Carpool (TV series)

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Carpool
Genre Chat show
Created by Robert Llewellyn
Directed byDom Bowles
Presented byRobert Llewellyn
ComposerNick Croft
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producersRobert Llewellyn
Cathy Rogers
ProducerTom Reynolds
EditorsPhillip Marriott
Jamie Morton
Running time24 mins approx
Production companies RDF Media
Toyota Prius
Original release
Network Dave
Release4 November 2010 (2010-11-04) 
2 February 2011 (2011-02-02)
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Carpool

Carpool is a British television spin-off of the web series of the same name. It is presented by English actor and comedian Robert Llewellyn. In each episode he interviews a guest while giving them a ride in his Toyota Prius. The guests are mainly comedians/comedic actors that are well known in the UK. However, Llewellyn has also interviewed musical comedian Tim Minchin and magician Paul Daniels.

Contents

The show is filmed using high-definition cameras mounted within and outside the car. Llewellyn drives his guest to a destination of their choosing as they talk informally about various subjects. As Llewellyn is driving for the majority of the time it can be difficult to deal with technical problems, especially interference from mobile phones.

The show, based on the web format, is developed by RDF Contact, and fully funded by Toyota, who also sponsor the show. Carpool was first broadcast on Dave on 4 November 2010. [1] Carpool has been shortlisted for best content partnership in Broadcast Awards. [2] In an August, 2011 update of the web series, Llewellyn announced that the show would stay as a web-exclusive and that no more made-for-television episodes would be made. [3]

Episodes

EpisodeGuestsOriginal Air DateTotal Viewing Figures (Inc. +1) [4]
1 Rufus Hound and Jason Manford [5] 4 November 2010Less than 275,000
2 Arthur Smith and Chris Addison [5] 11 November 2010Less than 302,000
3 Rob Brydon and Jeremy Hardy [5] 18 November 2010Less than 295,000
4 Ross Noble and Stephen K Amos [5] 25 November 2010Less than 311,000
5 Craig Charles and Paul Daniels [5] 2 December 2010Less than 321,000
6 Jo Brand and Jason Byrne [6] 5 January 2011Less than 292,000
7 David Baddiel and Tim Minchin [6] 12 January 2011Less than 249,000
8 Phill Jupitus and Toby Williams [6] 19 January 2011Less than 259,000
9 Tim Vine and Doon Mackichan [6] 26 January 2011Less than 291,000
10 Jim Jefferies and Richard Herring [6] 2 February 2011TBC

Commissioning

News of the TV version of Carpool first came at London Film and Comic Con in July 2009. Danny John-Jules, Llewellyn's Red Dwarf co-star, mentioned that RDF Contact (who produced Llewellyn's Scrapheap Challenge ) had been commissioned by UKTV to produce Carpool for broadcast and that Llewellyn was shooting a number of episodes in high-definition.[ citation needed ]

On 30 June 2010 it was announced that the new shows would appear on the UKTV channel, Dave, as well as extended versions of the broadcast episodes appearing online on Llewellyn's YouTube page and on iTunes after broadcast, and that the format of the show will remain unchanged. [7]

It is usually broadcast as an Easter Egg, hidden at the end of the last broadcast of the evening on Dave (at around 0240 hrs) and not mentioned in TV listings.[ citation needed ]

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