Extras (TV Series 2005–2007) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Andy Millman is an actor with ambition and a script. Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy's attempts to boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment. Stars: Andy is unhappy with the fame he has achieved. When a new agent approaches him, Andy fires Darren and quits 'When The Whistle Blows'. Meanwhile, Maggie has hit rock bottom, having given up working as... 9.0 Andy and Maggie work on a Holocaust film that stars Kate Winslet. 8.9 First comes the success, then the backlash and the British press aren't about to change the rules. Andy has incurred their wrath and needs an experienced P.R. guru to help him. On the set of his new ...

8.8 Check out India Spotlight Related News a list of 30 titles created 18 Feb 2011 a list of 28 titles created 22 Dec 2013 a list of 28 titles created 21 May 2014 a list of 44 titles created 15 Aug 2015 a list of 22 titles created 1 month ago Search for " Extras " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 13 wins & 45 nominations. See more awards » Photos The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager Brent as they continue their daily lives. Stars: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook Derek is a loyal nursing home care assistant who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.

Stars: Ricky Gervais, Kerry Godliman, David Earl The show centers on Warwick Davis in his day-to-day life, complete with the frustrations he faces. Stars: Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant Brit Karl Pilkington has led a sheltered life. Not having done any traveling, he enjoys living within the comforts of what he knows, basically that being what is purely British. As such, ... See full summary » Stars: Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant Alan Partridge a failed television presenter whose previous exploits had featured in the chat-show parody Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and who is now presenting a programed on local radio in Norwich. Stars: Steve Coogan, Phil Cornwell, Simon Greenall Follows four friends and their antics during their final years of school. Stars: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant talk to Karl Pilkington about important things in life whilst Karl provides anything but intelligent answers. Comedy at its finest with wonderful animation.

Stars: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington Mark and Jez are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common - except for the fact that their lives are anything but normal. Mayhem ensues as the pair strive to cope with day-to-day life. Stars: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Matt King Friends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford. Stars: Jessica Hynes, Simon Pegg, Julia Deakin The comedic adventures of a rag-tag group of technical support workers at a large corporation. Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson Karl is faced with the different aspects of life by travelling around the world and discovering how different people face life's challenges. Stars: Karl Pilkington, John Montgomery, Richard Yee Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs Edit Storyline Andy Millman is an actor with ambition and a script.

Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy's attempts to boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment. The story of a man with small parts. (season 1) See more » Genres: 25 September 2005 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Easter Egg: On the Disc 2, Series 2 Main Menu, press up, then select, the menu will reload and the star icon will be on the steam to the left, press select again for a mini "review" of Extras. See more » Quotes Andy Millman : "When the Whistle Blows". Darren Lamb : [writing] "When the W Blows". Andy Millman : Don't just write "W" you'll forget what the W stands for. Darren Lamb : "When the Wind Blows". [...] (Trondheim, Norway) – See all my reviews Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant is the peerless comedy-duo whose brilliant eye for comedy and drama surprised and shocked the world a few years ago with the Award-winning The Office, who later transformed itself into one of TV-comedy-history's most memorable and successful series.

This is their Difficult Second Album, and its such a fantastic volume two of their already stunning career. Gervais takes the role as Andy Millman, a pretty straight-forward everyday man whose situation finds him seeking for more to life as he and his friend Maggie (Ashley Jensen) both work as extras, or supporting artists if you like, and Merchant takes a supporting character as Darren Lamb, his literally useless agent. Extras is such a fantastic show in every aspect, and the transaction between comedy and drama is purely class, the way you'll find the celebrity-parts (oh, it's just Patrick Stewart, Kate Winslet, Samuel L. Jackson, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, David Bowie and Robert De Niro to mention some) egoism and embarrassing self-awareness adds realism to it, and it's sort of every fan's nightmare to see their favorite actor/actress act themselves into embarrassing situations. 'Extras' is something very few artists can pull off, it's a follow-up that adds depth to something already brilliant by not only making the funny bits even more subtle and the gags even more layered, but adding emotional resonance with outstanding pace.

