Ricky Gervais
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 110
The Ricky Gervais Show - review
Radio seldom translates very well into visual media, and that's sometimes the case here.
Brian Lowry, Variety, 12th February 2010It's easier to define Alan Carr by what he isn't. He isn't quite Graham Norton, which means he's not hysterically shrill and often in Canary Wharf Waitrose. He isn't Justin Lee Collins, which means that he's not disliked on sight by 80 percent of the population. He isn't a great writer, but he has a warm persona which means that his stand-up is unthreatening and extremely popular. More importantly, he isn't egotistical so he's not a bad chat show host.
Chatty Man is over reliant on Norton-esque games (has anyone ever liked them? Ever?). It is at its best when Alan relaxes and natters with his guests, using the Kirsty Young method to unthreateningly coax some fairly good stuff out of them. All that is by the by, however as tonight's special guest is Ricky Gervais, who seems to be on a mission to become the most correctly despised person in Britain.
TV Bite, 4th February 2010We respect artists not self-regarding ones like Gervais
Ricky Gervais is hypocritical to blame the press for deriding artists' efforts, writes Michael Deacon.
Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 2nd February 2010Ricky Gervais interview
As The Invention Of Lying arrives on DVD, Ricky Gervais talks about the film, Cemetery Junction, the Golden Globes and more...
Simon Brew, Den Of Geek, 1st February 2010Ricky Gervais: Bad parents should be sterilised. Fact
The comedian is unrepentant about his caustic performance as host of the Golden Globes and happily vents more spleen on faith, marriage and 'useless people'.
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times, 31st January 2010How Ricky Gervais became the clown prince of Hollywood
...or how he went from the dole to Mr 50 per cent on a £15 million Hollywood movie in ten years.
Cole Moreton, Mail on Sunday, 31st January 2010Gervais: Karl Pilkington DVD extra cost $3 million
Ricky Gervais has revealed that the Invention Of Lying DVD may contain the most expensive extra feature of all time.
Simon Reynolds,, Digital Spy, 28th January 2010He might be a friend of Ricky Gervais and a radio panel game regular, but Robin Ince isn't your average stand-up. He also runs a comedy institution called The Book Club, which involves him reading aloud from random second-hand tomes, and is a vocal atheist who curates gigs themed around science, Darwin and rationalism. This is a TV version of his festive variety show 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People, which combines gags from Dara O'Briain, Al Murray, Shappi Khorsandi and Chris Addison with music, plus more intellectual fare from scientists and writers - the movement's daddy, Richard Dawkins, among them. Stimulating stuff.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 23rd January 2010Ricky Gervais gets mixed response at Golden Globes
Ricky Gervais has received a mixed response after fronting the 67th Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles.
BBC News, 18th January 2010The ego has landed: David Brent to star in US Office
Ricky Gervais to appear opposite Steve Carell as Slough's finest comes face-to-face with his American alter ego.
Arifa Akbar, The Independent, 16th January 2010