EPISODE
SEASON
An Idiot Abroad - Season 1
The series offers a wide range of trips by a group of friends to see the Seven Wonders of the World. The events begin as Carl Belkington sees that the Seven Wonders of the World seem ordinary and he did not see a real sensation in him even though he would not see even one of them. On the other hand, Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant, friends of Carl, decided to take their friend by sending him around the world to experience the Seven Wonders differently.
September 13, 1968 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
March 2, 1962 in Lakewood, New Jersey, USA
23 September 1972, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
3 February 1970, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
24 November 1974, Bristol, England, UK
September 14, 1976 in London, England, UK
25 June 1961, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
October 08, 2018
An Idiot Abroad is ridiculously funny and even when it's clear that Gervais and Merchant...are having a cruel laugh, it's nearly impossible not to fall apart laughing at poor Pilkington's fate.
October 08, 2018
With An Idiot Abroad, they've managed to pull off the impossible: reality television filled with laugh-out-loud moments.
October 08, 2018
An Idiot Abroad has its problems, but so much of it is hilarious and so much of it is surprisingly wide-ranging that it becomes worth checking out all the same.
October 08, 2018
Whatever his views, however outlandish or unfounded, [Pilkington] has a quiet certainty that almost dares you to keep a straight face. It makes for supremely watchable television.
October 08, 2018
The series is basically grumbling interspersed with picturesque aerial shots; fortunately, the more Pilkington suffers, the more entertaining it gets.
October 22, 2018
You could argue that Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have influenced 21st century comedy just as much as Lorne Michaels and the Judd Apatow crew. They gave us The Office and Extras, but they also gave us An Idiot Abroad.
October 08, 2018
Pilkington's simple but twisted wit is a lot smarter than you'd think.
October 08, 2018
With the additional benefit of some deft editing and a cheeky, Curb Your Enthusiasm-esque score, Pilkington can seem like the British equivalent of a Coen Brothers character, a rube dragged outside his comfort zone, to great comic effect.
October 08, 2018
€œIn an age when reality TV is manipulated and forced and false and phony and so obviously scripted to create a narrative, this is something that is genuinely real and funny and also heartfelt.
October 08, 2018
It was all very amusing and should make a star out of Pilkington.
