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28
November 2005
Ricky Gervais
Radio Show To Be
Podcast
Award
winning comedian Ricky Gervais to present
a series of weekly podcast shows that will
be available for download over the
internet.
The
Office star will host a weekly independent
talk show to be podcast by the Guardian
Unlimited website.
"I want
to do a radio show where I can say what I
want, when I want and that's free for
anybody who can be bothered to listen,"
said Gervais.
The show
reunites Gervais and Stephen Merchant with
producer Karl Pilkington.
Pilkington
previously worked with Gervais and
Merchant on their Saturday afternoon show
on Xfm.
"I
suppose we are trying to create an
exclusive club," Gervais told the Guardian
Unlimited website. "We'd prefer this to be
a few people's favourite show than a huge
same-y, ineffectual broadcast."
Gervais
and Merchant, with whom he co-wrote The
Office and recent hit sitcom Extras, met
in radio and co-hosted a show on
commercial radio station Xfm for two
years.
They
returned to the London station for a
six-week stint this summer.
The show
will be available on the website from 5
December. Guardian Unlimited
editor-in-chief Emily Bell called Gervais
and Merchant's humour "perfect for our
audience, both here and in the
US".
Podcasting
has become an increasingly popular medium
for radio audiences. The BBC began a
seven-month podcasting trial in
May.
Around
20 programmes are taking part in the
trial, including Radio 4's Today programme
and Five Live's Sportsweek.
The
trial allows users to save audio files
from the BBC's website to their personal
computers.
Files
can then be downloaded to portable MP3
player, which can be played at any
time.
Radio
4's In Our Time, hosted by Melvyn Bragg,
became the most popular podcast in
September averaging 30,000 download
requests a week.
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