After Life
- TV sitcom
- Netflix
- 2019 - 2022
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Ricky Gervais sitcom about a man struggling to cope after his wife's death. Also features Kerry Godliman, Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan, Ashley Jensen and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2019 - 2022
- Channel
- Netflix
- Episodes
- 18 (3 series)
- Stars
- Ricky Gervais, Kerry Godliman, Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan, Ashley Jensen, Penelope Wilton, David Bradley and more
- Writers
- Ricky Gervais, Katie Mavroleon and Jonathan Parramint
- Director
- Ricky Gervais
- Producers
- Charlie Hanson, Ricky Gervais, Emma Brown, Tessa Pemberton and Hussain Casey-Ahmed
- Company
Set in the small fictitious town of Tambury, the series follows Tony, a writer for the local newspaper whose life is upended after his wife dies from cancer.
Tony had a perfect life. But following the death of his beloved wife Lisa to breast cancer, Tony changes.
Having contemplated taking his own life, he decides instead to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes. He feels it's like a Super Power, because if anything goes wrong, he always has the ultimate recourse to going through with suicide.
However, not caring about yourself or anyone else turns out to be tricky when everyone is trying to save the nice guy they used to know.
Series 2 focuses on the looming threat of the local newspaper being shut down. Will the town's local Am-Dram show lift everyone's spirits?
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Additional details
- Tagline
- Hell is other people
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 8th March 2019 on Netflix