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Baftas

JanP — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:58:00 +0000

Going to the Baftas on Sunday as An Idiot Abroad 2 has been nominated for yet another award.

An Idiot Abroad highest ranked programme ever on Science Channel

JanP — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:03:04 +0000

An Idiot Abroad is officially the most viewed programme ever on The Science Channel in USA.
The channel claims to be “home for the thought provocateur” and “a playground for those with audacious intellects” so you can see why an Idiot might thrive !
Meanwhile across the pond in Britain An Idiot Abroad 2 has been nominated for an RTS award in 2 categories:
Best Popular Factual and Features and Best Presenter (for Karl Pilkington).
This particular parade will be hosted by Rob Brydon at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London on March 20th.

National TV Awards Bulletin

JanP — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:59:36 +0000

National TV Awards O2

Well, like the valiant Andy Murray we didn’t win. Not only that our Idiot Abroad 2 clip, lovingly crafted by Richard Yee our Series Producer fell victim to the only visible technical cock-up at this spectacular show-biz event. None of the other Nominees in this category got their clips shown either! On the plus side we got a fantastic cheer when the programme was announced, there was plenty of champagne, some fancy little tarts described by staff as “Haggis” and we all had a superbly condensed education in popular British television. It was also a rare opportunity for me to wear a skirt….prompting the staff to offer me whisky at every opportunity.
Every important TV face was there. The men in their suits and the women poured into impossible dresses with the help of other attentive behind-the-camera folk. I enjoyed it all. Karl Pilkington would have hated it.

An Idiot Abroad 2-National TV Awards nominee

JanP — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:06:02 +0000

I’m off to the National TV Awards at the O2 Arena in London on 25th January. An Idiot Abroad 2 has been nominated. Please vote for it at

http://www.nationaltvawards.com/vote-shortlist

Ricky, Steve and Karl can’t make it to the ceremony so I’m going instead along with the directors. Its a Black Tie event and Jan. 25th is also Burns Night (that’s Robert Burns, renowned Scottish poet, lefty, and ladies’man) so I think I shall air my knees and wear my dress kilt.The Awards ceremony is being broadcast live on ITV1, hosted by Dermot O’Leary.

An Idiot Abroad 2 (The Bucket List) starts airing in USA 21st Jan.

JanP — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:25:06 +0000

Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant

An Idiot Abroad 2 starts its North American airing at 10pm on The Science Channel, 21st January. Its been screened in UK already with record ratings and has been nominated for a number of awards.
Its a very funny comedy travel series in which Karl Pilkington is sent round the world by his two friends Ricky and Stephen in order to broaden his mind.This series is “The Bucket List” or “Things to do before you Die”. As cinematographer I and the team followed Karl to Alaska, Route 66 (starting in Santa Monica), Japan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, South Africa, Uganda, Russia and China. Many adventures were had and Karl’s take on them is off the wall and hilarious. You will occasionally see the camera shaking uncontrollably!

An Idiot Abroad 2…US Premiere

JanP — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:12:30 +0000

An Idiot Abroad 2 premieres in the USA on The Science Channel 10pm 21st January. Have a look at it..its funny !

New Year Honours List

JanP — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:58:57 +0000

Congratulations to Remi Adefasarin Bsc on being awarded an OBE. I have had the pleasure of working with him in the past on many occasions and he is a delightful man and a talented cinematographer