Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English travel show presenter,
author, former
radio producer and occasional actor. He gained prominence as the producer of
Ricky Gervais and
Stephen Merchant's radio programme on
XFM. He appeared on
The Ricky Gervais Show, presented the
Sky travel comedy series
An Idiot Abroad, and made his full acting debut (following a cameo appearance in the final episode of
Extras) on Gervais' 2012 comedy-drama series
Derek. Pilkington is a co-founder, along with Gervais and Merchant, of RiSK Productions, a television production company. Pilkington currently stars in the
Sky 1 travel documentary comedy series
The Moaning of Life. This is his first show to not have any involvement from either Gervais or Merchant.