Karl Pilkington is to appear on an episode of The Simpsons.

It will come as the animated worlds of Springfield and The Ricky Gervais Show overlap in a future episode of the US series.

Writing on his blog, Gervais said: ‘He's excited about being on The Simpsons. I won't give the joke away but they are featuring a little clip of The Ricky Gervais Show in a future episode. He said, “Good that init?”

‘Trust me. That's him being over the fucking moon.'

Gervais is currently editing the second series of An Idiot Abroad, in which he sends Pilkington to exotic locations around the world.

He wrote: ‘Finished a rough edit of Karl’s first An Idiot Abroad 2 trip. Fuck me what a whinging Manc twat. So, as I say, as good as the first series.’

Published: 19 May 2011