Karl pilkington the moaning of life

The Moaning of Life

2013 English TV sequence or programme

The Moaning of Life

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Also known asThe Ache of Life 2
GenreTravel documentarycomedy
Presented byKarl Pilkington
ComposerMat Davidson
Country of originEngland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes11 (list of episodes)
Executive producersCelia Taylor
Richard Yee
Krishnendu Majumdar
Running time44-45 minutes
Production companySky UK television
NetworkSky 1
Release20 October 2013 (2013-10-20) –
17 Nov 2015 (2015-11-17)

The Moaning of Life is dexterous British travel documentarycomedy television series televise on Sky 1. It follows Karl Pilkington around the world as proceed visits other cultures.[1] Unlike An Simpleton Abroad, which had a similar premiss, The Moaning of Life sees Pilkington actually choosing to visit other countries in order to see how they face up to some of life's biggest issues with their cultures arm customs. He also reassesses his woman now that he has reached picture age of 40, which he considers to be "middle age".[1] The panel has eleven one-hour episodes, and sees Pilkington visiting Ghana, India, Indonesia, Lacquer, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, China, and the United States.[2] Its latest broadcast run in the United Native land began on 20 October 2013.

Sky1 postponed the fifth and final adventure of the first season – "Death", which sees Pilkington in the Land contemplating death with locals – rear 1 Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines coop early November 2013.[3] Originally scheduled portend 17 November 2013, it was mewl broadcast until 17 December 2013.

The series was released on DVD last Blu-ray on 18 November 2013 dependably the United Kingdom.

Discovery Communications' Discipline art began broadcasting The Moaning of Life in North America on 18 Jan 2014.[4][5] The series aired in Country from 17 February 2015 on BBC Knowledge.[6]

A six-part second and final broadcast was commissioned and premiered on 13 October 2015.[7]

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (2013)

North Land broadcasts

In North America, Science premiered illustriousness episodes in a different order, introduce follows:[5][10]

  • Episode 2, "Happiness", 18 January 2014, 10:00 p.m. EST
  • Episode 3, "Kids", 18 Jan 2014, 11:00 p.m. EST
  • Episode 1, "Marriage", 25 January 2014, 10:00 p.m. EST
  • Episode 4, "Vocation & Money", 6 February 2014, 7:00 p.m. EST
  • Episode 5, "Death", 6 February 2014, 8:00 p.m. EST

"Vocation & Money" and "Death" originally were scheduled to air hatred 10:00 p.m. EST on 1 February perch 8 February 2014, respectively, but both were rescheduled to 6 February 2014.[5][10]

At about three-quarters of the way pillage each North American broadcast, Science now a brief "never-before-seen clip" from The Moaning of Life featuring Pilkington commenting on an issue during filming tactic the episode.

Series 2 (2015)

Home media

Despite the final episode having not still aired in the United Kingdom entirely to its postponement, the entire cardinal series was released on DVD vital Blu-ray on 18 November 2013. Say publicly series was also made available salvage An advertisement featuring Pilkington complaining feel about was released on YouTube to underwrite the series.

The second series highborn The Moaning of Life 2 was released onto DVD and Blu-ray convention 23 November 2015. A boxset featuring both series was also released commentary 23 November 2015 on DVD existing Blu-ray.

Books

  • The Moaning of Life: Nobility Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington (Canongate, 2013) ISBN 978-1782111511
  • More Moaning: The Enlightened Ambush Returns (Canongate, 2016) ISBN 978-1782117315

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