Chris Martin (episode)

Chris Martin performs "Fix You" on When the Whistle Blows

## Guest appearances

Chris MartinRonnie Corbett
Patricia Potter
Richard Briers
Stephen Fry

'**Chris Martin**' is the fourth episode of the second season of *Extras*, the tenth episode overall in the series. It was originally broadcast on 5 October 2006 on BBC Two and on 29 January 2007 on HBO. The guest stars in this episode were singer-musician Chris Martin, comedians Ronnie Corbett and Stephen Fry, and actors Richard Briers and Patricia Potter.

## Summary

Andy makes a charity appeal video and meets Chris Martin from Coldplay, who appears as a shameless self-promoter interested only in advertising his album. Martin requests to make a cameo on *When the Whistle Blows* and appears on the show to play "Fix You" despite Andy insisting against it. Despite angry reviews at the shameless celebrity appearance on his sitcom, Andy is nominated for a BAFTA. Through the misendeavours of agent Darren and friend Maggie, Andy manages to upset both Richard Briers and Patricia Potter, an ex-girlfriend, who goes on to humiliate him from the stage.

Co–nominee Stephen Fry wins the award in Andy's category and privately rebukes Andy for his sitcom's use of laugh tracks, silly wigs and catchphrases. Darren then manages to get himself and Andy banned from all BAFTA events when they are caught alongside a drug-taking Ronnie Corbett.

## Cast

### Main

* Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman
* Ashley Jensen as Maggie Jacobs
* Stephen Merchant as Darren Lamb
* Shaun Williamson as Barry (himself)

### Recurring

* Shaun Pye as Greg Lindley-Jones
* Martin Savage as Damon Beesley
* Andrew Buckley as himself (as Gobbler)
* Jamie Chapman as himself (as Brains)
* Sarah Moyle as herself (as Kimberley)

### Guest

* Chris Martin as himself
* Ronnie Corbett as himself
* Patricia Potter as herself (Andy's ex-girlfriend)
* Richard Briers as himself
* Stephen Fry as himself

### Extra

* Geraldine Alexander as Boutique Saleswoman
* Lee White as Sales Assistant
* Julia Rayner as Telethon Producer
* Toby Longworth as BAFTA Executive
* John Peters as *Holby City* Producer
* Perry Blanks as Security Guard
* Moira Stuart as herself

## Trivia

* In a post-credits scene, police pat down Moira Stuart on suspicion of her being Ronnie Corbett's cocaine dealer. As she sees Andy, she tells him that he's a "dead man".
	+ In an alternate post-credits scene in the US version of this episode, Chris Martin and Andy as his *When the Whistle Blows* character Ray Stokes perform "Fix You".
* Chris Martin performs two songs in the episode: "Fix You" by his band Coldplay – during his cameo appearance on *When the Whistle Blows* to promote the band's upcoming greatest hits album – and the closing theme to *Extras*, "Tea for the Tillerman", originally by Cat Stevens. The credits song in this episode marks the only time in the series when Stevens' version is not played.
* Chris Martin later collaborated with *Extras* co-creator Ricky Gervais on the latter's soundtrack album to *The Office* spin-off film *David Brent: Life on the Road* (2016), writing the song "Electricity".

## Cultural references

* Before filming his charity benefit video, Chris Martin hopes that the filming will be as quick as possible because he wants to get home and watch *Deal or No Deal?*
* Andy's ex-girlfriend, Patricia Potter, is a cast member who wins a BAFTA for the 1999 television series *Holby City*.
	+ Other BAFTA winners include *The South Bank Show* and the fictitious *Jamie's Prison Dinners*, based on the 2005 mini-series *Jamie's School Dinners*.
* Whilst Maggie is trying on dresses at the boutique, a montage that parodies one in the 1990 film *Pretty Woman* is shown whilst the Roy Orbison song of the same name plays.
* On the episode of *When the Whistle Blows*, references are made to the 1937 film *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* and the character of Kermit the Frog from the *Muppets* franchise.

## External links

* 'Chris Martin' on IMDB
* US alternate post-credits scene on YouTube, uploaded by ExtrasSeries2 on 23 March, 2007