TV series
An Idiot Abroad
Overview
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1 and Science, as well as spin-off books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. 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.
Details
- First air date
- 2010-09-23
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 3 seasons
- Episodes
- 19 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Documentary
- Network
- Sky One
- Production
- Sky, Me + You Productions, RiSK Productions, Sky One Productions
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Karl Pilkington as Self
- Ricky Gervais as Self
- Stephen Merchant as Self
- Warwick Davis as Self
- Chas Hodges as Self
- Dave Peacock as Self
Creators and crew
- Ricky Gervais - Creator
- Richard Yee - Executive Producer
- Richard Yee - Producer
- Ricky Gervais - Producer
- Stephen Merchant - Producer
- Luke Campbell - Director
Seasons
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