An Idiot Abroad
2010•TV-MA•3 Seasons•19 Episodes•7.7•Ended
ComedyDocumentary
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.
Creator
Ricky Gervais
Network
Sky One
Origin
GB
Cast
Karl Pilkington
Self
Ricky Gervais
Self
Warwick Davis
Self
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