- Ricky Gervais - Executive Producer: Nothing is funnier than Karl in a corner being poked by a stick. I am that stick.
- [first lines]
- Narrator: The seven wonders of the world. Christ the Redeemer. The Taj Mahal. The Great Pyramids. Truly man's greatest achievements. But there's one man who sees them differently.
- Karl Pilkington - Presenter: [viewing a picture of the pyramids] If that was on my road, the council would be on it to go get that down. It's a death trap.