Extras. Image shows from L to R: Maggie Jacobs (Ashley Jensen), Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais), Darren Lamb (Stephen Merchant)
Extras

Extras

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 2005 - 2007
  • 13 episodes (2 series)

Andy Milman is a TV and film extra who dreams of stardom and that elusive big break. Stars Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant, Shaun Williamson, Sarah Moyle and more.

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Full comedy series now available on BBC iPlayer

The BBC has made all the episode of several of its comedy series available via BBC iPlayer. Viewers can enjoy The League Of Gentlemen, Extras, Miranda, Citizen Khan and Two Pints Of Lager in full.

British Comedy Guide, 8th June 2018

Why we love the comedy of failure

Failure, in short, is funny. And it's not simply a case of schadenfreude, either.

Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 10th April 2018

Fans remember Keith Chegwin's appearance on Extras

Beloved TV presenter received praise for his appearance on the show.

Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 11th December 2017

Weirdest musical moments in British comedy

A selection of some of the strangest songs and musical moments in British comedy.

Anglonerd, 9th October 2017

A look back at George Michael's comedy cameos

He appeared in Christmas specials of Extras, The Catherine Tate Show as well as Comic Relief sketches with characters from Little Britain and Gavin & Stacey.

Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 26th December 2016

Radio Times launches a poll to name the best sitcom since 2000

Radio Times has launched a poll to name the best British TV sitcom broadcast since the year 2000. There are 40 shows in the shortlist.

British Comedy Guide, 19th July 2016

Could Ricky Gervais bring back Extras?

Could Ricky Gervais bring back Extras after David Brent's big screen return? Speaking to Digital Spy at the BAFTA TV Awards, Ashley Jensen revealed that she wouldn't need much persuading if Extras was to return in some form.

Digital Spy, 9th May 2016

Ricky Gervais: 'Bowie kept illness from everyone'

Ricky Gervais has revealed he was exchanging emails with David Bowie two weeks before his death but that Bowie kept the state of his health a secret.

Colin Paterson, BBC News, 25th April 2016

The day I played David Bowie's hands in Extras

When Bowie appeared on Ricky Gervais's TV show in 2006, he needed someone to play the piano while he mimed. It would be his last appearance on TV and the song he played, Little Fat Man, would later be echoed in Where Are We Now?, a track on his 2013 album The Next Day.

Clifford Slapper, The Guardian, 24th January 2016

Ricky Gervais reveals another Extras prophecy

In the wake of Samuel L. Jackson being mistaken for Laurence Fishburne in a cringe-makingly awkward US TV interview, the funnyman took to Twitter to point out that Ashley Jensen's character had done the exact same thing in a 2005 episode of the show.

Caroline Westbrook, Metro, 11th February 2014

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