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WATCH: David Brent Wants To Teach You The Guitar

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:34 +0000

Ricky Gervais is a man with a very clear idea of how the media landscape is changing. When podcasts were still a relatively new idea, he made free ones with Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant.

‘The Graham Norton Show’s Five Most Frequent Flyers

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:00:03 +0000

Big news! The Graham Norton Show is now airing on Thursdays (at 10/9c) on BBC AMERICA.

And to celebrate the return of an old friend (and his reclining chair), we’ve run some stats, crunched some numbers, and come back with a definitive list of the most popular guests he’s had on his sofa over the last 13 ...

WATCH: ‘Life’s Too Short’ Ends With An Easter Special

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:36:42 +0000

The story so far: fresh from the barnstorming success of their previous mockumentaries The Office and Extras, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant wrote a sitcom based around Warwick Davis. It features celebrity cameos, just like Extras, ...

Ricky Gervais is Bringing David Brent to YouTube

Brigid Brown — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:00:48 +0000

The audacious and inappropriate boss David Brent of The Office will be making his return in a YouTube series starring show creator Ricky Gervais, reports RadioTimes.com.

Whatever Happened To David Brent?

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:19:11 +0000

Hey who remembers that guy from the early naughties who had that TV show about working in an office?

Ricky Gervais Starring Opposite Kermit the Frog

Brigid Brown — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:36:27 +0000

Ricky Gervais (The Office) has been palling around with Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy in London this past month having landed the lead role in the latest Muppet film, The Muppets … Again!, reports BBC News.

Watch: Ricky Gervais In The New Series Trailer For ‘Derek’

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:16:50 +0000

We first brought you this picture back in March, when it still seemed urgent and important to reveal the very latest puff and scrape from the fountainous comic mind of Ricky Gervais. It’s taken from the pilot show of his new ...

Is Ricky Gervais Really Set For ‘The Muppets 2′?

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:41:11 +0000

So the Hollywood Reporter claims that Ricky Gervais, the award-winning British comedian (it’s important to explain that, in case you get confused with any of the other Ricky Gervaises doing the rounds, some of whom do not have ...

Dating a British Man: Commitment

Brigid Brown — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:43:52 +0000

Dating a British Man is a ten-part series that will take you through the dating ups and downs, it can be considered a guide as what to do — or, what not to do — depending on how you look at it. Here are some tidbits based on my ...

Summer of London: Five Great British Comedies on iTunes

staff — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:01:51 +0000

With the new BBC America docu-comedy Twenty Twelve premiering Thursday (June 28) at 9/8c, we thought it might be fun to “‘av a laugh” by checking out iTunes where BBC America is giggling its way through Summer of ...