An Idiot Abroad
British television travel documentary series (2010–2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with The Innocents Abroad.
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary comedy television series broadcast on Sky One, as well as a series of companion books published by Canongate Books,[1] created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington.[2] The ongoing theme of both the television series and the books is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel, so Merchant and Gervais make him travel while they stay in the United Kingdom and monitor his progress.[2][3]
Quick Facts An Idiot Abroad, Also known as ...
An Idiot Abroad | |
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Also known as | An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List An Idiot Abroad 3: The Short Way Round |
Genre | Travel documentary Comedy Adventure |
Directed by | Richard Yee Krishnendu Majumdar Jamie Jay Johnson Benjamin Green Luke Campbell |
Starring | Karl Pilkington Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant (series 1 and 2) Warwick Davis (series 3) |
Theme music composer | Vik Sharma |
Opening theme | "Seven Wonders" |
Ending theme | "The Wrestler" |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant Richard Yee Krishnendu Majumdar Dan Goldsack |
Producers | Richard Yee Krishnendu Majumdar Luke Campbell |
Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production companies | Mentorn Media (Series 1) RiSK (Series 2–3) Me & You Productions (Series 3) |
Original release | |
Network | Sky One |
Release | 23 September 2010 (2010-09-23) – 14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) |
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