Extras Christmas Special Reviews

Being a fan of The Office, Extras was an obvious show to watch with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant both creating and starring in it. Admittedly, I prefer The Office as a whole but when it comes down to the Christmas Specials, Extras was the clear winner for me. Although not as humorous as The Office Christmas Specials, it was brilliantly ...  Read the complete review

It's been a while since I've reviewed anything even close to a TV comedy, let alone a DVD or CD - so here we go...ladies and gentlemen, the Extras Christmas Special. First shown on the BBC at Xmas 2007, it was the final episode in the Extras series - the second brainchild of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant after the phenomenally ...  Read the complete review

Ive had to play catch up with Extras, I came in at the second series and since then bought both series and the christmas special on DVD. The series is one of the best to come out of the UK for ages and has been hugely successful with top stars queing up to play parts. The Christmas special is no different with stars such as George Michael, Clive ...  Read the complete review

I have long been a fan of Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais's unique comedic writing style; from the agonisingly brilliant goings on in The Office through their always entertaining podcasts and of course the massively successful Extras series, which is why I was delighted to receive the DVD of the Eighty minute special Extras episode that first ...  Read the complete review

Extras, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's follow up to the outstanding The Office, was, on initial viewings at least, fairly disappointing. The beautifully observed moments of human foible and social embarrassment that defined the earlier show were herein welded to a much broader, much more hyperbolic style of sitcom writing - the ...  Read the complete review

There's no doubt there's a gender split when it comes to liking Ricky Gervais, most women unable or unwilling to separate the actor from his obnoxious on screen persona, the fact he isn't remotely attractive the decisive factor for me with the girls, and perhaps that lack of looks the main reason why Ricky's comedy is so self-depreciating. He ...  Read the complete review

It's that time of year again, and the chances are that if you own a TV this Christmas will be spent watching one or all of the BBC's big gems; you might watch Doctor Who to see a very different side of the Tardis, in Albert Square things are looking bad for Bradley, or seemingly worse still Andy Milman's life reaches rock bottom in ...  Read the complete review