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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
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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
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|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 -->
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| 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 -->
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|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<br/>
"Better than last week - no it wasn't"/50 Most Eligible Batchelors/"Steve Merchant wants a wife"<br/>
TV supplements come out too early/"My gran sounded like a squeezebox"/"We're talking rubbish"<br/>
That Film Sounds Good: Bobby Womack - "Across 110th Street"<br/>
Ricky goes boxing and was training to the Rocky soundtrack<br/>
"I hated U2 for about 15 years"<br/>
Ricky's Film Review: "My Left Foot"<br/>
 
[[01_December_2001/Transcript|Full Transcript of show]]
 
==[[08 December 2001]]==
 
"Some great records..."<br/>
"...sounds like a novelty record..."/MC Hammer used to keep a lot of bibles in his<br/>
trousers/Pilkington is a funny name<br/>
Karl had a mobile disco with Glen Makin: "Pilkie's Makin music"/Steve's stint as the Rock'n'Roll DJs/songs Ricky had to play/<br/>
Coldplay - "Yellow"<br/>
Win tickets for K-Fest<br/>
De La Soul - "Watch Out"<br/>
Steve's dad heard Steve slagging off his birthday present/Ricky once told a story about how he used to piss in the sink of the bedsit he had with his girlfriend "I used to lift the dishes - it was quite hygenic" and his girlfriend's mum was listening <br/>
Oasis - "Don't Look Back In Anger"<br/>
"Have you ever wet the bed?" Ricky stayed at his girlfriend's parent's house and got so drunk he collapsed on the floor and amused himself trying to trip people over... and pissed on her while she was in bed<br/>
Hip-hop Hooray: Mad Skillz - ""<br/>
Gorillaz - "Rok Da House"<br/>
Ricky once thought a used condom was a discarded snakeskin and tried to torment his sister with it/Steve's mate tried to give a bird the kiss of life/Ricky killed a fish with a bow and arrow/Karl had a pet magpie called "Maggie": "...it flew around and it would come to me all the time, then it started pecking me head..." <br/>
Wu Tang Clan - "Gravel Pit"<br/>
Steve was working at the BBC, driving a hire car, ferrying actors around, a white van came into the garage while he was filling up and was offered "a couple of speakers"<br/>
Song For The Lovers: Neil Young - "Man Needs A Maid"<br/>
Ricky's Film Review: "Schindler's List", "Lord Of The Rings"<br/>
Eels - ""<br/>
Muse - "Feeling Good" <br/>
"That was a load of shit, sorry about that..."/"What's the difference between Muse and Radiohead - phone in..."/Steve saw The White Stripes this week - "best band I've seen since a little band I saw called Oasis for a fiver at Coventry Poly"<br/>
Feeder - "Just A Day"<br/>
"I don't want to ever play "Feeling Good" again, or Kosheen," or Basement Jaxx. "Carter have sent me some chocolates..." "Anything there from the Senseless Things?"<br/>
Radiohead - "Just"<br/>
"Let's go and kiss and touch Karl"<br/>
 
==[[15 December 2001]]==
The Strokes - "Last Night"<br/>
Good prizes this week: trivia quiz<br/>
Coldplay - "Yellow"<br/>
"Phone in and pitch a question to us two..."<br/>
Garbage - "Cheery Lips"<br/>
"Who was the first James Bond?": Bob Holness<br/>
Fun Loving Criminal - "Scooby Snacks"<br/>
"Which food kind of doesn't make you fat?" Celery<br/>
- ""<br/>
"Bit too like Portishead..."<br/>
"The Pope wears a semi-precious stone - what is the stone?"<br/>
Basement Jaxx - "Where's Your Head At?"<br/>
"Jonathan Ross just got his massive member out..." "'Hip-Hop Hooray'? That's the worst feature on radio!"<br/>
Eminem - "Will The Real Slim Shady"<br/>
U2 - "Beautiful Day"<br/>
"When did you suddenly become the daddy?" "Am-thurst"/"What's the most expensive pub in London?" The Punch And Judy, Covent Garden "I'll tell you who's bringing us down, it's him! He was just hear to press buttons, we let him on the radio because he's funny and we like him..."
Rolling Stones - "Monkey Man"<br/>
xfm have given everyone gift vouchers<br/>
Sum 41 - "In Too Deep"<br/>
Song For The Lovers - Bob Dylan "If You Say Her Say Hello": "The last song I ever played on the old XFM"<br/>
The winner of the quiz is playing golf<br/>
Stereophonics - "Step On My Old Size Nines"<br/>
Ricky's made a Christmas single<br/>
Ricky Gervais - "Don't Cry, It's Christmas"<br/>
Ash - "There's A Star"<br/>
Ricky on politics<br/>
Hip-Hop Hooray: Digital Underground - "Same Song"<br/>
Super Furry Animals - "It's Not The End Of The World"<br/>
Karl is going on holiday to Barbados/touching Karl<br/>
Tim Buckley - "Buzzing Fly"<br/>
 
