News

September 2006

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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!