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Can Ricky Gervais Save The Golden Globes?...a moment too soon. The man who gave us The Office and Extras had become so well known in recent years for his walk-on parts at awards shows that it was obvious one of them would snap him up and make him host eventually. This is the best... In this article: Ricky Gervais, Golden Globes, Academy Awards, Hollywood, Movie of the Week, No Country for Old Men, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Stewart, and David Letterman |
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | October 26, 2009
Ricky Gervais to host the 67th annual Golden Globes
...Berk, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. Gervais has won three Golden Globes. In 2008, his HBO show "Extras" was named best TV comedy. Watch Gervais tease Kate Winslet at last year's Globes ceremony: If you are under 13 years...
In this article: Ricky Gervais, Golden Globes, Los Angeles Times, Kate Winslet, HBO, The Office, Hollywood, and Los Angeles
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BBC News | October 27, 2009
Gervais set to host Golden Globes
...to present the Golden Globe film awards, organisers have announced. The Office and Extras star was approached after he made a brief appearance at last year's ceremony. "Ricky is certainly one of the funniest people on the planet," said...
In this article: Ricky Gervais, Golden Globes, The Office, Oscars, World War II, and Kate Winslet
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EveryJoe | October 28, 2009
Ricky Gervais Will Host Golden Globes
...success or an awkward night. I personally really like him from his work on Extras and, of course, as the creator of the original version of The Office but I know that his brand of humor isn't for every one. Since he was the late Princess...
In this article: Ricky Gervais, Golden Globes, Princess Diana, The Office, and Wembley Stadium
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Cele--bitchy | October 26, 2009
Ricky Gervais confirmed as host of alcohol-soaked Golden Globes
...Association. A four-time Emmy winner, Gervais has also won three Golden Globes. In 2008, his HBO show Extras was named best television comedy at the Globes. The Golden Globes will be broadcast live on NBC on Jan. 17 from the Beverly Hilton...
In this article: Ricky Gervais, Golden Globes, Emmy, Kate Winslet, Steve Carrell, and HBO
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Zap2it | October 26, 2009
Ricky Gervais will host the Golden Globes
The creator and star of "The Office" and "Extras" won a Golden Globe for "The Office" in 2004 and was nominated for "Extras" in 2008 (he's also won an Emmy for "Extras" and as a producer of the American version of "The Office"). He also...
In this article: Ricky Gervais, Golden Globes, The Office, Emmy, and Twitter
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The Golden Globes steal the Oscars' thunder
...-- rarely making much noise at the multiplexes. But as the creator of the original British TV hit "The Office," along with HBO's "Extras," Gervais has something that dozens of movie stars don't -- a rabid, cult following and the kind of...
In this article: Ricky Gervais, Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Steve Carell, Chris Rock, Hugh Jackman, Stephen Colbert, Los Angeles Times, TiVo, and Jude Law
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scotsman.com - Scotland | April 02, 2009
Tickets go on market for Ricky Gervais show
...of the Fringe Festival. The Emmy, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-winning creator of The Office and Extras will bring his brand new stand-up show Science to the Capital for what is set to be a sell-out event. Playhouse general manager...
In this article: Ricky Gervais, Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh, Emmy, Golden Globe, The Office, and Edinburgh Castle
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Gervais to present a Globe award
...present an award at the Golden Globes in January. Gervais starred in and wrote The Office and Extras - the only two British sitcoms that have ever won prizes at the US awards ceremony. The 47-year-old said to it was an "amazing honour" to...
In this article: Ricky Gervais, Golden Globes, The Office, Emmy, Ghost Town, US, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, and Los Angeles
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Extras is a British television sitcom about extras working on film sets and in theatre. The series is co-produced by the BBC and HBO, and is created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, both of whom also star in it. Extras charts the lives of Andy Millman, his friend Maggie Jacobs and Andy's substandard agent and ex-Carphone Warehouse employee Darren Lamb as Millman rises to fame.
Extras has two seasons of six episodes each as well as a Christmas Special. The first episode aired in the UK on 21 July 2005 on BBC Two and on 25 September, 2005 on HBO in the US. The second series premiered in the UK on BBC Two on 14 September, 2006 and began airing in the US on HBO and in Australia on ABC on 14 February, 2007. The Christmas Special aired on 27 December, 2007 on BBC Two and on 16 December, 2007 on HBO. Both series are available on DVD in the UK and the US.
The series is filmed in a more traditional sitcom style than the mockumentary style used by Gervais and Merchant in their previous series The Office. Each episode has at least one guest star; a television or film celebrity, who play what Gervais and Merchant have referred to as "twisted" versions of themselves; an exaggerated or inverted parody of their famous public personas.
- Name:
- Extras
- Country of Origin:
- United Kingdom
- Directed By:
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- Ricky Gervais
- Stephen Merchant
- Written By:
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- Stephen Merchant
- Ricky Gervais
- Created By:
- Starring:
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- Ashley Jensen
- Ricky Gervais
- Shaun Williamson
- Shaun Pye
- Stephen Merchant
- Length:
- 90 min. (series finale)
- Format:
- Situation comedy
- Ending Theme:
- by Cat Stevens
- Broadcast Channel:
- BBC Two / HBO
- Number of Seasons:
- 2
- First:
- July 21, 2005
- Last:
- December 27, 2007
- Number of Episodes:
- 13
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