'Extras' can't really be compared with the Office, it's worth more in its own right and it's downright one of the most incredible shows of all time. 6 of 7 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Ricky Gervais On The Original 'Office' : NPR Ricky Gervais On The Original 'Office' Embed Embed Ricky Gervais On The Original 'Office' Ricky Gervais On The Original 'Office' Embed Embed Ricky Gervais, co-creator and star of the BBC series The Office, speaks during the 2013 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour in January 2013. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Ricky Gervais, co-creator and star of the BBC series The Office, speaks during the 2013 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour in January 2013. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images This interview was originally broadcast on April 12, 2004 . Actor Ricky Gervais starred in, co-wrote and co-directed the hit BBC sitcom, The Office, with his partner Stephen Merchant.

It was their BBC series from which the hit NBC series drew much inspiration. Gervais played the self-obsessed middle-manager David Brent on whom Michael Scott, Steve Carell's character in the NBC incarnation of the show, is based. Like the NBC show, the satirical BBC series The Office was also shot in documentary style and followed the goings-on at a suburban paper company where life is stationary. Since The Office, Gervais went on — again with Merchant — to co-write and co-direct the HBO series Extras, about the extras that populate television, movie and theater sets. DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. "The Office" concludes its eight-year run on NBC next week. Ricky Gervais co-created and starred in the original version of the show on the BBC, playing David Brent, the character on whom Steve Carell's Michael Scott was loosely modeled. Terry Gross interviewed Ricky Gervais in 2004. Here's a scene in which Gervais is conducting a performance evaluation with his receptionist Dawn.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE OFFICE") RICKY GERVAIS: (As David Brent) If you had to name a role model, someone who's influenced you, who would it be? LUCY DAVIS: (As Dawn Tinsley) What, like a historical person? GERVAIS: (As David) No, someone in sort of general life, just someone who's been an influence on you. DAVIS: (As Dawn) I suppose my mum. She's just, she's strong, calm in the face of adversity. Oh, God, I remember when she had a hysterectomy... GERVAIS: (As David) If it wasn't your mother, though. I mean, it doesn't even have to be a woman. It could be a... DAVIS: (As Dawn) Man. OK, well, I suppose if it was a man, it would be my father. GERVAIS: (As David) Not your father, all right. Let's take your parents as red. I'm looking for someone in the sort of work-related arena, who's influenced... DAVIS: (As Dawn) Right, OK, well I suppose Tim, then. He's always...

GERVAIS: (As David) Well he's a friend, isn't he? Not a friend, someone in authority. Maybe I didn't, you know... DAVIS: (As Dawn) Well, than I suppose Jennifer. GERVAIS: (As David) I thought we said not a woman, didn't we? Or am I... DAVIS: (As Dawn) OK. Well, I suppose you're the only one who... GERVAIS: (As David) Oh, embarrassing. This has backfired, hasn't it? Oh, dear, very flattering. Can we put me in there? DAVIS: (As Dawn) OK, Tim then. GERVAIS: (As David) We said not Tim. So do you want to put me or not? DAVIS: (As Dawn) OK. GERVAIS: (As David) Right. So should I put strong role model? DAVIS: (As Dawn) OK. GERVAIS: (As David) Yeah. TERRY GROSS, HOST: Now, you've created this story about life in an office. Have you ever worked in an office? GERVAIS: Yeah. I worked in an office for eight years.

That's where I got it all from. I was a middle manager. I went to management training seminars where the speakers talked rubbish for two days. (LAUGHTER) GERVAIS: Yeah, I worked in an office for seven or eight years. GROSS: Are any of the storylines in "The Office" based on things that have happened to you? GERVAIS: Oh, let me think. Let's see. Well, the episode four in series one, where we had the guy come in train people, I remember the first training session I went to, and I remember they did role-playing. And I remember at the time thinking this is ridiculous. And it started off I'd like to complain about my room. Oh, I don't care. Well, you should. You're the manager. Well, go to another hotel then. Well, I will. And they went: That's the wrong way to do it. And then they said OK, now we'll do it the right way to do it. And he comes in and says, well, I'd like to complain about my room. Oh, I'm very sorry, sir, what's up with it? Oh, it's just dirty.

Oh, well, I'll have someone clean it, and you can have it for free. Brilliant. It was like as black and white as that, and I remember thinking: I don't know what the moral is. (LAUGHTER) GERVAIS: So I quite like spoofing role-play. GROSS: Why don't we hear that scene? In this scene, David Brent is role-playing with the guy who's running the seminar, and David Brent is supposed to be playing the customer, and the guy running the seminar is the hotel clerk. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE OFFICE") GERVAIS: (As David) I'd like to make a complaint, please. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I don't care. GERVAIS: (As David) Well, I am staying in the hotel. So... UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I don't care. It's not my shift. GERVAIS: (As David) Well, you're an ambassador for the hotel. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I don't care. I don't care what you think. GERVAIS: (As David) I think you'll care when I tell you what the complaint is.

