Karl Pilkington
Karl Pilkington | |
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 Pilkington in 2008 | |
| Born | 23 September 1972 Sale, Greater Manchester, England |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Partner | Suzanne |
| Website | karlpilkington |
Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English presenter, producer, author and actor.
Growing up on an estate in Manchester, Pilkington gained fame after working with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as producer on their XFM radio show. He presented the Sky travel comedy series An Idiot Abroad and the Sky 1 travel comedy series The Moaning of Life. He made his acting debut in Gervais' comedy-drama series Derek and co-founded the television production company RiSK Productions alongside Gervais and Merchant. He also co-created, co-wrote, and starred in the comedy series Sick of It.
Karl has mentioned multiple times that Ken Loach's Kes and David Lynch's The Elephant Man are his favourite films. Although working at a radio station, Karl never professed a strong love for music. His favourite songs generally revolve around a central story such as Stevie Wonder's Living For The City and Eminem's Stan.
People (dislikes)
Miscellaneous
- Robin Ince [1]
Film (likes)
- Kes - Ken Loach
- The Elephant Man - David Lynch [2]
Music (likes)
Songs Karl Liked on XFM's "The Ricky Gervais Show" (1998-2005)
- Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk
- In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
- Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
- Babooshka - Kate Bush
- Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
- Distractions - Zero 7
- Dreaming of You - The Coral
- Stan - Eminem
- Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
- Happy Mondays (general)
- Kings of Leon (general)
- The Kinks (general)
- Bob Marley (general)
- Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
- Informer - Snow
- We Used To Be Friends - Dandy Warhols
- Pinball Wizard - The Who
- Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
- Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
- Ain't No Pleasing You - Chas & Dave [3]