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.
Streaming rank this week: 681
Press clippings Page 8
Ricky Gervais interview
'You can't make a joke that someone, somewhere, won't find offensive'.
The Herald, 18th April 2020After Life still not as funny as The Office
The second series of the dark comedy won't win back those who left the comedian behind two or three sitcoms ago.
Joel Golby, The Guardian, 18th April 2020Ricky Gervais: there is no point trying not to offend
Ricky Gervais says he would still get complaints if he cleaned up his drama.
Georgia Humphreys, Yahoo, 14th April 2020After Life season 2 review
Ricky Gervais should have left it as a limited series.
Lewis Knight, The Mirror, 14th April 2020After Life, series 2 review
Ricky Gervais's grief-driven comedy is just a rehash of the first series.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 14th April 2020Ricky Gervais interview
As his sitcom After Life returns, the comedian tells us about the licence fee, celebrity hypocrites and explaining swearing to Americans.
Chris Harvey, The Telegraph, 14th April 2020How death enlivened British TV comedy
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have gone all existential in The Trip to Greece. But they're far from the only British comics riffing on the brevity of our existence
Alex Hess, The Guardian, 4th March 2020Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019 winners revealed
The results of the 14th annual Comedy.co.uk Awards have been revealed. Good Omens, After Life, Susan Calman and Would I Lie To You? are amongst the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 27th January 2020Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019 shortlist
60 TV and radio programmes have been shortlisted across 10 categories for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2020Opinion: top TV comedies 2019
Mostly below, in no particular order, are the shows that simply made me laugh the most this year. Shows that totally tickled my funny bone first and didn't necessarily do anything else.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st December 2019