I think there's been a rape up there. I got his attention. Get their attention, OK? UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Right. So there were some interesting points, there. GERVAIS: (As David) Very interesting points. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: It's not quite the point I was trying to make, David. GERVAIS: (As David) Different points to be made. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I'm more into really customer care. GERVAIS: (As David) So am I. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: And the way that we would deal with somebody... GERVAIS: (As David) Maybe I should - as I thought, I should play the hotel manager, because I'm used to - I phased you. But you have a go. See if you can phase me. OK? Yeah, all right, OK. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Hello, I wish to make a complaint. GERVAIS: (As David) Not interested. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: My room is an absolute disgrace. GERVAIS: (As David) Don't care. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: The bathroom doesn't appear to have been cleaned. GERVAIS: (As David) What room are you in?

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: 362. GERVAIS: (As David) There is no 362 in this hotel. Sometimes the complaints will be false. OK? Good. GROSS: David completely misses the point in that, but that's so typical of him. GERVAIS: Of course, because he wants to be top dog. He wants to be the center of attention. He couldn't - you know, he hires this guy, but then he wants to be in charge. So he's just a child. You know, it's his football, and he's got to be, you know, the most important player. GROSS: Now, later in this same seminar, David turns the discussion into basically a Q&A about himself. And then he reveals he used to be in a band, and then he takes out his guitar, and he starts playing some songs. GERVAIS: Awful. GROSS: Awful, exactly. In fact, let me play some of the songs. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE OFFICE") GERVAIS: (As David) (Singing) Pretty girl on the hood of a Cadillac, yeah. She's broken down on Freeway 9.

Take a look at her engine's starting, and leave her purring, and I roll on by, bye-bye. Free love on the free love freeway. The love is free, and the freeway's long. I've got some hot love on the hot love highway, and going home, because my baby's gone. MACKENZIE CROOK: (as Gareth) (Singing ) She's dead. GERVAIS: (As David) She's not dead. (Singing) Long time later, see a cowboy crying. Hey buddy, what can I do? He says I lived a good life, and I've had about 1,000 women. I said, well, why the tears? He says, 'cause none of them was you. MARTIN FREEMAN: What, you? GERVAIS: (As David) No, he's looking at a photograph. FREEMAN: Of you? GERVAIS: (As David) No, of his girlfriend. The video would have shown that. FREEMAN: Sorry. Yeah, he sounds a bit gay, though. GERVAIS: (As David) It's not gay.

(As David) (Singing) Free love on the free love freeway. The love is free, and the freeway's long. GROSS: That's Ricky Gervais as David Brent in a scene from the British sitcom "The Office," which is also now on DVD. Now, Ricky, I know you used to be in a band. (LAUGHTER) GROSS: Are any of these songs you used to do for real? GERVAIS: No, no, no, no, no. GROSS: Good. I was really hoping you'd say that. (LAUGHTER) GERVAIS: Yeah, no, of course not. No, I wrote those especially for the show. And "Free Love Freeway," I'm fascinated when British people who've never been out of their own town start writing songs about what it would be like to cross America. (LAUGHTER) GERVAIS: You know, they might as well talk about space travel. Though, again, the joke there wasn't that he was bad, or the songs were comical, it was the fact that it was so inappropriate. He's meant to be leading a training session, but he wants to show off. And I love that.

Same as, like, people who take a guitar to a party, you know. (LAUGHTER) GERVAIS: It's just, like, shut up. (LAUGHTER) GROSS: The other great thing about this scene is that he does all these horrible things that make you so uncomfortable when a bad performer is singing in a small room. He looks people in the eyes in this kind of dreamy way. (LAUGHTER) GERVAIS: Yeah, excruciating, isn't it? GROSS: Exactly. GERVAIS: Absolutely excruciating, the white man overbite to show he's really getting into it. GROSS: Oh, yes, he bites his lip to show how sensitive he's being. (LAUGHTER) GERVAIS: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, awful. GROSS: Now, as a musician yourself, is this something that you've done or that you've just... GERVAIS: I'll stop you there: failed musician. Let's get it right. GROSS: OK, that's fine. GERVAIS: No, I hope I was never like that. And it was... GROSS: But you've seen people be that way?

