Derek - Pilot Episode (TV) (2012)

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Derek - Pilot Episode (TV)

ORIGINAL TITLE

Derek - Pilot Episode (TV)

YEAR

2012

RUNNING TIME

25 min.

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COUNTRY

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DIRECTOR

Ricky Gervais

SCREENWRITER

Ricky Gervais

COMPOSER

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Martin Hawkins

CAST

Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington, Kerry Godliman, David Earl

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Channel 4

OFFICIAL WEB

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derek

GENRE

Comedy. Drama | Black comedy. Comedy-Drama. Disability. Old Age. Mockumentary. Half-length film

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Filmed in a mockumentary style, it stars and was written and directed by Ricky Gervais. It is set in an old people's home and centres on a helper at the home, Derek, played by Gervais. The titular character is based on one that first appeared in Gervais' stand-up show "Rubbernecker" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2001. The show portrays the home's workers and residents as unhappy outsiders who struggle in life due to being disadvantaged, excluded from and unwanted by mainstream society. Derek goes beyond his job description to help residents, including buying a lottery scratchcard for a resident. It wins £10, but she dies shortly before he returns to tell her.

PRO REVIEWS

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"On a conceptual level the 'Derek' pilot was a triumph. Unfortunately, no one in the real world watches TV on a conceptual level (...) Derek, as a show, was just a teensy bit dull (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of five)" (Benji Wilson: Telegraph)

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