Phil Redmond
- English
- Writer
Press clippings
The Extras Christmas special (most probably the last ever episode of the series) is on BBC1 Thursday, December 27. I watched it on preview disc last night - and kind of enjoyed it. Worry not, interested parties, I shan't spoil plot details. However, it is overlong, too keen to grab at pathos (Maggie's circumstances dramatically reduced - cue lots of shots of her cleaning urinals for a living) and culminates in a very odd speech from Andy Millman/Ricky Gervais about the nature of celebrity, which brought to mind - shudder! - Jimmy Corkhill/Phil Redmond's 10-minute rant in the final Brookside ... should that comparison mean anything to anyone.
Graham Kibble-White, Off The Telly, 8th December 2007