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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]]==
10 November 2001 is the earliest known recording of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on Xfm following their return to the station after the Capital Group takeover. The recording is incomplete, accounting for just 20 minutes of the 2 hour show. The series began several weeks before this episode, with some remembering the 06 October 2001 episode because producer Karl Pilkington forgot to turn the microphones on.


[[10_November_2001/Transcript|Full transcript of show]]
[[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.


==[[17 November 2001]]==
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.
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".


[[17_November_2001/Transcript|Partial transcript of show]]
==List of Episodes==
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!! width="300" style="background:#efefef"|Title
!! width="150" style="background:#efefef"|[[Xfm Labels|Xfm Label]]
!! width="100" style="background:#efefef"|Season
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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
|}


==[[24 November 2001]]==
==External Links==
It's Steve's birthday, and he's hung-over, after a night out when he managed to get some of his mates in to a club "for a pound off". Steve tells of inappropriate past gifts from his father.
*[http://www.xfm.co.uk/sectional.asp?id=4159 Xfm's Ricky and Steve Minisite]


[[24_November_2001/Transcript|Full transcript of show]]
{{Xfm Box}}


==[[01 December 2001]]==
[[Category:Series]]
 
Too many good tunes, new feature: that film sounds good
"Better than last week - no it wasn't"/50 Most Eligible Batchelors/"Steve Merchant wants a wife"
TV supplements come out too early/"My gran sounded like a squeezebox"/"We're talking rubbish"
That Film Sounds Good: Bobby Womack - "Across 110th Street"
Ricky goes boxing and was training to the Rocky soundtrack
"I hated U2 for about 15 years"
Ricky's Film Review: "My Left Foot"
 
[[01_December_2001/Transcript|Full Transcript of show]]
 
==[[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...