Genre Chat show Directed by Dom Bowles Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 4 November 2010 Presented by Robert Llewellyn Program creator Robert Llewellyn | Created by Robert Llewellyn Composer(s) Nick Croft Original language(s) English Final episode date 2 February 2011 Number of episodes 10 Executive producer Cathy Rogers | |
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Similar Scrapheap Challenge, Red Dwarf: Back to Earth, Comedy Connections, Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask, Captain Butler | ||
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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. Carpool has been shortlisted for best content partnership in Broadcast Awards. 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.
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Commissioning
News of the TV version of Carpool first came about at London Film and Comic Con in July 2009. Danny John-Jules, Robert 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 is currently shooting a number of episodes in high-definition.
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.
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.