Ricky Gervais
Summary
Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, writer and broadcaster. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. Besides writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. Gervais has performed on three sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast prior to March 2009, The Ricky Gervais Show. He has accumulated a multitude of awards and honours, including seven BAFTA Awards, four British Comedy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
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Letters to the editor
Duck and cover After Ricky Gervais and now the bikini and sensational headlines, may I please request a coverless subscription? Seriously, unless your pop culture cover experiment is over, please send the next issue without the hideous cover. Helen GallagherGlenview, IL Thanks, David H. Freedman. I enjoyed your article ("Survival of the Wrongest," CJR, January/February).
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Media Monkey's Diary: Jeremy Paxman, BBC and Fleet Street Fox
✒In his evidence to the Pollard inquiry on the corporation's handling of the Savile scandal, Jeremy Paxman thundered that the BBC news empire had been "taken over by radio. . . Helen Boaden, a radio person, Steve Mitchell, radio person. Peter Rippon was a radio person. " And so too, of course, is Eddie Mair, brought in to Newsnight by Rippon, and seen by anti-Paxmanians in the rightwing press as lined up to replace the veteran anchor.
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Brits hits right note with biggest TV audience for a decade
ITV1 coverage attracts more than 6. 5 million viewers, as Ricky Gervais's Derek sinks to just 1. 13 million on Channel 4.
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Ricky Gervais sitcom Life's Too Short scaled back
BBC2 series starring Warwick Davis, which failed to repeat success of Extras and The Office, to end after one-hour special.
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BBC3 comes of age: digital channel swings from zero to hero in 10 years
BBC channel aimed at 16 to 34-year-olds turns 10, surviving early controversy over shows such as My Man Boobs and Me.
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England's win over Brazil scores peak of 9m viewers
BBC1's final outing for Sir David Attenborough's Africa defeated by both ITV's live football coverage and Coronation Street.
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Fey and Poehler Lead Golden Globes to 6-Year Ratings High
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler not only made the Golden Globes fun again, but they helped deliver the award show’s highest ratings in six years.
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From Band of Brothers to Girls, HBO channels hit programmes for 40 years
Cable channel made its early reputation as a niche channel for boxing fans before hitting its stride with original shows.
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Questionable taste
As his Golden Globes hosting gigs have shown, Ricky Gervais is not afraid to say what he thinks. So who better to consult about the odd tribal rite that is the Hollywood publicity junket? These highly efficient PR marathons, in which dozens of journalists rotate through the same nondescript set for a few precious minutes with the.
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Media Decoder Blog: Breakfast Meeting: The Rules of Debate Engagement
Also, life after Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globe Awards will feature Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.
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