The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series)

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British television series adult animated sitcom animated television series

The Ricky Gervais Show is an animated comedy series that visualizes the popular podcast conversations between Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Ricky Gervais Show	5
Ricky Gervais Show (radio)	1
The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) canonical	1
The Ricky Gervais Show podcast	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1655108 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series)
Context triple: [Stephen Merchant, workedOn, The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series)]

A. Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director best known for co-creating and starring in the original UK version of the television series "The Office."
B. Mitchell and Webb
Mitchell and Webb are a British comedy double act, best known for their sketch show "That Mitchell and Webb Look" and the sitcom "Peep Show."
C. Portlandia
Portlandia is a satirical sketch comedy television series that humorously explores hipster culture and eccentric urban life in Portland, Oregon.
D. Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour is a classic British radio and television comedy series from the 1950s and early 1960s, starring Tony Hancock and known for its character-driven humor and influential role in shaping modern sitcoms.
E. Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series)
Target entity description: The Ricky Gervais Show is an animated comedy series that visualizes the popular podcast conversations between Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington.

A. Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director best known for co-creating and starring in the original UK version of the television series "The Office."
B. Mitchell and Webb
Mitchell and Webb are a British comedy double act, best known for their sketch show "That Mitchell and Webb Look" and the sitcom "Peep Show."
C. Portlandia
Portlandia is a satirical sketch comedy television series that humorously explores hipster culture and eccentric urban life in Portland, Oregon.
D. Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour is a classic British radio and television comedy series from the 1950s and early 1960s, starring Tony Hancock and known for its character-driven humor and influential role in shaping modern sitcoms.
E. Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British television series ⓘ adult animated sitcom ⓘ animated television series ⓘ
basedOn	The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Ricky Gervais Show podcast
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Karl Pilkington ⓘ Ricky Gervais ⓘ Stephen Merchant ⓘ
distributionFormat	digital download ⓘ home video ⓘ television ⓘ
executiveProducer	Charlie Hanson ⓘ Karl Pilkington ⓘ Ricky Gervais ⓘ Stephen Merchant ⓘ
firstAired	2010 ⓘ
format	animated visualization of podcast conversations ⓘ
genre	adult animation ⓘ animated comedy ⓘ
hasEpisodeStructure	animated discussion in a studio setting ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Karl Pilkington (animated version) ⓘ Ricky Gervais ⓘ surface form: Ricky Gervais (animated version) Stephen Merchant ⓘ surface form: Stephen Merchant (animated version)
hasNotableFeature	direct adaptation of existing podcast audio ⓘ focus on Karl Pilkington's anecdotes and ideas ⓘ uses static studio setting with surreal cutaway animations ⓘ
lastAired	2012 ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	39 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	3 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	Channel 4 ⓘ HBO ⓘ
pictureFormat	HDTV ⓘ
productionCompany	Media Rights Capital ⓘ Wildbrain ⓘ
runningTimePerEpisode	approximately 22 minutes ⓘ
starring	Karl Pilkington ⓘ Ricky Gervais ⓘ Stephen Merchant ⓘ
subjectMatter	Karl Pilkington's thoughts ⓘ everyday life ⓘ humor ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
targetAudience	adults ⓘ
voiceActor	Karl Pilkington ⓘ Ricky Gervais ⓘ Stephen Merchant ⓘ

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