Trans-Siberian Express (28 Jan. 2012)

Karl takes the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to China. On the trip, he experiences a Russian steam room, undergoes Cosmonaut training, meets a magnetic man, gets buried alive, competes in a wrestling match, and visits a dwarf village.

Director:

Richard Yee

Stars:

Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Karl Pilkington	...	Himself - Presenter
Ricky Gervais	...	Himself - Executive Producer
Stephen Merchant	...	Himself - Executive Producer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Warwick Davis	...	Himself (voice)

Storyline

The next adventure that Ricky and Steven convince Karl to do is take a trip on the Trans-Siberian Express, which is the least offensive of the bucket list items but which is still not very palatable to him. He dreads the train trip more after his encounter with one of the first people he meets in Moscow. His pre-train trip stay in Moscow is not helped by his encounter with a roomful of half naked men. But once on the train he begins to relax... for twenty minutes. At his first stop, he, in honor of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space flight, is to go into cosmonaut training. He is relieved by some news with this regard. Back on the train, he meets a man, whose gift he finds somewhat silly but still cannot be fascinated by. At the next stop, he learns about a natural healing process, which may be literally his most death defying feat yet, but one in which he ultimately feels very relaxing. He learns that he will take a side trip into Mongolia, where he must defend the honor of...

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Plot Keywords:

china | steam room | wrestling | buried alive | dwarf | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

28 January 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Star City, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

RiSK Productions, Sky

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Karl Pilkington: I look like an acorn.

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Connections

References Mr Benn (1971)

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