About Karl Pilkington
Karl Pilkington is an English presenter, actor and author. After working with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as producer on their Xfm radio show, Pilkington became a co-host of The Ricky Gervais Show due to unique and unorthodox opinions and views he often expressed, and Gervais's and Merchant's fascination with them. Pilkington created many features for the broadcasts, including Monkey News, Rockbusters, Educating Ricky and many others. He also co-created, co-wrote, and starred in the comedy series Sick of It, commissioned and broadcast by Sky One. In June 2011, he won the Best Presenter award for An Idiot Abroad at the Factual Entertainment Awards.
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