I did not feel excited about the prospect of watching this but after just one episode I was hooked. I had not heard of Karl Pilkington before this but he is tremendously funny in a simple and dry sort of manner.
The great thing about this programme is you get to see a different side of the seven wonders, you cant take away the magnificence of each of the wonders but to see them through the eyes of a simple, untraveled Englishman is both interesting and entertaining.
Gervais steers Pilkington into tribes, Hotels, food and situations that he knows will make Pilkington physically regurgitate his last meal, simply for the entertainment of the viewers.
Pilkington is typical of an ignorant Englishman abroad who would without persuasion order egg and chips at every meal while abroad but he is forced to sample and taste cuisine that we would only think of in a nightmare.
After watching all seven episode of the first series all at once I am having withdrawal symptoms from the journey around the world the programme took me on which was visually captivating, hilariously funny and simply great all round entertainment.
The great thing about this programme is you get to see a different side of the seven wonders, you cant take away the magnificence of each of the wonders but to see them through the eyes of a simple, untraveled Englishman is both interesting and entertaining.
Gervais steers Pilkington into tribes, Hotels, food and situations that he knows will make Pilkington physically regurgitate his last meal, simply for the entertainment of the viewers.
Pilkington is typical of an ignorant Englishman abroad who would without persuasion order egg and chips at every meal while abroad but he is forced to sample and taste cuisine that we would only think of in a nightmare.
After watching all seven episode of the first series all at once I am having withdrawal symptoms from the journey around the world the programme took me on which was visually captivating, hilariously funny and simply great all round entertainment.