Reuters reports that Ricky Gervais, who created and starred in the popular BBC sitcom called The Office has hit the top of iTunes in both the U.S. and the UK with his new podcast show.
Gervais' podcast also features his "Office" co-writer Stephen Merchant and their former radio producer Karl Pilkington, as the trio take on a succession of offbeat topics from vampires to a regular segment called "Monkey News."
The free half-hour show -- essentially a radio program that can be downloaded to a computer or portable audio player -- now occupies the top spot on the podcast charts of the U.S. and UK iTunes Music Stores run by Apple Computer, whose popular iPod digital music player was the basis for the podcast name.
The new podcast, called the Ricky Gervais Show, is available for free from the Guardian Unlimited. Reuters said it was downloaded 180,000 times last week.
Reuters 
