Sorry but has everyone forgotten that Extras was co-written by Stephen Merchant too? So he's all these things too? Even though he's character and persona are different?
I don't agree with Godot's arguments in that you can't know all the things you are saying, you are just speculating what's in his psyche. People aren't so simple to generalise like that. Again, I don't see any point holding that against the show as, like I said, you will never know who else on tv is a dickhead but you'll still watch the programmes.
You are just creating your own barriers to not enjoy something while you could just watch a bbc3 sketch show instead (wahay!)