Podcast appearances and mentions of Stephen Merchant

Hello all! The game is afoot on this episode as the lads don their deerstalkers and whip out the magnifying glasses to investigate a blurry picture of Pete and Stephen Merchant at a wedding. Yep, you read that right. Not for the reason you think, they were actually more focused on reflecting the magnifying glasses onto Pete's shiny dome.Also on the agenda today, Luke's attempt to outdrive Storm Amy, why Northern villages (apparently) used to holiday en masse, how we come to know Bansky's identity and our properly honest, from the heart, feelings about AI. You won't want to miss this, subscribe now!You can also get involved by emailing us: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com! You can also get in touch on X, Threads or Instagram if character-restricted messaging takes your fancy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#31 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!***I will probably take a couple weeks off and come back with some new compilations for you all. Don't worry I'll be back swingin' on me tyre soon enough!*** Thanks for your support of this very unimportant, bordering on insane, little project!

#30 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#29 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#28 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#27 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our series on Portal. We talk about the ending part of the game, the increasing difficulty, the cake, and the boss and declare ourselves Still Alive. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finished the game! Issues covered: puzzle hockey stick, having puzzles cross through multiple rooms, mechanical additions to the sequel, limiting the additional portal mechanics, having to think about getting across rooms, timing puzzles, how the portals line up, not supporting the twitch elements well, is Chell an android? (she is not -B), the feeling of escape, test subjects getting behind the walls, tactical freedom vs strategic freedom, the importance of context, the meta aspect of these narratives, the subtlety of the cake (until it isn't), "now I'm in Half-Life," competing with Black Mesa, the boss fight, thinking in portals, the final exam and having all the tools, timers as a crutch, the perfectly balanced end point, seeing the outside and being in the Half-Life world, the cake room, the character of GLaDOS as an amalgam of personality modules, triumphant GLaDOS, "the cake is a lie," the game hitting in a different way, the Weighted Companion Cube, having to be interactive, using games as a substrate for "non-interactive" entertainment, the grungy environment vs what's going on, a better show than a game (except maybe a couple of scenes), freeing your mind, the limits of new mechanics, being just one idea with some small sub-ideas, lean/no fat, really great onboarding, a light touch with narrative, everything coming together and artistic cohesion, a meta moment about the SteamDeck, portals!, safety in the portals, portal-based renderers, the one game that brought you in, another very kind review that we sometimes live up to. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: The Stanley Parable, BioShock, Half-Life, President Obama, Claire Danes, Chris and Susan McKinley Ross, Jonathan Coulton, Ellen McLain, The Office, Office Space, Fallout, Saw, Ex Machina, Alex Garland, The Last of Us, Giovanni Giorgio Morodor, Diana Ross, Daft Punk, Fez, Fumito Uedo, Keita Takahashi, J. K. Simmons, Stephen Merchant, Jacques Rivette, Valve, Aperture Desk Job, Erik Wolpaw, Calamity Nolan, BioStats, Endofunctor, Morrowind, Halo CE, Paolo, Outer Wilds, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: TBA! Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp  Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com 

#26 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#25 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#24 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Karl Pilkington, originally episode 306 from 2020-01-08.Original writeup below:While some see Karl as the grumpy one of the original podcast trio consisting of him, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, as you will hear in this podcast right here - it wasn't necessarily grumpiness. Nor was it disinterest. Karl was looking through the world through a different prism, and certainly a prism of which we should all have a go at experiencing. It's really nice hearing him get around ideas at leisure and with Pip (and us) as a sounding board, and definitely a really cool way of sharing the worldview of one of the more fascinating characters in the cast of podcasts, series and media in general. The two get into it all, from the origins of podcasting (kind of beginning with the Gervais one of course), to his thoughts on the promo run, to confidence, last minute tinkering, being a fan of real life and the fine line between that and comedy, ponderings on having children, the XFM days, being rubbed the wrong way by Ricky, his genuine curiosity, working on Derek, people being over familiar and a charming spider story to round it off. Brilliant. Enjoy! PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureIMDBYOUTUBEWIKIBITSCALM main linkCALM donate linkDAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP BANDCAMPPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#23 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#22 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#21 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#20 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#19 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

