Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington (born 1972 in Sale, Cheshire) is an English presenter, actor and author who began in radio production. After moving to London he worked as a producer at Xfm, rising to head of production, and there produced the radio show of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Invited to make cameo appearances, he became a co-host of The Ricky Gervais Show, and its podcasts brought him wide fame through his idiosyncratic opinions and segments such as Monkey News and Rockbusters. He went on to present the Sky travel comedy series An Idiot Abroad from 2010 and its followup The Moaning of Life, made his acting debut in Gervais's comedy-drama Derek in 2012, and co-created, co-wrote and starred in the Sky One sitcom Sick of It. In June 2011 he won the Best Presenter award for An Idiot Abroad at the Factual Entertainment Awards.