Extras (TV Series)
- Original title
- Extras
- Year
- 2005
- Running time
- 30 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
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Ricky Gervais (Creator), Stephen Merchant (Creator)
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Ricky Gervais
- Ashley Jensen
- Stephen Merchant
- Shaun Williamson
- Shaun Pye
- Sarah Moyle
- Andrew Buckley
- Jamie Chapman
- Kate Winslet
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-United States;
- Genre
- TV Series. Comedy | Sitcom. Film In Film
- Synopsis
- TV Series (2005-2007). 2 Seasons. 13 Episodes. Extras is a British sitcom about extras working on film sets and in theatre. The series was co-produced by the BBC and HBO, and is created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, both of whom also star in it. Extras charts the lives of Andy Millman, his friend Maggie Jacobs and Andy's substandard agent and part-time Carphone Warehouse employee Darren Lamb, as Millman rises to fame.
The series is filmed in a more traditional sitcom style than the mockumentary style used by Gervais and Merchant in their previous series The Office. Each episode has at least one guest star; a television or film celebrity, who play what Gervais and Merchant have referred to as "twisted" versions of themselves; an exaggerated or inverted parody of their famous public personas.- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2008: 6 nominations for Emmy, including Made for TV Movie, Directing and Actor2007: Emmy: Actor (Gervais). Nominated for Directing, Writing, Guest Actor2006: 4 nominations for Emmy, including Writing2007: Golden Globe: Best Comedy. Nominated for Best Actor (Gervais)2007: Nominated for BAFTA: Comedy Performance (Merchant)2006: BAFTA TV: Comedy Perf. (Gervais). Nominated for Writing, Comedy Perf. (Merchant)
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