Happy Labor Day!Sorry for this bleak reminder but, we're going back to The Office. Turn in your WFH laptops and get a new ID card. This week we're clocking in at Dunder Mifflin for our shift on the sales desk. From the mind of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant comes an American re-imagining by now comedy power writer Greg Daniels. Admire the documentary film style that has its claws so deep in Hollywood studios you can hardly make a comedy show in a different style. We get a nobody-turned-somebody cast led by Steve Carrell and future stars John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, BJ Novak, Oscar Nunez, Leslie David Baker, Angela Kinsey, Brian Baumgartner, Phyllis Smith, and Melora Hardin.Could this show be made today? Let's find out. HostsGeoff KerbisMax SingerRich Inman

#18 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#17 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#16 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#15 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#14 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#13 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

Recorded with a live audience in Cambridge, this captivating conversation delves deep into the life and career of a cultural force of the last half-century. Known of course for his iconic role as Baldrick in Blackadder, Sir Tony's sharp intelligence and dry humour have had a formative influence on generations.  In this candid discussion, he opens up about the unexpected turns and profound challenges that have shaped his extraordinary journey as an actor, presenter, documentary maker and writer. You'll hear his deeply personal reflections on fatherhood, insights into the creative process behind his recently announced novel, and the powerful lessons learned from a lifetime of experiences, both public and private.  Prepare for an engaging, wise, and moving conversation that explores the transformative power of vulnerability and the importance of finding meaningful connection. This is a unique opportunity to hear a national treasure like never before. ✨ IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 Intro 00:45 Tony Robinson's Early Life and Career 03:13 Fatherhood and Family 04:55 Writing and Publishing a Novel 10:50 The Impact of Blackadder 13:16 Challenges and Conflicts in Blackadder 16:33 Height and Personal Insecurities 20:42 Childhood and Adolescence Struggles 22:41 Growing Up in the Shadow of WWII 24:49 The Ups and Downs of Gambling 27:28 Early Career and Poker Lessons 29:29 Child Actor Earnings and Capitalism 34:23 Dealing with Alzheimer's in the Family 37:03 Reflecting on Personal Failures 44:56 Finding Meaningful Relationships

#12 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

This week on The Treatment, Elvis speaks with writer, actor, and comedian Stephen Merchant about his career in comedy and drama. Then, Matt Lambert—founder of Atlanta-based brand Factor’s—stops by to talk about balancing lasting craftsmanship with wearability in his designs. And on the Treat, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto discusses a mentor who gave him the confidence to begin his career.   

#11 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#10 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#9 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#8 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#7 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#6 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#5 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

#4 of many more XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released going forward. I've worked hard to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen highlights from the archive. CHEERS!

Sarah recently joined her friend Ted Danson on his podcast “Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)” to talk about the loss of her parents, her latest Netflix special, how comedy has changed over time, and more. Listen to the rest of the episode and conversations with other guests like John Mulaney, Brett Goldstein, Stephen Merchant, and more by heading over to “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to a special episode of the BYC on a significant day… Twenty years ago today – June 25th, 2005 – a group of tragic cricket fans in Wellington, dressed head-to-toe in Beige Brigade kit, gathered around some crude recording gear and hit record on what would become New Zealand’s first-ever sports podcast… The BYC. It was the heyday of The Ricky Gervais Podcast with Ricky, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington. The term “podcast” had only just been coined by a Guardian columnist the year before. Born out of the Beige Brigade fan movement formed in 1999, the BYC is now comfortably New Zealand’s longest-running podcast series, sports or otherwise. On a cold, wet Wellington evening in June 2005, New Zealand’s version of Gervais, Merchant, and Pilkington — Paul Ford, Kevin Sinnott, and Jason Willis — recorded the first official BYC episode, backed by resident crooner Blair Sayer.Join ACC Head G Lane joins Dylan Cleaver and Paul Ford for a trip down memory lane! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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First of many XFM Mystery Compilations that will be released in the coming weeks and months. I've worked over the past few months to catalogue all of the greatest hits from the Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm, featuring Stephen Merchant and, of course, Karl Pilkington. Each week you'll get a brand new compilation of randomly chosen bits from the archive. CHEERS!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Become a Paid Subscriber⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for AD-FREE Compilations. Thanks for your support!