GERVAIS: And I wasn't 40. So I hope there's enough distance between me and David Brent, then. BIANCULLI: Ricky Gervais, star and co-creator of the original British series "The Office," speaking to Terry Gross in 2004. We'll continue our salute to the American version of "The Office" - which began in 2005 and ends next week - in the second half of the show. I'm David Bianculli, and this is FRESH AIR. Copyright © 2013 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc. , an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. Ricky Gervais | Biography and Filmography | 1961 Voiced character of Mr.

James Bing in computer animated feature "Escape from Planet Earth" 2012 Despite controversial remarks targeting nominees and presenters during previous year's Golden Globes, was invited back to host 69th annual awards ceremony 2012 Executive produced and appeared on Channel 4 series "Derek" 2011 Returned for another controversial hosting of 68th Golden Globe Awards 2011 With Merchant, wrote, directed, and appeared on BBC series "Life's Too Short"; series starred Warwick Davis 2010 Together with Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington, created HBO animated series "The Ricky Gervais Show" 2010 Hosted 67th Golden Globe Awards 2009 Co-starred with Ben Stiller in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" 2009 Co-directed and starred in comedy "The Invention of Lying"; also wrote and produced 2009 Headlined sixth annual New York Comedy Festival at Carnegie Hall 2008 First starring role in a feature film, "Ghost Town" 2008 Received Emmy nominations for Acting, Directing and Writing for "Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale" (

HBO) 2008 Performed the comedy special "Out of England" (HBO); earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Special 2006 Became first guest star on "The Simpsons" (Fox) to also write the episode on which he guest starred; episode titled "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" 2006 Cast as a studio executive in Christopher Guest directed comedy "For Your Consideration" 2005 Co-created "Extras," (BBC2) with Stephen Merchant; also starred as Andy Millman, an actor whose career is stuck in background extra parts (aired on HBO in the U.S.); earned Emmy nominations in 2007 for Best Directing for the episode "Orlando Bloom" and Be 2004 Produced American version of "The Office" (NBC) with co-creator Greg Daniels 2004 Published first childrens book Flanimals; illustrated by friend Rob Steen 2003 Toured the U.K.

with stand-up show "Animals" 2001 With Merchant co-created "The Ricky Gervais Show," a weekly online audio program; aired on Xfm in weekly periods for months at a time throughout 2002, 2003, 2004, and mid-2005 2001 Co-created with Steve Merchant and starred on BBC comedy hit "The Office" 2000 Hosted "Meet Ricky Gervais" (Channel 4) 1998 Ricky Gervais - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS News Ricky Gervais Next Left: Actor Ricky Gervais poses in the press room with BAFTA awards for Best Situation Comedy and Best Comedy performance, at the Grosvenor House Hotel, April 18, 2004 in London. The creator of "The Office," "Extras," and "Derek" has become famous for his successful brand of "cringe comedy" - deliberately un-PC humor that taunts taboos, crosses boundaries and elicits painful laughs. His success - and the fact that the Brit's work has found international appeal - surprises even Gervais.

"I shouldn't be this famous, or rich, with the stuff I do," he laughingly admitted to CBS News' Mark Phillips. "No, I should be a fringe comedian that a few people have heard of that isn't allowed on telly, yeah." By CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan Credit: Steve Finn/Getty Images Left: Ricky Gervais performs on stage at the charity concert "Live 8 London" in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005 in London, England. Born and raised in the county of Berskhire in England, Gervais earned a degree in philosophy and played in bands and wrote comedy sketches for British radio and TV (including "The 11 O'Clock Show"). Credit: Jo Hale/Getty Images "The Office" Gervais was an unknown 40-year-old comic when his BBC series "The Office" debuted in 2001. The fake fly-on-the-wall documentary (created, written, and directed by Gervais and Stephen Merchant) told of the office mates of a small company in a backwater London suburb.

