Sick Of It is a British Dramedy for Sky One that was created by Karl Pilkington (made famous for his friendship with Ricky Gervais and "work" on The Ricky Gervais Show) and Richard Yee (Producer for An Idiot Abroad, another show Karl stars in). It ran from 2018-2020.
The series is set around Ladbroke Grove in London and follows Karl (Karl Pilkington), a bored taxi driver who has been dumped by his girlfriend Zoe and moves in with his elderly American aunt Norma (Sondra James), and is struggling to get his life back on track. Karl's closest companion is the voice in his head, a sardonic, outspoken alter ego who takes the form of his double (the uncensored true version of Karl that says what he really thinks without the risk of offending others.) As Karl attempts to move on from the break up and sort out his life, the voice in his head appears periodically to guide, criticise and dispense his unorthodox philosophy of life.
In the UK the show can be watched on Sky One and Channel 4, elsewhere the DVD can be bought on Amazon Prime
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Tropes:
- Author Avatar: Karl shares the same name as, shares the same principals as, and is played by Karl Pilkington, the entire show would be a biography of his life it wasn't for some minor changes.
- Big "SHUT UP!": Accidentally shouts this at two babies, provided he didn't have any sleep because a baby was keeping him up. The baby turns out to not even be real and instead a testing device for would be nannies.
- Differing Priorities Breakup: Karl states Zoe wanting a child and him not as the reason as to why they broke up.
