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22 Feb 2006
Ricky Gervais has unveiled plans to charge for podcast versions of seasons two and three of his blockbuster comedy The Ricky Gervais Show.
Season two of the show will be available for download at Audible.com and the Apple iTunes Music Store from 28 February.
Audible.com customers will be able to purchase individual episodes of season two at $1.95 each, or the entire season of at least four weekly episodes, plus a free sneak preview, for $6.95.
Fans of Gervais, who devised The Office and Extras, will be able to opt for automatic wireless delivery of episodes to their smart mobile devices, such as a Palm Treo, PocketPC or Symbian Series 60 phone.
The Ricky Gervais Show revolves around the comic dialogue of Gervais, his long-time creative partner Stephen Merchant and "hapless producer" Karl Pilkington.
First launched in December, the podcast has quickly become a global phenomenon. The show averaged more than 260,000 weekly downloads in its first month and was recently awarded the Guinness World Record for the world's most downloaded podcast with 2.9 million cumulative downloads in just over two months.
The downloads represent a fan base that spans the world, from the UK to the US and from Latin America to Asia.
Brian Fielding, executive vice president of content acquisition at Audible.com, said: "Entertainment is clearly reaching beyond the television and movie screens into people's iPods, blogs, PDAs, smartphones and RSS feeds."
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used to be funnier blah blah blah
fans of the podcasts might not know that theres a whole heap of ricky steve and karl available on XFM website. all for free. http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=3673 season 1 and 2 are downloadable but the early years archive has to be listened to on stream. u can hear when the guys first met Karl and from week to week he becomes more confident and integral to the show. its more natural and much funnier. some of the stuff that seems spontaneously said on the podcasts is already said on these sesssions. Hours and hours of fun. here Ricky 'Burst' with laughter at a genuinely idiotic karl.
Posted by: sundance 27 Feb 2006
Pointless!
While no doubt some will be happy to pay for Ricky's random ramblings, I'm sure many like me certainly won't! The format just about works as a freebie, but I can't imagine ever laying out real money for it. For cash I expect something with a plot and perhaps even some content!
Posted by: Derek Clarke 23 Feb 2006
Ricky Gervais
As amusing as the podcasts are, I doubt very much that I will part with any money to hear them.
Posted by: Shaun Vaughan 22 Feb 2006