drawbacks of being 6´ 7´´ tall, and Karl reveals the origin of baguettes.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[19 January 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 2'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 9
|-
|colspan="5"| Steve and Ricky talk about driving incidents. Karl tells a story about ghosts he heard from a program called "Mr. Exorcist" involving a depressed budgie. Ricky invites the listeners to send in their questions for Karl.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[26 January 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 3'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 10
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl informs Ricky and Steve how much it costs to run the Tube escalators 20 hours a day.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[09 February 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 4'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 11
|-
|colspan="5"| Steve complains about people talking on phones in cinemas, but Karl gets the better of him.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[16 February 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 5'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 12
|-
|colspan="5"| Ricky talks about feng shui and tries to get Karl to say one of the gods (FUK)
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[23 February 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 6'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 13
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl reveals he never went to receive his GCSE results
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[02 March 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 7'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 14
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl receives his GCSE result, and talks about this classmates from school including his pet, Maggie the magpie.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[09 March 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 8'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 15
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl's homework: read all about Che Guevara; White Van Karl; Karl's brother; Karl in "Little Donkey"; Elephant woman.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[16 March 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 9'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 16
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl in Heat; Karl's homework: [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]; White Van Karl: Will Young, police protest, privacy laws; Attaching 6000 balloons to Karl.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[23 March 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 10'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 17
|-
|colspan="5"| Ricky wants to have Karl lifted up in the air by balloons. Ricky teaches Karl about fables.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[30 March 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 11'' || align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 18
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl's homework: Aesop's Fables. Ricky in trouble for coarse sexual innuendo.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[06 April 2002]] || align="center" | n/a|| align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 19
|-
|colspan="5"| Episode with the now famous, or infamous, White Van Karl links containing the "Horse in the House" story, Karl selling little snippings of flowers for charity, and the Sainsbury tins "that'll be interesting for Meatballs" finalé.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[13 April 2002]] || align="center" | n/a|| align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 20
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl's dad puts a [[Forrest Gump In A Wheelie Bin]].
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[20 April 2002]] || align="center" | n/a|| align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 21
|-
|colspan="5"| Karl does impressions; Karl beats Ricky at lateral puzzles and "goes a bit mental" over it.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[27 April 2002]] || align="center" | ''The Early Years Ep. 12''|| align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 22
|-
|colspan="5"| The boys return from the BAFTAs; they talk about urban myths.
|-
|colspan="6" height="5" bgcolor="#9999ff"| <!-- Putting in a nice space between episodes -->
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Xfm.gif|100px]] || [[04 May 2002]] || align="center" | n/a|| align="center"| [[Xfm Series 1]] || align="center"| 23
|-
|colspan="5"| Last episode in the series. Karl's Room 101
|}


'''Lonely Steve:''' Steve gets jealous when he overhears a tramp talking about his girlfriend. But things become more embittered when Steve asks about Karl's relationship and Karl gets defensive.
==External Links==
*[http://www.xfm.co.uk/sectional.asp?id=4159 Xfm's Ricky and Steve Minisite]


'''Schindler's Lifts:''' Ricky is impressed with the noise the microphone spring makes, while photographers for [[Xfm#X-Ray|X-Ray magazine]] take pictures in the studio. Steve sets a competition for tickets for [[The Fall]] at Kentish Town Forum tonight. Steve wonders if [[Schindler's Lifts]] has anything to do with Oscar Schindler.
{{Xfm Box}}


'''[[Christian O'Connell]] Breakfast Show Ad''': ''...Ben Elton appeared to have overdowsed on the arsehole tablets that morning.''
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'''Polaroids''': Ricky, Steve and Karl look at the photographer's test snaps and are forced to contemplate the reality of their looks. Ricky confesses he was mistaken for Johnny Vegas earlier. Ricky then wonders if [[Armitage Shanks]] should be investigated by the Monopoly and Mergers Commission.
 
'''Criticizing Steve:''' Ricky says he likes [[U2]]. Steve finishes The Fall tickets competition. Steve says Noel Edmonds is utterly doomed, while Ricky thinks he's going to make a big comeback... Ricky then wonders why the show has gone so bad. Steve says it's because him and Karl keep having a go at him., but Ricky says that he and Karl are simply trying to improve him.
 
'''I Love The First Hour:''' Ricky and Steve further lament the decline of the show since it began all those minutes ago. [[Hip-hop Hooray]]: ''Ice Cube - Today Was a Good Day''
 
'''Saturday Night Steve:''' Steve gets excited about later, when he will be drinking weak lager at home and will probably masterbate twice before going to bed alone.
 
