Karl Pilkington was raised by monkeys in the jungles of Africa. He was by no means the cleverest in the troop but gradually gained their respect with his flea picking abilities. He was spotted by a Mancunian family on safari one day who took him back to Manchester and adopted him as their own. When he first arrived Karl could only grunt and drag his knuckles across the ground so he fitted in well in Manchester He eventually learned how to act human again and even learned to speak, even so his vocabulary is very limited to this day.
The Real Karl Pilkington
Karl Pilkington was born on 23rd September 1973 in Manchester. He didn’t do well at school and famously his only qualification was an ‘E’ in history. His jobs after school included working in a printers and also a supermarket called “Cordon Bleu”.  His first venture into radio was as an agony uncle on a late night phone in on a local Manchester radio station. This is where he met his long term girlfriend Suzanne.
He was later hired by XFM as head of production and moved to London. Pilkington was then made the producer of “The Ricky Gervais Show” and the rest as they say is history. Karl has also dabbled in TV work including “3 minute wonders” and an hour long documentary called “Satisfied Fool” both of which aired on Channel 4. He has also written two books “The world of Karl Pilkington” which was actually mostly transcripts from the podcasts and “Happy Slapped by a Jelly Fish”. If you would like to know more about Karl Pilkington just listen to the shows. Quite often he talks about his childhood, personal life and experiences in detail. | 
