| The Ricky Gervais Show | |
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| Genre | Cartoon Comedy Podcast |
| Created by | Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant Karl Pilkington |
| Directed by | Craig Kellman (season 1) Dan Fraga (seasons 2–3) |
| Voices of | Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant Karl Pilkington |
| Composer | Glyn Hughes |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant Karl Pilkington Glyn Hughes Bob Higgins Lisa Ullmann Steve Patrick (seasons 2–3) |
| Producers | Michelle Papandrew (season 1) Michelle Wilson (season 2) Pamela Arseneau (season 3) |
| Editors | Damon P. Yoches (season 1) Mattaniah Adams (seasons 2–3) |
| Running time | 22–25 minutes |
| Production companies | WildBrain Entertainment Media Rights Capital HBO Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO (United States) Channel 4/E4 (United Kingdom) |
| Release | 19 February 2010 – 13 July 2012 |
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The Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy animated series produced for and broadcast by HBO and Channel 4.[1] The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcasts and audiobooks of the same name, which feature Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant (creators of The Office and Extras) along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington, talking about various subjects behind the microphone. The TV series consists of past audio recordings of these unscripted "pointless conversations," with animation drawn in a style similar to classic era Hanna-Barbera cartoons,[2][3] presenting jokes and situations in a literal context.
The animated Ricky Gervais Show aired 39 episodes across three seasons starting in 2010. There were some plans for a possible fourth season which would have used newly recorded audio,[4][5][6] but this was shelved in June 2012.[7] Series 3 of The Ricky Gervais Show premiered on 20 April 2012 on HBO, and on 8 May 2012 on E4.[8][9]
- ^ "The Ricky Gervais Show". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Brooks, Xan (12 July 2010). "The Ricky Gervais show: 'Here we go again, flogging something'". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ Desowitz, Bill (23 March 2010). "Ricky Gervais Gets Animated". Animation World Network. Retrieved 26 March 2011. Page 2 Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eames, Tom (10 April 2012). "'Ricky Gervais Show' returning to E4 in May, to include new audio". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "The Ricky Gervais Show gets a third series". The British Comedy Guide. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "HBO Renews Animated Comedy Series 'The Ricky Gervais Show' for Third Season" (Press release). HBO. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ Glanfield, Tim (15 June 2012). "The Ricky Gervais Show, An Idiot Abroad and Life's Too Short to end". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Gervais, Ricky. "Blog!". RickyGervais.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "The Ricky Gervais Show". Channel 4. Retrieved 19 November 2013.