==17 November 2001==
Stephen talks about [[Mystic Meg]], which bird has a penis leading onto a "cock" discussion, did you see that film last night, Gaylords Say No?, Children in Need, Ricky reviews Rain Man and Ricky asks Karl's views on The White Stripes version of "Jolene".
 
==24 November 2001==
'''Stephen Merchants birthday today'''. Ricky and Stephen both hungover. Karl having a dig with Stephen's birthday, ''You were 26 last week..". 
 
'''Steve's father gift giving''': The Wartime Speeches Of [[Winston Churchill]] given to Stephen on his birthday. A very attractive girl saw him listening to it with his father to his embrassment.
 
'''VH1 Greatest Albums of All Time'''. #1 Joshua Tree - [[U2]]. They feel comfortable with it being the Beatles or the Beach Boys, not with U2. [[Robbie Williams]] - a collection of words.
 
'''Steve gets in [[the Monarch]]''' for free and his mates a pound off for a discount for Xfm Djs. He also agreed that Ricky would DJ there.
 
'''Steve at a club''' stuck in a queue alone with a few ladies nearby. He grabbed the doorman and gave him 7 pounds for 10 pound entry fee as a tip. Stephen realizes when telling the anecdote that he was wrong and that it was a 5 pound entry fee.
 
'''"There's nobody else who looks like Steve"''' as Karl describes Steve.
 
'''Steve's visit to [[Salem]]'''. [[Christian O'Connell]] gets to giveaway a trip to Salem. Stephen mentions it being a poor trip. The whole place is full of people dressed as witches. Boris Karlof World of Terror, you walk in the door, put on some 3d glasses, and Stephen couldn't tell the difference between the glasses working or not. It took about 45 seconds to get through the maze. He always missed all the frights because he was at the back of the group and the man had already jumped out to scare people, but he was too far to see him.
 
'''Ricky's best present''': was a go-kart he got for Christmas. The go-kart was always back against the shed, but one day it was gone. He asked his mother and she tells him that his father swapped it for a wheel-barrow. His father swapped it from a bloke named Jimmy Dublin. The wheel-barrow was caked in cement like it was just nicked from a construction site. Ricky played with it up and down the garden. Ricky went to Bognar with his mom and his nan in a caravan. He met a little friend his age who hired a go-kart and he came around to Ricky's caravan. Ricky said he had a go-kart and his mother poked her head out of the caravan window and said, "Don't lie."
 
'''Karl blaming Steve''' for bringing down the show, because Stephen's attitude.
 
'''More presents from Stephen's father''': "The Making Of Thriller", which did not include the actual Thriller music video. Karl accusing Stephen of being ungrateful and selfish.
 
'''Listeners should email''' to get them off the air if they are not enjoying the show. They have seen the truth because they both full of alcohol.
 
'''[[Bruno Brookes]]''' once played the sweary version of Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name Of"
 
'''Karl looks like Moby.''' Ricky likes Moby, but cannot get into his music. Ricky likes the hair from the fella from Shed Seven.
 
'''[[Run for the Covers]]''': Spare Snare - "Say My Name"
 
'''[[Song for the Lovers]]''': Jimmy Webb - "Galveston"
 
'''[[Song For The Ladies]]''': Badly Drawn Boy - "Magic In The Air"
 
==01 December 2001==
==08 December 2001==
==15 December 2001==
==22 December 2001==
==12 January 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 1)==
==19 January 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 2)==
==26 January 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 3)==
==09 February 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 4)==
==16 February 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 5)==
==23 February 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 6)==
==02 March 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 7)==
==09 March 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 8)==
==16 March 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 9)==
==23 March 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 10)==
==30 March 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 11)==
==06 April 2002==   
==13 April 2002==
==20 April 2002==
==27 April 2002 (Xfm: Early Years Episode 12)==
==04 May 2002==

Latest revision as of 13:37, 2 August 2020

Xfm Series 1

Xfm Series 1 ran from September 2001 to May 2002 and marked the return of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to their former employers, Xfm following the Capital Group takeover in 1998. Earlier in the year Ricky and Steve had written and directed the first series of their sitcom The Office. It was broadcast in July 2001 to critical acclaim and the success of the sitcom was thought to have been a factor in Xfm's re-hiring of Ricky and Steve. Further evidence of their success could be seen in the fact that Xfm had given them a producer, unlike their old Xfm show which they had had to produce themselves. Their new producer was a laconic, round-headed Mancunian by the name of Karl Pilkington, who was originally an off-air producer. However, Ricky and Steve found his contributions hilarious and with their encouragement Karl got steadily more involved. The development of Ricky and Steve's relationship with Karl was apparent over the course of the series, and by the end Karl had become an essential part of the show.

