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Overview

User Rating:
9.0/10   8,926 votes
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 full episode list
Release Date:
25 September 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
His parts are bigger but now they're overexposed. (season2) more
Plot:
About an out-of-work actor who struggles for work when he keeps losing his parts to stars like DeNiro. However, he insists that they're "just lucky".
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 7 wins & 19 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(159 articles)
Golden Globes bets on Ricky Gervais
 (From Monsters and Critics. 26 October 2009, 7:03 PM, PDT)

Ricky Gervais to have a laugh on Golden Globe Awards
 (From Monsters and Critics. 26 October 2009, 5:53 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Give it a chance, it has all the makings of a potential classic... more (55 total)

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 8 of 16)

Ricky Gervais ... Andy Millman (13 episodes, 2005-2007)

Ashley Jensen ... Maggie Jacobs (13 episodes, 2005-2007)
Stephen Merchant ... Darren Lamb (11 episodes, 2005-2007)
Shaun Williamson ... Barry / ... (10 episodes, 2005-2007)
Shaun Pye ... Greg / ... (7 episodes, 2005-2007)

Sarah Moyle ... Kimberley (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Andrew Buckley ... Gobbler (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jamie Chapman ... Brains (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (12 episodes)
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
UK:15 | Australia:M | Iceland:LH | Singapore:M18 (season 1) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 2) | Argentina:13

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Trivia:
In some episodes, some lines by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are different in America than they are in Britain. more
Quotes:
Andy Millman: What's happening with my script?
Darren Lamb: What script?
Andy Millman: [rolls eyes] The script I gave you two months ago.
Darren Lamb: Is it funny?
Andy Millman: You haven't read it?
Darren Lamb: What's it called?
Andy Millman: "When the Whistle Blows".
Darren Lamb: [writing] "When the W Blows".
Andy Millman: Don't just write "W" you'll forget what the W stands for.
Darren Lamb: "When the Wind Blows".
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Comic Relief 2009 (2009) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Tea for the Tillerman more

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29 out of 41 people found the following comment useful.
Give it a chance, it has all the makings of a potential classic..., 25 July 2005
Author: Gloobey from Tokyo, Japan

It seems odd that the knives are being sharpened so quickly - one episode and, for some, it's all over bar the lynching. What price comedic success, eh…? Like everybody, I thought The Office was pure comedy gold. The premise was so strong that even the US offering couldn't fail. So, this time up, what has Ricky Gervais got for us? Well, more of the same only different. 'Extras' is in the same mould as The Office, there are those cringe worthy moments that we've all grown to love and expect...but there's a clever twist on the formula. The Gervaise character isn't the butt of all of the jokes this time around. Sure, the scene in the trailer with the crying eastern European reminded one of the fake sacking of Dawn and the scene towards the end at the party with the racial slurs was pure Brent, but more often than not Andy was observer and rye commentator on what was going on around him. This would simply have been beyond David Brent's self obsessed nature.

All in all, 'Extras' has what it takes and I await the next episode with great anticipation.

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