The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO and Channel 4. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcasts and audiobooks of the same name, which feature Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington, talking about various subjects behind the microphone. The TV show consists of past audio recordings of these unscripted "pointless conversations," with animation drawn in a style similar to classic era Hanna-Barbera cartoons, presenting jokes and situations in a literal context. The animated Ricky Gervais Show has aired 39 episodes across three seasons since it premiered in 2010. There were some plans for a possible fourth season which would have used newly recorded audio, but this was shelved in June 2012. Series 3 of The Ricky Gervais Show premiered on 20 April 2012 on HBO, and on 8 May 2012 on E4.
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The peak run. Top 40% of seasons by average rating — consecutive, with an average of 8.73.
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13 episodes • 2010Avg: 8.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Space Monkey | Feb 19, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Knob at Night | Feb 26, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Charity | Mar 5, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Dolphins | Mar 12, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Glass Houses | Mar 19, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Cobblers | Mar 26, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 7 | The Diary | Apr 9, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Nuts | Apr 16, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 9 | The Jockey | Apr 23, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 10 | The Fight | Apr 30, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Beetles | May 7, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 12 | Noises | May 14, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Freaks | May 21, 2010 | 8.0 |
13 episodes • 2011Avg: 8.7Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clive Warren | Jan 14, 2011 | 8.8 |
| 2 | Doppleganger | Jan 21, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 3 | The Fly | Jan 28, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 4 | Onion | Feb 4, 2011 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Insects | Feb 11, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 6 | Kidneys | Feb 18, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 7 | Night Club | Mar 4, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 8 | Future | Mar 11, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 9 | Natural History | Mar 18, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 10 | Leg Rubber | Mar 25, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 11 | Mrs. Battersby | Apr 1, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 12 | Art | Apr 8, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 13 | Munchies | Apr 15, 2011 | 8.7 |
13 episodes • 2012Avg: 8.3
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan's Brain | Apr 20, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 2 | Comic Relief | Apr 27, 2012 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Armed Forces | May 4, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 4 | Room 102 | May 11, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 5 | Karl's Day | May 18, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 6 | The English | May 25, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 7 | Law & Order | Jun 1, 2012 | 8.5 |
| 8 | Medicine | Jun 8, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Earth | Jun 15, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Society | Jun 22, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Wartime | Jun 29, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 12 | World Cup | Jul 6, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 13 | The Year | Jul 13, 2012 | 8.0 |
