News

April 2007

Tuesday 17 April

• Taxi for Mr Merchant Steve's Radio 4 tribute to American sitcom Taxi. Stream it from here.

January 2007

Tuesday 30 January

• 60 Second Interview Ricky discusses animal welfare and more with The Metro.

December 2006

Tuesday 12 December

• Extras Series 3? The forum's buzzing with speculations that there will be a third series of Extras, and that everyone's favorite Nazi Arnold Schwarzenegger is due to guest star. Discuss it on our forum.

• Ricky on Radio 2 Ricky Gervais felt a little jealous, so he too appeared on Steve Wright in the Afternoon. Download here, talk about it here.

Thursday 07 December

• Steve on Radio 2 Stephen Merchant was a guest on Steve Wright's radio show, today at 14:00 GMT. Download it here, talk about it here.

Monday 04 December

• Karl Gets Cultural A new animation, or "Podtoon", was premiered on Saturday's The Culture Show. Karl was also interviewed by his old Xfm colleague Lauren Laverne. Download it here, talk about it here.

Friday 01 December

• David Brent Meets Nigel Tufnell Ricky continues his occasional series of interviews with comedian, writer, director and aristocrat Christopher Guest. The show goes out on Christmas Day on Channel 4. Talk about it here.

• Back in 'The Office' Last night's episode of The Office (US) had its creators Ricky and Steve on script duty. Called 'The Convict', it saw Michael Scott getting in knots about a black employee with a criminal record. See what everyone thought about it, here.

November 2006

Thursday 30 November

• Radio Smerch On 14 January 2007 Steve will be hosting a new radio show on BBC 6Music. It will run every Sunday, 3 to 5pm. Steve says, "it will be all about the music but obviously if things are not working, I'll just stick on C'mon Eileen." More info here, talk about it here.

Sunday 26 November

• It was the best of The Times... The K Man is in The Sunday Times magazine with a sentimental interview about his childhood. Read it here, See a scan of it here, and talk about it here.

Friday 24 November

• Happy Birthday Steve It's Steve's 32nd birthday today. I hope he got something better than £1 off club admission and The Wartime Speeches of Winston Churchill. "Never forget, son." Leave your belated birthday wishes here.

Thursday 23 November

• The Podfather, Part 2 - Out Now The second of the three free podcasts is out today. Get it from here. See what everyone thinks about it on the forums. (Thurs 23 Oct 2006)

• Karl's Cartoon Culture On Sat 2 December 2006, BBC 2's The Culture Show will feature "brand-new animation from the mischievous world of Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant." More info here, talk about it here. (Thurs 23 Nov 2006)

Saturday 18 November

• Steve Cameos in new 24 Smerch has got a cameo in the new series of 24, which starts in January in the US. Ricky's cameo was cut because he's too recognisable. Read about it here, talk about it here. (Sat 18 Nov 2006)

Monday 06 November

• Ricky on The Paul O'Grady Show The Chubby Funster will be flogging more Flanimals and podcasts when he meets everyone's favourite former showbiz tranny at 5pm, Friday 10 Nov on Channel 4. (Mon 06 Nov 2006)

Sunday 05 November

• Stephen Merchant Interview All eyes are on our goggle-eyed freak in today's Observer magazine. An interesting interview, it captures 6'7" Steve at the height of his fame. Read it here

Tuesday 01 November

• Pilkington on PSP Adverts The K Man can currently be heard doing voice overs on adverts for the PSP. Download the ads here and for more info go here

October 2006

Tuesday 31 October

• The Podfather, Part 1 - Out Now The first episode of The Podfather Trilogy is out today. Get it free from here. See what everyone thinks about it on the forums.

Monday 23 October

• Three Free Podcasts! As a 'thank you' to everyone who's supported the first three series of podcasts, Ricky, Steve and Karl are doing three special podcasts; 31 October (Halloween), 23 November (Thanksgiving) and 25 December (Christmas). They'll be available from the Guardian website at this link nearer the time.

Sunday 22 October

• Stephen Merchant: Playa, respect. If you thought that after acting alongside Robert De Niro Smerch's week couldn't get any better, think again. Playboy model Carla Brown, 23 from Leamington Spa, says he's the star she would most like to have sex with. And all it took was for him to flash his batty on primetime BBC 2. Again, Playa, respect. Watch Carla talk about Steve here

Saturday 21 October

• Pilkipedia in The Guardian (again) On pg. 31 of The Guide supplement, the 'Internet' page, it says "If you enjoyed Karl Pilkington's bestseller, don't miss pilkipedia.co.uk"

Thursday 19 October

• The End of Extras With Ricky and Steve saying they won't be writing a new series, now's the time to judge it. Go to the forum and speak your brains.

Thursday 05 October

• Courting The Press With hours before the 4th episode of Extras, Ricky and Steve have been running around London trying to hock their wares. Ricky's been on This Morning and BBC News 24, and Steve's talked to Danny Baker on BBC London.

September 2006

The US Cover

Tuesday 26 September

• Smerch on MTV Watch Stephen Merchant's appearence on Russell Brand's chatshow 1 Leicester Square Here.

