| Carpool | |
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| Genre | Talk show |
| Created by | Robert Llewellyn |
| Starring | Robert Llewellyn |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 52 (as of December 18, 2009) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 10-30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | www.llewtube.com, iTunes, YouTube, |
| Original airing | 9 January 2009 - present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Carpool is a web series, by presenter and actor Robert Llewellyn. In each episode, he interviews well known personalities as he gives them a lift to various places around the UK. Early guests have included fellow Red Dwarf alumni, Danny John Jules, Craig Charles and Chris Barrie.
The show is filmed using small cameras mounted within the car, and the host (Robert Llewellyn) drives his guest to a destination of the guest's choosing as they talk informally about a variety of subjects. Given that the priority when recording is driving, Robert Llewellyn has had to find solutions to audio and visual recording problems - mobile phone signals can cause problems with the audio, for example.
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Episodes
| Episode | Release Date | Guest | Running Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9th Jan 2009 [nb 1] | Ed Bye | 17:24 |
| 2 | 30th Jan 2009 | Jonathan Ross | 12:34 |
| 3 | 6th Feb 2009 | Danny John-Jules | 12:01 |
| 4 | 14th Feb 2009 | Arthur Smith | 14:03 |
| 5 | 20th Feb 2009 | Charlotte Reather | 12:40 |
| 6 | 28th Feb 2009 | Nigel Planer | 13:07 |
| 7 | 6th Mar 2009 | Ruby Wax | 20:05 |
| 8 | 13th Mar 2009 | Stephen Garrett | 13:06 |
| 9 | 19th Mar 2009 | Jo Brand | 18:07 |
| 10 | 27th Mar 2009 | David Baddiel | 17:47 |
| 11 | 3rd Apr 2009 | Craig Charles | 19:45 |
| 12 | 10th Apr 2009 | Chris Barrie | 21:43 |
| 13 | 12th Apr 2009 | Maria McErlane | 13:45 |
| 14 | 17th Apr 2009 | Dom Joly | 18:04 |
| 15 | 24th Apr 2009 | David Mitchell | 21:17 |
| 16 | 1 May 2009 | Lisa Rogers | 22:45 |
| 17 | 8 May 2009 | Channelflipboys | 20:59 |
| 18 | 15 May 2009 | Charlie McDonnell | 17:54 |
| 19 | 23 May 2009 | Stephen Fry | 31:57 |
| 20 | 29 May 2009 | Tony Hawks | 21:47 |
| 21 | 5 June 2009 | Jemima Kiss | 20:46 |
| 22 | 12 June 2009 | Paul Lavelle | 19:52 |
| 23 | 19 June 2009 | Dave Gorman | 22:24 |
| 24 | 23 June 2009 | Glastonbury Special | 19:19 |
| 25 | 26 June 2009 | Cathy Rogers | 17:34 |
| 26 | 3 July 2009[nb 2] | Jason Calacanis | 18:51 |
| 27 | 10 July 2009 | Oliver James | 29:38 |
| 28 | 17 July 2009 | Diarmuid O'Connell (Tesla) | 24:02 |
| 29 | 24 July 2009 | Brian Cox | 30:32 |
| 30 | 31 July 2009 | Doug Coleman | 17:52 |
| 31 | 7 August 2009 | Sharon Corr | 28:59 |
| 32 | 14 August 2009 | John Kingston (Honda UK) | 29:00 |
| 33 | 21 August 2009 | David Frank | 25:11 |
| 34 | 28 August 2009 | Richard Noble | 26:56 |
| 35 | 4 September 2009 | Leo Laporte | 27:36 |
| 36 | 11 September 2009 | Chelsea Sexton | 24:35 |
| 37 | 18 September 2009 | Rich Tuckwell | 25:31 |
| 38 | 25 September 2009 | Alice Roberts | 30:42 |
| 39 | 02 October 2009 | Dale Vince (Ecotricity) | 28:04 |
| 40 | 05 October 2009 | Mistubishi iMiev Review (with Catherine Perrin of Mitsubishi) | 09:22 |
| 41 | 09 October 2009 | Paul Jackson | 27:55 |
| 42 | 16 October 2009 | Paul Fishkin | 27:10 |
| 43 | 23 October 2009 | Adrian Edmondson | 25:56 |
| 44 | 24 October 2009 | October '09 Trailer | 08:52 |
| 45 | 30 October 2009 | Martha Lane Fox | 27:47 |
| 46 | 6 November 2009 | Duncan Jones | 27:09 |
| 47 | 13 November 2009 | Dick Strawbridge | 28:53 |
| 48 | 20 November 2009 | Liz Jackson | 26:50 |
| 49 | 27 November 2009 | Paul Scott | 23:40 |
| 50 | 4 December 2009 | Graham Linehan | 26:59 |
| 51 | 11 December 2009 | Baroness Greenfield | 29:58 |
| 52 | 18 December 2009 | Richard Herring | 27:58 |
| 53 | 8 January 2010 | Patrick Stewart |
Guests
Below is a list of confirmed upcoming guests of the show:
- Steve Brooks
- Nick Carpenter
- Chris Goodall
- Hattie Hayridge
- John Hegley
- David Lavelle
- Helen Lederer
- Elaine Morgan
- Doug Naylor
- Jerry Roberts
- Patrick Stewart
- Derren Brown
Commissioning
At London Film and Comic Con in July 2009, Danny John-Jules (a previous guest on Carpool and also appeared in Red Dwarf with Robert Llewellyn) mentioned that RDF Productions (the production company behind Scrapheap Challenge - another series starting Robert Llewellyn) has commissioned Carpool for broadcast and that Llewellyn is re-shooting a number of episodes in high-definition video for broadcast.
Notes
- ^ This is the release date of the original release. A second version was released on 26th Jan 2009 that fixes iPhone compatibility
- ^ On the 3rd July a second version of this episode was released with the title "iPhone Jason Calacanis Carpool" and description "iPhone compatible version" the only differences are the video dimensions and the Total bitrates being smaller in the former and higher in the latter.
References
External links
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