Credit: BBC "The Office" In "The Office" Gervais played the tragic-comic main character, David Brent, the manager whose inflated sense of self creates painful (and painfully funny) interactions with his long-suffering coworkers. "If you do what you do and you're uncompromised - you don't listen to focus groups and it's not by committee - something's going to come out that wasn't there before," he told Mark Phillips. What came out for Gervais was an obscure little British sitcom that conquered the world. Credit: BBC "The Office" Ricky Gervais as David Brent, with the cast of "The Office." "He wasn't that bad," Gervais said of Brent. "He tried to please everyone all the time, and he ended up pleasing no one. Which is a nice metaphor for being a comedian, I think!" Credit: BBC "The Office" Worldwide It turned out the inept boss who only wanted to be loved, but who everybody loved to ridicule, was a character with international appeal. The show was exported to about 90 countries, and re-made in eight, including Steve Carell's version that ran for nine seasons in the United States.

Clockwise from top left: "The Office" as reimagined in Canada ("La Job"), the U.S., Sweden ("Kontoret"), Israel ("HaMisrad"), Chile ("La Ofis"), Germany ("Stromberg") and France ("Le Bureau"). Credit: CBS News 61st Golden Globe Awards Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, the cast of "The Office" - Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Ash Atalla, Lucy Davis and Martin Freeman - pose backstage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, January 25, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Teenage Cancer Trust Comedian Ricky Gervais performs on stage on the first night of a series of concerts and events in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust organized by Roger Daltrey, at the Royal Albert Hall on March 27, 2006 in London, England. Credit: Jo Hale/Getty Images 58th Emmy Awards Ricky Gervais, Conan O'Brien and Jason Lee attends the Governor's Ball after the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on August 27, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.

Credit: Vince Bucci/Getty Images "Extras" In the sitcom "Extras" (2005-2007), Ricky Gervais played Andy Millman, a frustrated actor who could only get work as a background player. The show featured guest stars pretty much mocking themselves (such as George Michael and Clive Owen, left). Gervais won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for "Extras." Credit: BBC/HBO Comedian Ricky Gervais stands beside the one o'clock gun at Edinburgh Castle, June 11, 2007 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Gervais became the first comedian ever to perform there. Credit: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images "Life's Too Short" In "Life's Too Short" (2011-2012), Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant play themselves in a mockumentary about the life and travails of a little person (Warwick Davis). Credit: BBC/HBO "Life's Too Short" Ricky Gervais described "Life's Too Short" to The Telegraph as "a cross between 'Extras' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'One Foot in the Grave,' but with a dwarf.

That is out-and-out funny.'' Credit: BBC/HBO "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Ricky Gervais appeared as an obnoxious actor named Ricky Gervais in a Season 8 episode of Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Credit: HBO Night at the Museum" Ricky Gervais starred as the boss of night watchman Ben Stiller in the 2006 comedy, "Night at the Museum," and its sequel, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian." Credit: 20th Century Fox Night at the Museum" Ricky Gervais and Ben Stiller arrive for the world premiere of the sequel to "Night at the Museum" at the Empire Leicester Square, May 12, 2009 in London, England. Credit: Tim Whitby/Getty Images "Ghost Town" In "Ghost Town" (2008), Ricky Gervais (pictured with Aasif Mandvi and Melissa Thomas) played a dentist who can see the dead.

Credit: Paramount Pictures "The Invention of Lying" In 2009's "The Invention of Lying," which Ricky Gervais co-wrote and co-directed with Matthew Robinson, Gervais plays a writer in an alternate universe in which human beings do not have the ability to tells lies, fictions or untruths - until Gervais discovers this comically useful trait. Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K. and Tina Fey costar. Credit: Warner Brothers 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards Actor Ricky Gervais and producer Jane Fallon, his longtime partner, arrive at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton hotel on January 16, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. His Hollywood bad-boy act hosting the Golden Globe Awards in 2010 offended stars more used to flattery. ("Looking at all the faces here makes me remember all the great work that's been done this year by cosmetic surgeons.") His act was deemed so offensive, he was asked to come back and do it two more times. "It was mild ribbing of some of the most famous, loved people in the world.

It wasn't a room full of wounded soldiers, you know? I made some jokes," explained Gervais. "I don't think those people went home crying about some little, you know, upstart Brit making fun of their film. Really?" Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards Despite some criticism that Ricky Gervais had gone too far in his wisecracks targeting Hollywood heavyweights, ratings for his Golden Globe hosting duties were up, and so he was invited for a third time to emcee the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 15, 2012. Introducing Colin Firth, Gervais said glowing things about the "King's Speech" actor, then joked, "What you don't know about him is he's very racist ... I've seen him punch a little blind kitten!

