Karl Pilkington is an English television personality, social commentator, actor, author, and radio producer. He was a key figure in the podcasting phenomenon The Ricky Gervais Show. Pilkington also hosted the comedy podcast RSK XFM Remastered and a late-night show on a Manchester radio station. Pilkington has produced the TV series The Ricky Gervais Show, which ran from 2010 to 2012. He has also appeared in the series An Idiot Abroad, The Moaning of Life, and Sick of It alongside Marama Corlett and Sondra James.