Neal Brennan interviews Stephen Merchant (‘The Office,' ‘Extras,' ‘An Idiot Abroad,' ‘Life's Too Short,' ‘Hello, Ladies' and more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks.  ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 1:33 Origin story 3:07 Ricky Gervais 7:49 Origins of the Office 10:56 Ambition in the UK vs. US 14:22 The Office First Season 17:11 Success 18:24 Christmas Specials 21:35 Sponsor: Mando 23:55 Sponsor: BetterHelp 25:52 American version of The Office 28:08 Secret sauce of his relationship with Ricky 34:42 American adaptation 39:12 Current roles and goals 48:08 Sponsor: Harrys 49:56 Tall 58:30 Comedy persona vs. who he really is 1:05:30 Ambition 1:07:00 Relationships 1:09:06 How Success Impacted Him 1:15:40 Stephen Imparts Wisdom ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com)  Sponsors: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get 20% off + free shipping  with promo code [NEAL] at https://www.shopmando.com !#mandopod This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/neal and get on your way to being your best self. Get the shaving products that always deliver. Visit https://www.harrys.com/NEAL for a $5 Trial Set. Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks ---------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could it be?! A cheeky endorsement from the one and only, bald, round-headed, Mancunian, Karl "K-Man" Pilkington?? He made his name as producer on the Xfm Ricky Gervais Show with Stephen Merchant. What a nice little message from Karl in support of this fan-led project. Cheers, Karl (and Suzanne)! PLAY A RECORD! ;-)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Become a Paid Subscriber⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for AD-FREE Compilations. Thanks for your support!(This is a Parody Compilation)

Actor, writer, and director Stephen Merchant talks to Ted Danson about the influence of Cheers on The Office (UK), his awkward relationship with fame, his dramatic turn in Four Lives, testing out new standup material, John Cleese, and more. Plus: Ted raves about Outlaws, Stephen's crime thriller comedy series.To help those affected by the Southern California wildfires, make a donation to World Central Kitchen today.Like watching your podcasts? Visit http://youtube.com/teamcoco to see full episodes. 

This week we catch up with superstar actor and presenter Joe Swash who let us take a deep dive into his online shopping history.And, ohhhh, the things we found and the conversations we ended up having.We talked hair fibres, self-tanning with your mother-in-law, how to survive your first few days on Eastenders and - most importantly - why buying your wife a tongue scraper could save your marriage.Plastic poos, fishing, high end kitchen towel and how a perfume clone definitely isn't fake perfume. It's just a clone.The new Stacey and Joe documentary is available NOW on iplayer and it's brilliant. Here's a link, look.And don't forget to dive into our back catalogue. Stephen Merchant, Katherine Ryan, Adam Buxton, Tim Key, Andi Peters and loads more just sitting here waiting for you to have a listen. Enjoy!See you Thursday for some EXTRA content, you lucky things.Till thenToast xxTikTok Instagram YouTube New Episodes every Tuesday and Thursday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enjoy nine free minutes from our Patreon-exclusive episode about the pilot of the American Office. Hear the full thing by subscribing at https://patreon.com/loadbearingbeams for $5/month. Matt and Wade go through the pilot episode of the American Office. They compare their personal fandoms of the show and how deep their knowledge runs, and then briefly discuss how the show was adapted from the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, its rocky first season and slow ascent into a megahit, and its lasting cultural legacy. And as for the pilot itself, which is generally not well regarded, Matt is surprised at how solid it is, how good a job it does at setting up the series, and how fully formed the main characters already are. The Office was created by Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, and developed by Greg Daniels. It stars Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, and Jenna Fischer The pilot is directed by Ken Kwapis & written by Greg Daniels (adapted from a teleplay by Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant) Original air date: March 24, 2005 Source: The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by Andy Greene (2020) - https://amzn.to/4juDN9i Hear Wade's incredible album WHO SAID THAT? on Apple Music, Spotify, or wherever else music is streamed. Or you can purchase the album from Bandcamp. Follow Wade on Instagram: @wadealready Music credit: "Never Trust a Bat" by Rural Route Nine. Listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/3QBjavP), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/49PunSv), or YouTube (https://youtu.be/o7SivxabpYI).  Live cover of The Office theme song by Better By Design, one of Wade's bands. Watch it in full: https://youtu.be/y4gVPgdVWY4