Please welcome the evil Colin Firth!" Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC via Getty Images 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards Ricky Gervais ribbed presenter Johnny Depp ("Have you seen 'The Tourist' yet?") during the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom, January 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC via Getty Images "Muppets Most Wanted" Ricky Gervais is among the flesh-and-blood cast of the upcoming film, "Muppets Most Wanted." Credit: Disney Comedians Ricky Gervais, Jimmy Kimmel, Amy Poehler and Jimmy Fallon attend the TIME'S 100 Most Influential People In The World reception, at Jazz at Lincoln Center, April 23, 2013 in New York City. Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for TIME "Derek" Ricky Gervais plays "Derek," an assistant in an old age home, in another odd-ball, even controversial comedy on Netflix. When it ran in Britain, critics wondered whether Gervais had crossed a line -- even for him.

"I've never considered [Derek] disabled," Gervais told Phillips. "Someone said that he could be autistic, that he could be Down's syndrome. Someone said that he could be learning difficulties. What's Mr. Bean, you know? He's a fictional character, and he's based on people that I've met [who] are like Derek. "I deal in taboo subjects for a reason. I want to investigate the audience's and my discomfort around those things." Credit: Netflix "Derek" Ricky Gervais, of the television show "Derek," speaks during the 2013 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Langham Hotel and Spa on January 9, 2013 in Pasadena, California. Credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Director Ricky Gervais poses during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 14, 2009 in Toronto, Canada. For more info: The Office (TV Series 2001–2003) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later.

X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager Brent as they continue their daily lives. Stars: Tim's world is rocked when Dawn turns up at the office to say hello. Despite a stern warning from Gareth and wise words from Keith in Accounts, Tim can't help but get his hopes up again. Meanwhile, ... 9.5 It's the annual comic relief day fund raiser at the office and the employees are up to their usual silliness. Tim raises money from his mates by playing a prank on Gareth. Dawn is selling kisses at ... 9.0 It's David last day and he is outwardly very calm about it all. The company has sent a writer to interview him for an article on leadership and his idea is to dictate the contents rather than answer ...

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Stars: Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer Follows four friends and their antics during their final years of school. Stars: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison Alan Partridge a failed television presenter whose previous exploits had featured in the chat-show parody Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and who is now presenting a programed on local radio in Norwich. Stars: Steve Coogan, Phil Cornwell, Simon Greenall Derek is a loyal nursing home care assistant who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents. Stars: Ricky Gervais, Kerry Godliman, David Earl Mark and Jez are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common - except for the fact that their lives are anything but normal. Mayhem ensues as the pair strive to cope with day-to-day life. Stars: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Matt King The comedic adventures of a rag-tag group of technical support workers at a large corporation. Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.

Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs Arrested Development (TV Series 2003) Comedy Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable. Stars: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi The show centers on Warwick Davis in his day-to-day life, complete with the frustrations he faces. Stars: Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant Brit Karl Pilkington has led a sheltered life. Not having done any traveling, he enjoys living within the comforts of what he knows, basically that being what is purely British. As such, ... See full summary » Stars: Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant The absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place. Stars: Amy Poehler, Jim O'Heir, Nick Offerman Edit Storyline A mockumentary about life in a mid-sized suboffice paper merchants in a bleak British industrial town, where manager David Brent thinks he's the coolest, funniest, and most popular boss ever. He isn't.

That doesn't stop him from embarrassing himself in front of the cameras on a regular basis, whether from his political sermonizing, his stand-up 'comedy', or his incredibly unique dancing. Meanwhile, long-suffering Tim longs after Dawn the engaged receptionist and keeps himself sane by playing childish practical jokes on his insufferable, army-obsessed deskmate Gareth. Will the Slough office be closed? Will the BBC give David a game show? Will Tim and Dawn end up with each other? And more importantly, will Gareth realize what a hopeless prat he is? Written by Scott The critically acclaimed TV success on the daily life in an office! [Scandinavian DVD.] See more » Genres: 23 January 2003 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia In every episode, there is a shot, from the exact same angle, of the photocopier making multiple copies of a document. See more » Quotes David Brent : Let's agree to disagree. Neil Godwin : No. Let's agree that you agree with me.

