Ricky Gervais

The Comedy Lab has been the springboard for shows like Modern Toss, as well as showing original material by everyone from Ricky Gervais to Peter Kay. Tonight, Anna & Katy (Anna Crilly and Katy Wix) present a one-off sketch show, ploughing such wilfully peculiar furrows as a German hospital soap opera, featuring a cameo from primetime comedy type Lee Mack; a deeply awkward village prize-giving event; and a pair of Liverpudlian teenagers obsessed with measuring things. Like most oddball comedy, that all sounds rubbish on paper, but it's actually been very nicely observed and deftly executed.

Ricky Gervais puts sweeties in space

Ricky Gervais blew £20,000 giving space training - to a packet of Revels.

Ricky Gervais: Don't ask me the price of milk

With a new comedy series in the offing, Ricky Gervais talks about fame, fortune and fidelity - and a future without laughs.

Can TV's biggest names make sitcoms cool again?

As the latest Ricky Gervais mockumentary approaches, key players in TV comedy tell Gerard Gilbert why British shows lost their mass appeal and how they aim to regain it.

Ricky Gervais Q&A at Edinburgh TV festival - Live blog

It's time for the most exciting and highly anticipated session of the day at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh TV Festival (by this writer at least) - the Ricky Gervais Q&A.

Ricky Gervais signs Liam Neeson for Life's Too Short

Liam Neeson and Helena Bonham Carter are the latest A-listers who have signed up for the new sitcom by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Ricky Gervais: I used to be the laziest person I knew

I used to be the laziest, least ambition person I knew. Well, lazy in terms of work. Career success, if you will.

Backstage at Ricky Gervais's sitcom

Exclusive on-set pictures from the new Ricky Gervias sitcom.

An interview with Tiffany Stevenson

Tiffany Stevenson is an actress, writer, and comedian whose screen time with comedy legends like Ricky Gervais and Stephen Fry led her to try comedy for herself.