If you know the Ricky Gervais Show (either as an animated HBO series or in its original podcast form), then you are already familiar with Gervais’ delightfully round-headed co-host Karl Pilkington. And if you know Karl, I hope you have also discovered the Sky1 show that Gervais and Merchant created for him called “An Idiot Abroad”. In the show, Gervais and Merchant send Pilkington to places around the world that most of us would love to see, but which the distinctly unadventurous Pilkington has no desire to visit. In season one, he muddled along through a tour of the New Seven Wonders of the World. The show was picked up here for the first season by the Science Channel and was an unbounded joy for loyal American Pilkington fans.
Sky1 recently released the trailer for a second season and it looks equally promising. Apparently entitled “An Idiot Abroad: The Bucket List”, Sky1 plans to launch it soon, possibly as early as next month. Here’s hoping that it will be available stateside soon.