Saturday 23 September

• Happy Birthday Karl The K Man turns 34 today. You can leave you birthday wishes Here

Monday 18 September

• The World of Karl Pilkington Karl's book is released in the UK today. It's got transcripts from the The Ricky Gervais Show podcast, stories from Karl's childhood, and all illstrations are done by The K Man. Buy it from Amazon.co.uk for less than a fiver.

Wednesday 13 September

• Telegraph Publish Pilkington Book Excerpts On 17th September the Sunday Torygraph will have exclusive extracts from The World of Karl Pilkington, and a competition to win original K Man drawings.

August 2006

Wossy vs Wicky: Coming Soon

Tuesday 29 August

• Ricky on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. Celebrity bumchums Ricky Gervais and Jonathan Ross will be swapping insults, and maybe animals on BBC1 at 10:35pm on Friday 8th September.

Monday 28 August

• The Office (US) Wins Emmy The American version of The Office scooped 'Outstanding Comedy Series' at last night's Emmy awards, beating competition from Arrested Development, Scrubs, Two and a Half Men and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Watch it YouTube .

Tuesday 22 August

• New Podcasts On Sale Today The third series of The Ricky Gervais Show podcast is on sale now. Highlights include Karl talking about a bee having a heart attack. The show is available from Audible.co.uk and iTunes.

Saturday 19 August

• Pilkipedia: Gervais' Favourite Website. In anticipation of Podcast Series 3, Ricky Gervais is interviewed in today's The Guardian. Despite mentioning his work with David Bowie on Extras, getting emails from Ben Stiller and acting with Robert De Niro, Gervais mostly talks about Karl Pilkington. "At one point he breaks from the interview to consult his favourite website, Pilkipedia".

Read the article here.

Saturday 19 August

• The Podcast Returns. The third series of The Ricky Gervais Show podcast starts on Monday 21 August 2006. As with the second series, it will be available through Audible.co.uk and iTunes.

Saturday 19 August

• Extras: Series 2 has finally got a broadcast date. The star-stuffed sitcom starts on Thursday 14 September on BBC 2 and sees comedy giant Stephen Merchant reprise his role as incompetant agent Darren Lamb. Go Stevesie!

2007

Video Posted: Steve on Blockbusters
16 September 2007
It's fairly common knowledge that Merchant once appeared as a guest on Blockbusters, but no footage had been available until now. Posted on YouTube by one of his co-competitors is the show itself, with everyone's favourite goggle-eyed freak about 10 years ago. Check it out on Youtube and scream with the forum about it here.

Merchant Gets GQ Gong
06 September 2007
Steve Merchant triumphed at the annual GQ awards, bringing home the award for "Best Comedian" which was won last year by friend and colleague Ricky Gervais, and by Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams in 2005. The award comes on the back on Merchant's 6music run and infrequent stand-up appearances. For confirmation of his win, go here. Congratulations Smerch.

Merchant Gets Revenge
06 September 2007
Steve Merchant stunned the audience at the GQ Awards (more above) when he kept Elton John waiting on stage while the Office co-writer finished his dessert and sipped his drink. This comes as revenge for the Princess Diana concert, in which John complaining of "technical difficulties" and left Merchant's colleague Ricky Gervais alone on stage for a full 15 mins. Merchant received some cheers and some boos for his actions, which John's spokesperson insisted were "tongue in cheek". Merchant defended his actions by claiming John was "not the f****** Queen". Discuss Smerch's rock and roll antics on the forum.

New Free Podcast Available
05 September 2007
A new full-length podcast featuring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington has been made vailable. Originally, only audience members of Gervais' London shows of his stand-up show Fame were able to get the free podcast, but it was uploaded on our forum completely legally. The podcast features Karl giving his highlight of the year, a film idea, and a taster of his new book Happy Slapped By A Jellyfish.

The Extras Christmas Special
29 October 2007
Is to be released in the United States first. HBO has announced that the feature-length series finale will premiere at 9pm on Sunday 16 December. UK release date not yet announced. What are your thoughts? Share them on the forum.

Happy Birthday Karl!
23 September 2007
The K-Man turns 35 years old today! On behalf of Pilkipedia, we wish Karl Pilkington a very happy birthday and an extra-big slice of Madeira cake (have some water with it!) If you want to share your sentiments, you can do so on the forum here.

Ricky Wins Another Emmy
17 September 2007
Congratulations are in order to Mr Gervais himself for picking up the Best Comedy Actor Emmy! Ricky beat Alec Baldwin, Tony Shalhoub, Charlie Sheen, and fellow Office star Steve Carell with this award. Way to go Ricky! Share your congrats here or download the video of his hilarious award announcement here. Congrats also to Greg Daniels for his Emmy for Best Writer in a Comedy Series for the US version of The Office!

Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
22 October 2007
Tonight sees Karl's long-awaited TV show, Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool broadcast on Channel 4 at 11.05pm. This light-hearted documentary has Karl tackling epistemology and interviewing Germaine Greer, Will Self and David Icke about the value of knowledge. Watch the trailer: here, talk about it on the forum.

Available in all good bookshops (and on the telly)
20 October 2007
Karl's new book Happyslapped by a Jellyfish is out now in the UK (buy it here) and the forum is awash with opinion about the book here. Meanwhile, Karl's appearance on The Culture Show seems he's not comfortable with his exploits into the literary world -watch it here, and see what the forum thought about the show here.