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. In each episode he interviews a guest while giving them a ride in his

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. The guests are mainly comedians/comedic actors that are well known in the UK. However, Llewellyn has also interviewed musical comedian Tim Minchin and magician

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. The show is filmed using high-definition cameras mounted within and outside the car. Llewellyn drives his guest to a destination of their choosing as they talk informally about various subjects. As Llewellyn is driving for the majority of the time it can be difficult to deal with technical problems, especially interference from mobile phones. The show, based on the web format, is developed by RDF Contact, and fully funded by

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, who also sponsor the show. Carpool was first broadcast on Dave on 4 November 2010. Carpool has been shortlisted for best content partnership in Broadcast Awards. In an August, 2011 update of the web series, Llewellyn announced that the show would stay as a web-exclusive and that no more made-for-television episodes would be made.

Episodes

Commissioning

News of the TV version of ''

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'' first came at

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in July 2009.

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, Llewellyn's '' Red Dwarf'' co-star, mentioned that RDF Contact (who produced Llewellyn's ''

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'') had been commissioned by

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to produce ''Carpool'' for broadcast and that Llewellyn was shooting a number of episodes in high-definition. On 30 June 2010 it was announced that the new shows would appear on the

channel, Dave, as well as extended versions of the broadcast episodes appearing online on Llewellyn's

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page and on iTunes after broadcast, and that the format of the show will remain unchanged. It is usually broadcast as an

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, hidden at the end of the last broadcast of the evening on Dave (at around 0240 hrs) and not mentioned in TV listings.

References

External links

''Carpool on Dave''
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''Watch full episodes of Carpool on the Dave website''''Carpool channel on Youtube''''Carpool official iPhone App''''Twitterings'' – watch Carpool
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