The Moaning of Life

2013 • Sky

4.6

123 reviews

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Season 2 episodes (7)

1 Art

10/13/15

Karl Pilkington goes back on the road in search of the answers to more of life's big questions, beginning by heading to America to consider the point of art. He meets artists who make sculptures out of dog muck, attempts to create a masterpiece from his own vomit and strips down to his pants for a spot of performance art in Times Square.

2 Identity

10/20/15

Karl continues to investigate life's big questions by exploring the key factors that shape people's identities, including gender, accents, hair and clothes. He heads to Los Angeles where he goes for a stroll on Newport beach dressed as a woman, before travelling to Atlanta to meet a man who has made a business out of putting hair back onto the heads of bald men. Karl's journey also takes him to Las Vegas, where he speaks to those who make a living out of looking like celebrities.

3 How to Live Your Life

10/27/15

Karl travels to the USA to meet people with unique attitudes to life. Karl begins his journey in Monterey in California where he meets Buddhist Monk Rinopche, who believes that we should live our lives without harming any living creatures. Together they go out and buy crabs that are about to be eaten before sailing out into the ocean to release them back into the wild.

4 The Body

11/3/15

Karl looks at how we should treat our bodies and finds out what lengths people will go to in order to be healthy. In Iceland he meets ‘The Ice Man’ who believes that we would all be a lot healthier if we trained our bodies in freezing temperatures. Karl continues his journey in Calcutta, India where he meets a man dedicated to Urine Therapy, and finally, in Tokyo Karl undergoes ‘small face therapy’.

5 Waste

11/10/15

Karl explores the state of the planet and wonders whether there is anything we can do about all the waste we create. He begins in Mexico City, one of the most over populated cities in the world. He joins Julio, whose job it is to unblock the pumps at the local sewage works, diving deep into raw sewage to clear out the debris. He also goes to Osnabruck in Germany to join a group of musicians who have found a creative way of turning old bins and bits of rubbish into musical instruments.

6 Time

11/17/15

Karl explores the idea of time and asks how we should spend our limited time on the planet. His journey begins in Germany, where he discovers Rumpology, a unique way of predicting the future by having his buttocks read. He then heads to Pittsburgh to meet a man who prefers to spend most of his time as a dog.

101 Deleted Scenes

11/17/15

A selection of hilarious deleted scenes from Karl Pilkington’s adventures in The Moaning of Life, Series 2. Including ‘Life on Mars’, ‘Modern Day Caveman’ and ‘Indoor Skydive’.

About this show

As premiered on Sky One. Karl Pilkington embarks on a new series of madcap travels, but this time he's going on journeys of self discovery. Now Karl's turned 40 and has officially hit middle age, it's time for him to re-assess his life. Karl's journeys will take him criss-crossing around the world, as he finds out how different people and cultures approach life. In the ultimate field trip, he'll not only pick up advice from them, but will also get involved in their lives too.

Ratings and reviews

4.6

123 reviews

James Fleetwood

February 7, 2014

Having started out listening to Karl on XFM, then the podcasts, then the tv animations and most recently the 3 series of idiot abroad, one might think, has the world seen all that Karl Pilkington(g) has to offer.......the answer is no! This series is up there with the very best that I have seen of him, and his views on life are so ill founded that they somehow actually seem to make good sense...although he is still an idiot! Cheapest entertainment there is, so buy this series if you know what's good for you, and roar with laughter at Karl's ideas on everything from dancing animals to twix burials. *****

Shaun Carney

December 4, 2019

PROPER FUNNY KARL PILKINGTON SHOULD MAKE MORE FUNNY PROGRAMS HE MAKES YOU LAUGH WHEN YOU FEEL DOWN

Dave Langridge

December 15, 2015

Absolutely fantastic entertainment Karl moans it me so I've been told brilliant can't praise it enough buy buy buy

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