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Karl Pilkington

Q: Is Karl Pilkington a real person?/Is Karl an actor?
A: Karl is 100% real. He's an eccentric little fella from Manchester who left school at 15 and worked his way up from hospital radio to become head of production at the biggest alternative music radio station in the UK. He has since become an author, TV personality and an audiobook mogul. His opinions and anecdotes may seem bizarre compared to the typically inane banter of most DJs, but that's because the thoughts of a bald northern chimp are not normally broadcast on the radio. His name is definitely not Graham.

Steve's childhood address

Q: What was the name of the street where Steve lived while growing up?
A: Gay's Road

Sturgess's drug addiction jokes

Q: What's the deal with Ricky and Steve always taking the mick out of Claire Sturgess for being a recovering drug addict?
A: In 1991 when Sturgess was 16 her picture was printed in an article in The Daily Telegraph about teenage smack fiends. Apparently it was a mistake and the picture was from a dancing competition she'd won.

Suzanne

Q: Have we ever seen a picture of Karl's girlfriend Suzanne?
A: We're not quite sure. It's possible that the top of her head is pictured here, behind the computer:

It's also possible that this is the back of her, editing Match of the Day:

Dwarficide

Q: Did a circus hippo really swallow a dwarf? Only I've seen this press cutting where...
A: No. It's an urban legend as explained on Snopes.com, however the press cuttings are genuine as the fake story was printed in several national newspapers.