Gervais strikes comedy gold once more

Ricky Gervais followed up his huge hit series The Office with Extras: Series 1 (Universal, €24.99), which deserves a wide audience on DVD. Gervais plays wannabe actor Andy Millman whose fate is never to get that juicy part.

Among the A stars who turn up in each episode are Kate Winslett, Samuel L Jackson and Ben Stiller. A real treat.

Extras for Extras (couldn’t help myself!) a behind the scenes documentary, Ricky and Stephen co-creator Stephen Merchant trying to persuade stars to appear in the show, plus deleted scenes and outtakes.

Not to be missed.

Comedy

Star Rating: 4/5