Although the series began in September 2001, the earliest show in circulation is 10 November 2001. There are 23 shows from Xfm Series 1 in circulation and each show has an individual page detailing its contents. They can be accessed by clicking the 'Title' (date) of each show.

List of Episodes

Title Xfm Label Season #
10 November 2001 n/a Xfm Series 1 1
This show is the earliest known recording of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on Xfm following their return to the station after the Capital Group takeover.
17 November 2001 n/a Xfm Series 1 2
Steve's animal trivia about birds with penises leads to an afternoon of euphemisms and double entendres, much to Karl's chagrin.
24 November 2001 n/a Xfm Series 1 3
It's Stephen Merchant's birthday. Both he and Ricky are hung over after going out (separately) the previous night.
01 December 2001 n/a Xfm Series 1 4
Karl: Well...like, when you're born, you're a little baby, you're wrinkly and stuff, when you get older you sort of morph into a baby again.
08 December 2001 n/a Xfm Series 1 5
Karl talks about his mobile disco.
15 December 2001 n/a Xfm Series 1 6
Features Ricky's song "Dont cry, it's Christmas" - also, Jonathan Ross stops by and whips out his famous member. Karl wants to know what gem the Pope wears, but then he loses the printoff and can't answer.
22 December 2001 n/a Xfm Series 1 7
Ricky and Steve discuss Christmas presents and the Bionic Man.
12 January 2002 The Early Years Ep. 1 Xfm Series 1 8
Steve discusses the drawbacks of being 6´ 7´´ tall, and Karl reveals the origin of baguettes.
19 January 2002 The Early Years Ep. 2 Xfm Series 1 9
Steve and Ricky talk about driving incidents. Karl tells a story about ghosts he heard from a program called "Mr. Exorcist" involving a depressed budgie. Ricky invites the listeners to send in their questions for Karl.
26 January 2002 The Early Years Ep. 3 Xfm Series 1 10
Karl informs Ricky and Steve how much it costs to run the Tube escalators 20 hours a day.
09 February 2002 The Early Years Ep. 4 Xfm Series 1 11
Steve complains about people talking on phones in cinemas, but Karl gets the better of him.
16 February 2002 The Early Years Ep. 5 Xfm Series 1 12
Ricky talks about feng shui and tries to get Karl to say one of the gods (FUK)
23 February 2002 The Early Years Ep. 6 Xfm Series 1 13
Karl reveals he never went to receive his GCSE results
02 March 2002 The Early Years Ep. 7 Xfm Series 1 14
Karl receives his GCSE result, and talks about this classmates from school including his pet, Maggie the magpie.
09 March 2002 The Early Years Ep. 8 Xfm Series 1 15
Karl's homework: read all about Che Guevara; White Van Karl; Karl's brother; Karl in "Little Donkey"; Elephant woman.
16 March 2002 The Early Years Ep. 9 Xfm Series 1 16
Karl in Heat; Karl's homework: Hitler; White Van Karl: Will Young, police protest, privacy laws; Attaching 6000 balloons to Karl.
23 March 2002 The Early Years Ep. 10 Xfm Series 1 17
Ricky wants to have Karl lifted up in the air by balloons. Ricky teaches Karl about fables.
30 March 2002 The Early Years Ep. 11 Xfm Series 1 18
Karl's homework: Aesop's Fables. Ricky in trouble for coarse sexual innuendo.
06 April 2002 n/a Xfm Series 1 19
Episode with the now famous, or infamous, White Van Karl links containing the "Horse in the House" story, Karl selling little snippings of flowers for charity, and the Sainsbury tins "that'll be interesting for Meatballs" finalé.
13 April 2002 n/a Xfm Series 1 20
Karl's dad puts a Forrest Gump In A Wheelie Bin.
20 April 2002 n/a Xfm Series 1 21
Karl does impressions; Karl beats Ricky at lateral puzzles and "goes a bit mental" over it.
27 April 2002 The Early Years Ep. 12 Xfm Series 1 22
The boys return from the BAFTAs; they talk about urban myths.
04 May 2002 n/a Xfm Series 1 23
Last episode in the series. Karl's Room 101

External Links

Series 0   |   Series 1   |   Series 2   |   Series 3   |   Series 4
Presenters Ricky Gervais | Stephen Merchant | Karl Pilkington
Others Claire Sturgess | Ian Camfield | Simon Pegg | Nick Frost
Features Monkey News | Rockbusters | Song For The Ladies | Song For The Lovers
Hip-Hop Hooray | Cheap as Chimps | White Van Karl | Songs of Phrase
Cheeky Freak of the Week | Do We Need 'Em? | More...
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