Karl Pilkington (born September 23, 1972 in Manchester) is a Sony Award-winning radio producer and poet best known for producing and co-presenting The Ricky Gervais Show, on the radio station XFM and later in the form of podcasts. On October 3, 2006, Pilkington's first book The World of Karl Pilkington was published, featuring original ideas and drawings by Pilkington, based upon the subject matter discussed in the podcasts. His second book, Happyslapped by a Jellyfish, was published in October 2007, and he was the subject of the Comedy Lab episode "Karl Pilkington - Satisfied Fool", which aired in October 2007.