Extras: Complete BBC Series 1 & 2 (DVD)

When Ricky Gervais finished 'The Office', he was in an interesting position; dozens of Hollywood stars and British favourites were asking him to include them in his next project. The unprecedented success of his show meant he was in a powerful position, and one he used well. Extras is a sitcom about (wait for it) film extras. Gervais plays Andy Millman, a lovable guy who is both very funny but also very vulnerable - a comic mix. Office co-creator Stephen Merchant also takes a role in the show, playing the idiotic agent and ex-Carphone Warehouse worker Darren Lamb. Andy Millman is very different to David Brent, sharing only a couple of facial ...  Read the complete review

Extras is an award winning British Sitcom, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. First aired on BBC2 in 2005 it spanned two series and 1 christmas speical, ending in 2007. Andy Millman (played by Ricky Gervais), having given up his day job to make it as an actor with no luck (and thanks to his incompetent agent, Darren Lamb - played by Stephen Merchant) in scoring the lead role, forces him to accept work as an 'extra'. Alongside him in his quest for stardom is his unquestionably and hilariously stupid but loveable and endearing best friend, Maggie Jacobs (played by Ashley Jenson). His work as an extra finds himself on set with famous ...  Read the complete review

Extras is the brainchild of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant who entered the public eye after their extremely successful comedy "The Office". This DVD boxset contains series 1 and 2 as well as a selection of DVD special features such as outtakes and interviews with Gervais and Merchant. Extras centres around Andy Millman (played by Gervais) and Maggie Jacobs (played by upcoming star Ashley Jensen) who are two struggling film extras desperately trying to break into the film industry and grabbing any small part they can in films and TV shows. As Andy and Maggie move from set to set in search of that elusive speaking part that might give them their ...  Read the complete review

After writing, directing and staring in the bafta award winning sitcom the office how could ricky gervais and stephen merchant possibly top that. The answer is they didn't, dont get me wrong extras is an amazing sitcom and proves what genius's these to writers are, but it just falls slightly short of the mark for me. In this sitcom ricky gervais plays andy millman a man who has given up his day job to try and become an actor and try as he might he only seems to pick up little bit parts and non speaking roles. Andy is also joined by the his friend and fellow extra Maggie Jacobs played by the brilliant (Ashley Jensen). There are also cameo appearances from the ...  Read the complete review