Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais to release Life on the Road soundtrack

The Office creator will make a record of David Brent's songs to coincide with the release of his new film.

To celebrate 25 years of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse as a telly double act, they assemble a mock "audience with" show, featuring the pair impersonating celebrities from Ricky Gervais and a foul-mouthed Stephen Hawking to, for reasons unknown, Bill Gates. Questions from the "celebs" are then used to introduce clips of their work together. They may not want to be remembered by the number of gags that fall painfully flat over what is, at best, a very mixed hour.

Why can't the BBC do good comedy anymore? Recently we've had truly awful things such as Citizen Khan, Mrs Brown's Boys and, currently showing, the embarrassing Mountain Goats. The last time the BBC managed to provoke a laugh from me was with Murder In Successville on BBC3, a channel soon to be shoved online only.

And there were laughs in the one-off special of Burnistoun, but this was shown in Scotland only. When it comes to the BBC's mainstream, UK-wide comedy, where oh where is the good stuff?

Maybe they feel this terrible dearth of excellent comedy, as they're giving us a reunion show with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse looking back - yes, looking back - to the good old days.

The programme puts Enfield and Whitehouse on stage together in front of an admiring crowd and parodies the An Audience With... shows, but the nice twist is that when we flash to shots of the audience we see Enfield and Whitehouse in the crowd, dressed up as various famous people, and asking cheeky questions. Jimmy Carr, Harry Hill, Ricky Gervais and Prince Charles are all gloriously ridiculed and in between we have great clips of the comedy pair's old shows.

Martin Freeman: "Ricky Gervais made me laugh more"

Martin Freeman has praised his Office co-star and creator Ricky Gervais, saying that the writer made him laugh more than anyone else while they were filming the hit BBC comedy.

The Bad Education Movie review

The Bad Education Movie won't change the world, and viewers probably have to be both British and in the right frame of mind to best appreciate its highjinks, but this film will make a world of difference to Jack Whitehall's career, offering opportunities similar to those taken by James Corden and Ricky Gervais.

Ricky Gervais is the funniest man alive

In a sprawling, over-the-top Observer exclusive just before the Emmys, the creator and star of ]Derek talks about white angst, Laurel & Hardy and the Golden Globes.

Ricky Gervais wins RadioTimes.com Comedy Champion 2015

A hard-fought final saw a staggering 1.8 million votes cast as the Derek star saw off Catherine Tate to be named the people's favourite TV comedy star of the year.

Ricky Gervais condemns Faroe Islands for killing whales

Ricky Gervias has slammed the Faroe Islands after a graphic video showing the slaughtering of whales emerged. As part of the Faroe Islands' annual summer hunt, it has been estimated that around 150 whales were killed.

7 animals Ricky Gervais doesn't care if you kill

In the last couple of days Ricky Gervais has used his Twitter feed to bring to our attention instances of cruelty against beagles, bulls, chimpanzees, and pilot whales.

So what animals are you allowed to kill in bizarre and horrific ways, without risking Ricky plastering your face all over social media, and suggesting people hunt you?

Ricky Gervais among Brits leading Emmy charge

Gervais has been nominated in the category for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie for the Derek Special.