The Ricky Gervais Show

The Ricky Gervais Show, 10.05pm, SBS ONE
In a new series, this show is based on the audio podcasts of Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington, the program sets the trio’s musings on numerous inane topics to irresistible animation.

Revenge, 8.30pm, Seven
The Grayson’s 25th wedding anniversary is a less than celebratory occasion when their desire to lay low is interrupted with a high profile story in the paper and a volatile family dinner featuring unwanted guests. The fate of Lydia hangs heavy over everyone, and Frank, desperate to prove his steadfast loyalty to Victoria, digs deep into Emily’s past and uncovers too much.

Australian Story, 8.01pm,  ABC1
He’s a Hollywood ‘Mr Big’ with a bad boy past. John Polson’s amazing Australian story. He is an Australian actor, director and the founder of Tropfest.

How I Met Your Mother, 9.30pm, Seven
For Valentine’s Day, Lily and Marshall invite Robin and Kevin on a weekend getaway to Vermont, where Kevin and Robin discuss taking their relationship to the next level.

Extraordinary Ten Year-Olds, 8.30pm, Bio.
This remarkable documentary looks at the lives of three ten-year-old children who have triumphed over extreme adversity. Each of these children has dealt with traumas that most adults will never experience in a lifetime. The film tells their stories and celebrates the heroics of three youngsters who, despite everything, remain lively, happy and grounded.

Ricky Gervais has been asked to host the Golden Globe Awards again.

The British funnyman caused controversy earlier this year with his second stint in charge at the prestigious ceremony – which saw him poke fun at a string of stars including Robert Downey Jr., Charlie Sheen and Hugh Hefner, as well as organisers the Hollywood Foreign Press Association – and is surprised to have been asked to return again next year, though he is unlikely to take up the offer.

He said: ‘NBC have offered me it, they think they can swing the Hollywood Foreign Press. I love NBC, I love the fact they stuck by me through it.’

Asked if he was considering the offer, he added: ‘I am but I shouldn’t do it. It’s a second encore. Don’t do a second encore. I don’t think I should do it. What am I going back as?’

Ricky admitted he ‘never expected’ the backlash from critics after his last stint in charge, but insists he never set out to shock or did anything overly controversial.

Speaking at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, he said: ‘Just because you are offended doesn’t mean you are right. People fall into this myth that I’m a shock comedian. I’ve never been that. People say I crossed the line but I didn’t draw the fking line, you did.

‘It wasn’t a roomful of wounded soldiers. It was the most privileged people on the planet who spend all day pretending to be someone else. I teased them, I ribbed them.’

The ‘Office’ star also revealed he had been asked to present the coveted Academy Awards – known as the Oscars – but would never accept the job.

He explained: ‘They said to my agent would he like to be on our list. I couldn’t do the Oscars. It’s a thankless task for a comedian. They don’t want to hear jokes, they want to hear if they have won the most important award of their career.’

Source Sky news

After successful ratings in the UK and overseas along with a Facebook campaign, An Idiot Abroad will be back for a second season. Currently filming across the globe, it will be titled An Idiot abroad 2: The Bucket List. This time we will see the hapless Karl Pilkington do the things you should before you die. But Karl has questioned the premise, saying: “I’ve never understood the ‘things to do before you die’ idea. If I was ill, I’d be in no mood to have a swim with a dolphin.”

Ricky Gervais’ broke the news on his website, leading to the Sky1′s director of programming Stuart Murphy to say: “We love Karl, Ricky and Stephen and loved An Idiot Abroad. They are cheeky monkeys announcing this when we had a whole announcement plan sorted, and before we’d formally signed off, but that’s the mental fun of working with this lot.”

In the first episode Karl travels to Alsaka, and boards an industrial shipping boat to go whale watching. In episode two that has wrapped, the little bald man goes parachuting in a yet undisclosed location.

Season 2 will air in the UK in September and will hopefully here shortly after. An Idiot Abroad Series one, continues on ONE HD on Monday nights for three more weeks, with Monday the 20th seeing Karl head to Brazil to see the “Christ The Redeemer.”