Topic: Ricky Gervais

Top ten UK comedy shows

The following is my list of the top ten sitcoms or comedy shows that the UK has produced. 10) Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (1999 - 2001) This lewd and rude sitcom ran for three series, bringing us many outrageous laughs and some very ...

Watch “The Office” Online

cherryThe NBC sitcom The Office was based on the 2001 British hit comedy series of the same name, co-created by Ricky Gervais, who in the original series had also starred as David Brent, terminally disingenuous office manager of Wernham Hogg Paper Merchants ...

Extras

Aspects of the topic Extras are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References role of Gervais (in Ricky Gervais (British comedian)) . (

The Office

Britannica provides coverage of " Assorted References contribution by Gervais (in Ricky Gervais (British comedian)) . Gervais and Merchant also were co-executive producers for an American version of The Office that debuted in 2005.. Scrubs (NBC, 2001-08; ABC, begun 2008), The Office ...

Meeting saves workers from blast

Workers at a rubber factory hit by an explosion had a lucky escape as they were at a meeting in another part of the building.. One person suffered minor injuries in the blast which tore off huge metal panels and shattered the ...

Little Britain still the big comedy act

Little Britain last night proved that gags based around incontinence and projectile vomiting are no barrier to popular acclaim as it was named Britain's best comedy for the second year running.Some critics have complained that the latest series, now showing to audiences ...

The Business

Don't let the bus-shelter ads lead you to dismiss The Business as Showbiz Sitcom No. 26,543. But it's DeLeeuw, who ensures that Vic's personality is as generously proportioned as his belly, who's at the center of most of the story lines and ...