British Comedy Guide
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais

  • 63 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian

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Ricky Gervais backs Cornwall monkey sanctuary's fight to stay open

Wild Futures in Looe is home to 40 rescued monkeys but is struggling amid pressures from the cost of living crisis.

ITV, 25th October 2022

After Life wins at National Television Awards 2022

Ricky Gervais says he was "genuinely shocked" that After Life was named Best Comedy at the National Television Awards.

British Comedy Guide, 14th October 2022

Ricky Gervais appears to respond after Stewart Lee trashes After Life

Ricky Gervais has appeared to respond to criticism from comedian Stewart Lee of his Netflix series After Life.

Louis Chilton, The Independent, 11th September 2022

How Ricky Gervais helped Stewart Lee come up with one of his greatest routines

There have been stories recently of how Stewart Lee has a poor opinion of Ricky Gervais' TV comedy drama output. Lee has even gone as far as to say that After Life is "one of the worst things that's ever been made by a human." But it is also worth mentioning that one of Lee's most memorable routines in his recent show Snowflake owes a huge debt to Gervais.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th September 2022

Ricky Gervais announces work in progress dates for new show Armageddon

Ricky Gervais has announced that he is doing work-in-progress gigs to road-test material for his next live show entitled Armageddon.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th September 2022

Stewart Lee calls Ricky Gervais' comedy drama work "abysmal"

"I think The Office is brilliant. I think Ricky's comedy drama work is of diminishing returns to the point where it's now abysmal."

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th September 2022

Ricky Gervais beefs up security team after Sir Salman Rushdie stabbing

Ricky Gervais has beefed up his team of private security guards following the stabbing of Sir Salman Rushdie to make sure nobody can get to him on stage.

Hannah Hope, The Sun, 20th August 2022

Ricky Gervais's home town has named a rubbish truck after him

Gervais shared the image of the truck driven around by Reading's resident bin men on social media on Thursday, remarking: "Is there any greater honour than your hometown naming a garbage truck after you?"

Danny Jones, JOE, 8th July 2022

Moaning comics are just punching down - and that joke is not funny

Frankie Boyle - who thinks jokes about disabled children are funny - claimed he's now "afraid" to post controversial gags online.

Jean Johansson, Daily Record, 3rd July 2022

Ricky Gervais' Netflix special SuperNature smashes streaming records

Ricky Gervais' special SuperNature was watched by more Netflix account holders in the UK in its opening week than have watched the most popular Netflix special of 2021, Jimmy Carr's His Dark Material.

British Comedy Guide, 28th June 2022

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