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An Idiot Abroad(2010)
78%
250 Votes
Overview
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.
Type: Documentary
Status: Ended
Languages: English
Countries:
United Kingdom
Networks:
Created By:
Production Companies:
RiSK Productions
Sky One Productions
Top 3 Billed Cast
Karl Pilkington
Self
Ricky Gervais
Self
Warwick Davis
Self
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