Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais: Twitter is 'undignified' for adults

Ricky Gervais has broken celebrity ranks to criticise Twitter, claiming that posting on the micro-blogging site is an "undignified" activity for adults.

Ricky Gervais gears up to host Golden Globes

"It could be the end of my career," laughs comedian Ricky Gervais, who is set to present the Golden Globes on Sunday.

Ricky Gervais to guest star on The Office USA?

There are unconfirmed rumours that Ricky Gervais is seriously considering reprising his role as David Brent for the U.S. version of The Office later this season.

Ricky Gervais plans world tour

Comedian and actor Ricky Gervais has said he is hoping to take his fourth live tour around the world.

Alternative Christmas cracker jokes

Catherine Tate, Ricky Gervais, Ed Byrne, Chris Addison... can these and other top comedians make your festive dinner go with a bang?

Ricky Gervais cartoon to be screened on Channel 4

Ricky Gervais' US animation series, based on his podcasts, is to be screened in the UK on Channel 4.

Fans of the cult US comedy Arrested Development will recognise David Cross who played Tobias Funke in that series. This pilot for C4's Comedy Showcase series is his first project for the UK, co-written with Shaun Pye who played Greg Lindley-Jones in Extras - the RADA graduate who was Ricky Gervais's bitter enemy.

So what's this all about? It starts in the US with Todd Margaret (Cross) accidentally promoted by his psychotic boss to head up a UK operation selling energy drinks. Overhearing Todd repeating the aggressive patter on a self-help CD convinces him Todd is the right man for the job - despite being a meek office drone who couldn't sell a sandwich to a starving man. His arrival in London unleashes more misadventures - as well as a meeting with comedy star Sharon Horgan who plays a cafe owner.

By the end of this sharply scripted episode you'll be hoping for a full series to find out what happens to him next - and you can't ask any more of a pilot than that.

Ashley Jensen - 'Ricky and Extras changed my life'

A Ricky Gervais sitcom made Ashley Jensen a star and helped her land a role in Ugly Betty.

Ricky Gervais returns with new workplace comedy

More than eight years after The Office changed British comedy forever, Ricky Gervais has helped create a new television sitcom that finds its laughs in the drudgery and absurdities of another unglamorous workplace.

The second sitcom try-out in C4's Comedy Showcase season, and this one packs some more heavyweight comedy credentials. It boasts Ricky Gervais as script editor - a solid gold seal of approval. Disappointingly, there's no sign of former EastEnders Dean Gaffney or Shaun Williamson who manned the phone shop in Extras. This one is staffed by Ashley and Jerwayne (Andrew Brooke and Javone Prince).

Emma Fryer's in it too, still wearing that dazed, sleepwalker expression that she used in BBC2's Home Time.

Tom Bennett is new boy Chris, trying to make his first sale in the cut-throat world of 24-month contracts and impress his sex addict boss (played by Martin Trenaman).

Written, directed and produced by Phil Bowker (who also produced Sharon Horgan's Pulling) I hope this one gets the go-ahead as a series too.

The cast gel together as if they've worked together for years and even manage to turn BNP leader Nick Griffin into joke fodder.