==[[22 December 2001]]==
The English Comedy Awards<br/>
New Order - "Crystal"<br/>
Gags about Claire being on smack<br/>
Ricky is making the tea and not ready<br/>
Paul Weller - "Changing Man"<br/>
The tea is awful - "I resent having to make tea" "Well don't teach me a lesson!"/last year for Christmas Ricky bought his family 200 quid's worth of scratchcards from the 7-11 opposite him<br/>
Mercury Rev - "The Dark Is Rising"<br/>
Ricky never used to buy gifts/Steve wanted Scalextric and played it to prove to his mum he wasn't bored (which he was)<br/>
U2 - "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"<br/>
Oasis - "Live Forever"<br/>
Hip-hop Hooray: Princess Superstar - "Bad Babysitter"<br/>
Ricky's microscope/Steve tried to buy a watch on Oxford Street<br/>
Ten Benson - "Black Snow"<br/>
Steve Taylor from The Knowledge comes in - "He looks like a tennis ball"<br/>
The Hives - "Main Offender"<br/>
The Year Of The Geeks: Nu-metal, Harry Potter<br/>
Stereophonics - "Handbags And Gladrags"<br/>
"We didn't use that version - cost a fortune... We had to re-record it"/Chris Rea made a film with Shirley Bassey in it/"Why doesn't Paul McCartney spend some of his money on building his missus a bionic leg?"/The Six Million DOllar Man was flawed/Steve's not playing any cover versions in the New Year, Ricky's not doing any film reviews - "all new features"
Under The Covers: Kings Of Convenience - "Once Around The Block"<br/>
PJ Harvey - ""<br/>
Christmas dinner at Steve's parents'/Steve's grandparents, their teeth and overcooked meat<br/>
Travis - "Driftwood"<br/>
Denis Norden<br/>
White Stripes - "Fell In Love With A Girl"<br/>
Pogues - "Fairytale Of New York"<br/>
Claire is working on Christmas Day<br/>
A Song For The Ladies: Nick Cave - "Love Letter"<br/>
We'll be back on the 12th (January)<br/>
Joni Mitchell - "The River"<br/>
"Don't take anything we say too seriously..!"<br/>
 
==[[12 January 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 1)''
Some early mockery of Stephen Merchant's freakish height and the first signs of Karl Pilkington's emergence as a major comedic force.
 
==[[19 January 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 2)''
The Team are dismayed at their frequent lack of professionalism and Stephen relives an unhappy childhood memory.
 
==[[26 January 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 3)''
Karl is in a thoughtful mood, holding forth on death, culture clash and the running costs incurred by London Underground.
 
==[[09 February 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 4)''
Ricky & Stephen uncover some revealing facts about Karl - he rarely went to school and was once kicked in the head by a horse.
 
==[[16 February 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 5)''
Stephen reveals a foolproof method for divining bands' potential via their names and Karl offers his insights into the great mysteries of the universe.
 
==[[23 February 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 6)''
he studio is visited by charity toffs and Karl complains that the show is adversely affecting his relationship with his girlfriend.
 
==[[02 March 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 7)''
Ricky and Stephen present Karl with his GCSE results, undiscovered for some 15 years. This prompts an intense scrutiny of Karl's schooldays.
 
==[[09 March 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 8)''
Yet more bizarre revelations from Karl's past, a toiletry anecdote from Stephen and Ricky analyses behavioural patterns in the military.
 
==[[16 March 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 9)''
Karl learns all about Hitler and Ricky and Stephen hatch a plot to fly him like a kite using 6,000 helium balloons.
 
==[[23 March 2002]]==
''(Xfm: Early Years Episode 10)''
Laundry tips, haunted houses, predictions for 2050, a trip round Kellogg's, the truth about Winston Churchill and classic fables.
 
==[[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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