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The Ricky Gervais Show
Hosted by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington · EN
For years, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington entertained listeners with their nonsense on XFM. In 2005, they launched a podcast with The Guardian, delivering five series of absurdity over three years and over 300 million downloads by 2011. Join the famously ridiculous trio every Thursday as they discuss everything from horses in houses, paper rounds, and fat babies to Karl’s diary, poetry, Aunty Nora, man moths, hairy Chinese kids, and of course, monkey news.
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S01 E11 - Cheap Doctors
Feb 13, 202500:33:22Tap to summarizeThis week, conversations about school education, dishwashers on spacecraft, Karl’s fight with a seven year old, moving planets, doppelgängers, and monkey opticians. Warning: prolonged exposure to Karl’s “thoughts” may result in severe loss of IQ points. 13th February 2006
Transcribe →S01 E10 - Mr. Dilkington’s Freeze Pop
Feb 6, 202500:27:54Tap to summarizeIn this episode, time travel, adult diapers, cat mops, body popping, ugly ghosts, and horse racing gangsters. By this point, you’re either addicted or too numb to notice how terrible this really is. 6th February 2006
Transcribe →S01 E09 - I Nearly Killed A Man
Jan 30, 202500:31:08Tap to summarizeOn this weeks instalment, Karl chooses between Ricky and Steve, more extracts from Karl’s diary, and chats about chucking rocks off cliffs, Karl meeting Suzanne, and a mile high monkey news. If you’ve stuck around this long, we can only assume you’ve got nothing better to do. 30th January 2006
Transcribe →S01 E08 - Karl's Diary
Jan 23, 202500:35:08Tap to summarizeThis week The Ricky Gervais Show sees a new feature, Karl’s Diary. Ricky almost bursts as Steve reads extracts from Karl’s experience of his holiday in Gran Canaria, and the lads chat about Guinness World Records, nicknames, and CB radios. Since this episode, Karl’s diary has reportedly been taken to a secure hospital to be reviewed by specialists. 23rd January 2006
Transcribe →S01 E07 - Cogito, Ergo Sum
Jan 16, 202500:30:52Tap to summarizeOn this episode, the boys chat about opposable thumbs, washing up, more famous quotes, paper rounds, and Karl’s concerns about prostate exams. If anyone knows a psychiatrist, please point them in the direction of Mr. Pilkington. Cheers. 16th January 2006
Transcribe →S01 E06 - People In Glass Houses
Jan 9, 202500:32:30Tap to summarizeThis week, Steve ridicules Karl, Ricky ridicules Karl and Karl ridicules Steve. The boys then discuss the definition of analogy and metaphor, chicken rearing, and a star studded monkey news. Halfway through series 1 now everyone. Don’t give up now you’ve come this far. 9th January 2006
Transcribe →S01 E05 - The Papa People
Jan 2, 202500:40:42Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Ricky, Steve and Karl discuss bum tubes, and Papa New Guinea’s unexplored regions. Paul Parker survives the new year, Ricky and Karl go antique shopping, and Karl warns of dolphins with weapons. I am once again sorry to the entire internet. 2nd January 2006
Transcribe →S01 E04 - The Loneliest Man Ever
Dec 26, 202400:36:20Tap to summarizeIn this weeks instalment of The Ricky Gervais Show, the boys discuss Christmas goats, Virgin Galactic space flights, Karl getting a superpower, famous quotes from history, homeless Chinese fellas, and Karl hosts another offering of monkey news. If you feel like you’ve lost brain cells listening to this episode, do feel free to get in touch. 26th December 2005
Transcribe →S01 E03 - Monkey Feels A Right Tit
Dec 19, 202400:31:28Tap to summarizeOn this weeks episode, chimp sanctuaries, I’m a Celebrity: Get Me out of Here, monkey retirement homes, wasps chatting with spiders, and humans ageing backwards. If you’re still with us, don’t worry, the worst is yet to come… 19th December 2005
Transcribe →S01 E02 - Plonkticus
Dec 12, 202400:32:40Tap to summarizeThis week, Ricky, Steve and Karl talk Cambodian midget fighting, avoiding deceptive charities, Serbian sex machines, Johnathan Ross’s penis, and chimps going to the shops. It’s all like this by the way so get out now while you still can! 12th December 2005
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