Some people have correctly spotted that An Idiot Abroad is totally scripted. It took ages to write too. Each episode of The Office took us about 2 months to write but they were only 30 minutes long. This show is nearly an hour so each script took us about 3 and a half months to write.

Was Derek improvised?

FAQ Yes. Derek is scripted, but made to look improvised to help the realism. Just like The Office.

Did Karl Pilkington and Ricky Gervais fall out?

In 2020, Gervais said: “I purposely don't answer [falling out rumours] because it annoys them [Pilkington and Merchant]. "But no no no, I haven't [fallen out with them], I've always been doing my own thing, and now they are as well. It's not a divorce thing."