(United Kingdom) – See all my reviews A TV crew move in to the Slough offices of paper wholesalers Vernom-Hogg to focus on how the ordinary British work place responds to change and business upheaval. What a surprise this series was when it first came on the TV. Given that it was on BBC2 and not given much promotion you didn't expect much, but boy is this series good. Not only is there moments of absolute comic genius, but it is also very profound. Stand assured I have met all the characters on this show in real life - I have even worked alongside a few of them! It is impossible to know what foreigners make of lead and star turn Ricky Gervais playing boss David Brent. Americans might not get the full satire of his off-centre and cliché bound management speak. Like another great British character Alf Garnett (of Till Death Us Do Part) he is not so much an invention as an acute observation of a particular type of crass over-promoted idiot that lurks among us. Incompetent and ludicrous, but full of the misplaced confidence that comes from never having to face a reality check. The office runs despite of him - not because of him.

If this was not comedy it would be considered the best portrayal of a man living under self-delusion ever put on film. His belief that he is incredibly popular and has the support of the full staff is clearly false and yet nothing can shake his beliefs. He is not blind but yet he cannot see. He is living in a land of fantasy and time-wasting - for example, inventing game shows instead of writing office reports! Brent is a self-styled "chilled out comedian" that cracks rude or racist jokes to just the type of people that don't want to hear them. Wearing a fake wan smile he has the unerring ability to make difficult situations even worse. He is always aware of the camera and even plays to it - even lurking in the background to join in other people's on-camera moments as if he has nothing better to do. Brent has a mini-me in the form of Gareth Keenan played by Mackenzie Crook. A wan and skinny man-youth who is chief support to Brent in the mismanagement of the office. A weekend soldier he makes constant references to this and how it applies to office procedure, as well as trying it on with spare office female talent - with no success whatsoever.

He also runs the office course on safety - which is one of the funniest pieces of business I have seen in a long time. Instructing female employees on how NOT to put cups of hot coffee on the top of monitors and how to correctly lift boxes. Only slightly more sane is Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman) the college drop-out that is always threatening to quit and return to his books. A bored mediocrity that fills his days by winding up Gareth and flirting with receptionist Dawn (Lucy Davis) - who has less of a role, but looks on in disgust at some of the antics that the others get up to. Special support comes from Chris Finch (played by Ralph Ineson) who is chief rep and office big mouth: Perhaps the most revolting person ever to appear on TV. His recollections of drunken evenings and stupidity being listen to with wide eyed wonder by the males - with only Dawn daring to show what he really is and even then not in words. When he leads the gang down Chasers (the local small town disco) things really hot up. This show only ran two series (plus Christmas special - that was only so-so), but in the second series the nature of the Brent management style comes under pressure.

Reality starts sweeping in to his little world and his bubble is finally popped, but not without some really funny moments - including the "Comic Relief" day episode that is perhaps the best of the whole lot. I have seen all the shows and most of them more than once. This series warrants repeat viewings because it is just so funny and perfectly realized. This series will put off thousands of people from working in an office and maybe some of them will go off and do something more creative and interesting with their lives. Writing something as good as this, for example. 62 of 81 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes 50 Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Video: Ricky Gervais's Extras Comment Extras starring Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant ranks in the 50 Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Video! Extras, the hit comedy series, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant is featured in this week’s update of the 50 Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Video ! More amazon: 50 Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Video Extras was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the tandem who also created The Office and co-hosted The Ricky Gervais Show together.

The series premiered on the BBC in the U.K. and HBO in the U.S. in 2005. The series ran for three seasons through 2007. Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Ashley Jenson, Shaun Williamson, and Shaun Pye star in Extras. In the series, Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais), a struggling actor, tries to rise up the food chain of the TV and film business as an actor and become a star. Unfortunately, along with his incompetent agent, Darren (Stephen Merchant), Andy can’t get his career off the ground. Check out the trailer for the series and see what you think: Extras was a huge critical success. Over its three-year run, Extras was nominated for a bunch of Primetime Emmys. Ricky Gervais won a Primetime Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy Serie. The series also won a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series in 2008. Ricky Gervais’s Netflix original movie Special Correspondents will be released on Netflix this weekend. You might want to check that out, too! If you can’t get enough of Ricky Gervais’s comedy and you have not seen Extras yet, you have to check it out.

It’s a great, extremely underrated comedy. More amazon: 50 Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Video If Extras does not seem like the show for you, check out the rest of our ranking of the 50 Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Video, which includes a ton of other HBO shows like The Wire, The Sopranos, Veep, Girls, Sex and the City, and more! Top Stories

Question: Who created The Office and Extras with Ricky Gervais?
Answer: Stephen Merchant