PART 3 of a compilation of every story and anecdote about Karl Pilkington's early years in Manchester (and Porthmadog), surrounded by a unique cast of characters. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant can't believe that Karl Pilkington's life is anything other than a fairy tale.

PART 2 of a compilation of every story and anecdote about Karl Pilkington's early years in Manchester (and Porthmadog), surrounded by a unique cast of characters. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant can't believe that Karl Pilkington's life is anything other than a fairy tale.

PART 1 of a compilation of every story and anecdote about Karl Pilkington's early years in Manchester (and Porthmadog), surrounded by a unique cast of characters. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant can't believe that Karl Pilkington's life is anything other than a fairy tale.

Saraya is one of the biggest names in professional wrestling. Born into a successful wrestling family in Norwich, England, she left home at fifteen to forge her own path in the ring. Under the name Paige, she became the youngest WWE Divas Champion in history and was the subject of the hit 2019 film Fighting with My Family, written and directed by Stephen Merchant, in which she was portrayed by Florence Pugh. Now competing in All Elite Wrestling as Saraya, she has battled through injuries, personal struggles, and the intense pressures of the industry to become an icon of resilience and reinvention. Outside of wrestling, she is a fierce advocate for domestic abuse survivors and women's health issues. Now, in a highly anticipated memoir, Hell in Boots, she's ready to tell her story like never before. Links:Fighting with My Family (Channel 4 documentary), 2012.Fighting with My Family Film Trailer.Saraya's Instagram Be attitude for gains. https://plus.acast.com/s/my-perfect-console. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A BEST OF compilation of Stephen Merchant's greatest stories and anecdotes from The Ricky Gervais Show on XFM. Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington cherish these beautiful narratives based on Steve's weird persona, freaky appearance, and peculiar West Country upbringing. ENJOY!CHAPTERS:Steve goes to a swanky bar (0:00)Steve nearly buys dodgy speakers (2:16)Steve is New Year's meeting point (7:47)Steve drives Vera the pig (9:01)Steve gets angry at the cinema (14:02)Steve runs out of toilet paper (16:42)Steve almost approaches a lady (22:27)Steve's DJing went down a storm (26:24)Steve misses his plane in Edinburgh (28:07)Steve in Pirates of Penzance (31:21)Steve's grandparents are mental (34:36)Steve learns the laws of the sea (37:07)Steve helps himself to cashpoint reward (39:23)Steve has enormous feet (44:50)Steve haggles over a laptop (47:43)

Actor, writer and director Stephen Merchant joins How To Fail this week and is reflective, fascinating and - yes - even funny. We talk about what he learned from Ricky Gervais when co-writing The Office, on feeling rattled turning 50 and how it's hard to fail as a stand-up comedian (but he got over it). Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com Production & Post Production Coordinator: Eric Ryan Studio and Mix Engineer: Gulliver Lawrence-Tickell Senior Producer: Selina Ream Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices