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10 unusual facts about Karl Pilkington


Ashton upon Mersey

Karl Pilkington, the famous; author, radio and TV personality attended this school for many years.

Claire Sturgess

As well as hosting her own evening show, She filled in for Karl Pilkington on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's Xfm radio show while Karl was away on holiday or ill.

Come Back Around

The track appeared at #103 on XFM's all-time list "The X-List" in 2003, being very popular with comedians Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington & Stephen Merchant during their time at the station and alongside its video was #35 on MTV2's top 100 videos of 2002.

Heinz Wolff

In 2007 Wolff made a guest appearance on Channel 4's Comedy Lab episode "Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool", where he is seen explaining to Pilkington the sudden rise of intelligence in Homo sapiens.

Hippo eats dwarf

Karl Pilkington, of The Ricky Gervais Show, once told the story in a segment called "Educating Ricky" in which Karl believed the story to be true.

Monkey World

Karl Pilkington made a visit to Monkey World which was mentioned on his and Ricky Gervais' radio show on XFM.

Ninde language

In an episode of the British television programme An Idiot Abroad, Karl Pilkington meets the son of the chief, who comments upon the Ninde language.

Prince Philip Movement

In 2011 the people of Yaohnanen village featured in an episode of the second series of An Idiot Abroad with Karl Pilkington.

Room 101

In The Ricky Gervais Show, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant play a game called "Room 102," based on the concept of "Room 101," in which Karl Pilkington has to decide what things he dislikes enough to put in Room 102.

The one million masterpiece

Celebrity contributors include Peaches Geldof, electric violinist Linzi Stoppard, playwright Tom Stoppard, doctor and health commentator Miriam Stoppard, Frankie Goes to Hollywood frontman and artist Holly Johnson, cult comedy icon Karl Pilkington, businessman and socialite Sebastien Sainsbury and Supremes band member Susaye Greene.


Stranger on the Shore

It was also played by Karl Pilkington on his phone while riding a camel across the desert and on his MP3 player when he is buried alive in Russia on an episode of An Idiot Abroad.