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An Idiot Abroad

2010 – 2012Show3 seasons · 19 episodesTV-MAEnded

ComedyDocumentary
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.3Metacritic–8.1
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.3Metacritic–8.1

Summary

An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1 and Science, as well as spin-off books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Party vibe

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Fingerprint

  • Charms you.
  • Makes you laugh.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Makes you smirk.

Not for scares, brutality or romance.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Sadist Showin 141 titlesThey do take pains to make things unpleasant for Karl. For example, one of his "bucket list" items was to go whale-watching.Writer RevoltRare · in 13 titlesKarl occasionally refuses to do things ("I'm not going on a camel again, I'm not going on a camel again, I'm not going on a camel again"), or gets bored and wanders off.All 60 tropes

An Idiot Abroad episodes

3 seasons · 19 episodes

  1. S1 E0 The Preview Show, 8.0
  2. S1 E1 China, 8.3
  3. S1 E2 India, 8.0
  4. S1 E3 Jordan, 7.9
  5. S1 E4 Mexico, 8.3
  6. S1 E5 Egypt, 7.8
  7. S1 E6 Brazil, 7.8
  8. S1 E7 Peru, 7.8
  9. S1 E8 Karl Comes Home, 8.0
  1. S2 E1 Desert Island, 7.7
  2. S2 E2 Trans-Siberian Express, 7.7
  3. S2 E3 Swim with Dolphins, 7.8
  4. S2 E4 Whale Watching, 7.6
  5. S2 E5 Meet a Gorilla, 8.2
  6. S2 E6 Route 66, 8.2
  7. S2 E7 Climb Mount Fuji, 7.8
  8. S2 E8 Karl Comes Home, 8.2
  1. S3 E1 The Short Way Around: Venice, 7.5
  2. S3 E2 The Short Way Around: India, 7.5
  3. S3 E3 The Short Way Around: China, 7.8
  4. S3 E4 A Commentary, 7.8

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