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An Idiot Abroad
78%
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3
19
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Story & themes: 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. The ongoing theme of both the television series and the books is that Pilkington has no … Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night, casual background watching, and weekend binge sessions. Expect steady storytelling across 3 seasons.
Community signal: TMDb members rate An Idiot Abroad 78% (250 votes) — strong audience scores for this TV series.
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Synopsis
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. The ongoing theme of both the television series and the books is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel, so Merchant and Gervais make him travel while they stay in the United Kingdom and monitor his progress.
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- Series
- Status
- Ended
- Release date
- 2010-09-23
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 19
- TMDB rating
- 7.8
- TMDB ID
- 34014
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