List of The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series) episodes
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The Ricky Gervais Show
is an American cartoon series
produced for and broadcast by HBO. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcast
s and audiobooks of the same name
, which feature Ricky Gervais
and Stephen Merchant
(creators of The Office
and Extras), along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington
, talking about various subjects behind the microphone. The TV show consists of past audio recordings of these unscripted "pointless conversations," with animation drawn in a style similar to classic era Hanna-Barbera
cartoons, presenting jokes and situations in a literal context. The animated Ricky Gervais Show has aired two 13-episode seasons since it premiered in the United States on February 19, 2010. The second season started on January 14, 2011. HBO have commissioned a third season, and there are some plans for a possible fourth season as well, which would use newly recorded audio.
The first season was released on region
2 DVD on July 19, 2010. The region 1 (North American) DVD was released on January 4, 2011.
announced on April 8, 2011, that The Ricky Gervais Show
has been renewed for a third season.. The series will begin airing after HBO finishes airing episodes of Life's Too Short
, sometime in the spring of 2012, .
. The dialogue for the shows will come from a new set of podcasts, produced specifically to provide brand new material for the animated series. No firm release date for the 4th season has been set yet, nor has HBO confirmed any plans to renew the show for another season.
The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series)
The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcasts and audiobooks of the same name, which feature Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant , along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington,...
is an American cartoon series
Cartoon series
A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated television programs with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same characters and a basic theme...
produced for and broadcast by HBO. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
s and audiobooks of the same name
The Ricky Gervais Show
The Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy audio show in the UK starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington, later adapted into an animated televised version debuting for HBO and Channel 4 in 2010. The show started in November 2001 on Xfm, and aired in weekly periods for months at a time...
, which feature Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, director, radio presenter, producer, musician, and writer.Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator...
and Stephen Merchant
Stephen Merchant
Stephen James Merchant is an English writer, director, radio presenter, comedian, and actor. He is best known for his collaborations with Ricky Gervais, as the co-writer and co-director of the popular British sitcom The Office, as the co-writer, co-director and a co-star of Extras, and as the...
(creators of The Office
The Office (UK TV series)
The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
and Extras), along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington
Karl Pilkington
Karl Pilkington is a British podcaster, author, television personality and former radio producer. He is best known for the Sky travel series, An Idiot Abroad, which was also presented in the United States on the Science Channel, in Canada on Discovery Channel and in Australia on One HD, and The...
, talking about various subjects behind the microphone. The TV show consists of past audio recordings of these unscripted "pointless conversations," with animation drawn in a style similar to classic era Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
cartoons, presenting jokes and situations in a literal context. The animated Ricky Gervais Show has aired two 13-episode seasons since it premiered in the United States on February 19, 2010. The second season started on January 14, 2011. HBO have commissioned a third season, and there are some plans for a possible fourth season as well, which would use newly recorded audio.
The first season was released on region
DVD region code
DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
2 DVD on July 19, 2010. The region 1 (North American) DVD was released on January 4, 2011.
List of seasons
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:... |
Season finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program... |
Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
Season 1 (2010)
| ? | # | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (million) |
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Season 2 (2011)
| ? | # | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (million) |
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Season 3 (2012)
HBO and Channel 4Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
announced on April 8, 2011, that The Ricky Gervais Show
The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series)
The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcasts and audiobooks of the same name, which feature Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant , along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington,...
has been renewed for a third season.. The series will begin airing after HBO finishes airing episodes of Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short is an observational sitcom series, created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is described by Gervais as being about "the life of a showbiz dwarf", with Davis playing a fictionalised version of himself. Gervais and Merchant appear...
, sometime in the spring of 2012, .
Season 4 (2013)
In October 2011, Ricky announced on his blog that he is planning on producing a 4th season of The Ricky Gervais ShowThe Ricky Gervais Show (animated series)
The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcasts and audiobooks of the same name, which feature Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant , along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington,...
. The dialogue for the shows will come from a new set of podcasts, produced specifically to provide brand new material for the animated series. No firm release date for the 4th season has been set yet, nor has HBO confirmed any plans to renew the show for another season.
See also
- The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series)The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series)The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcasts and audiobooks of the same name, which feature Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant , along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington,...
– The animated TV show - The Ricky Gervais ShowThe Ricky Gervais ShowThe Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy audio show in the UK starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington, later adapted into an animated televised version debuting for HBO and Channel 4 in 2010. The show started in November 2001 on Xfm, and aired in weekly periods for months at a time...
– The podcast and audio book series that the TV show is based on- List of The Ricky Gervais Show episodes – List of podcasts and audio books