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Ricky Gervais donates nearly £2 million to animal charities

The comedian, who is vegan, has been a long-standing advocate for animal rights

Evening Standard

30+ Actors With Stand-Up Or Sketch Comedy Experience

A select few actors got their start doing standup and/or comedy before making the leap to acting.

Cinemablend

Underrated comedy with 85% on Rotten Tomatoes leaves Netflix next month

If you love After Life, check out this Ricky Gervais movie leaving Netflix.

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Why did Douglas Henshall leave Shetland?

Why did Douglas Henshall leave Shetland? As the new series of the popular crime drama arrives, a fan-favourite character is notably absent.

GoodToKnow

Louis Theroux challenges Piers Morgan to a fight: ‘It would be stressful’

Documentarian suggested Morgan as a good rival in the ring while interviewing boxer Anthony Joshua for his returning interview series

The Independent UK

Ricky Gervais turns down chance to host reboot of Paul O’Grady’s For The Love Of Dogs

The Afterlife star had been tipped as a frontrunner alongside Amanda Holden and Martin Clunes

Evening Standard

Comedians react to news Golden Globes is adding stand-up category to next year’s line-up

‘It should be called the Ricky Gervais,’ joked comedian Gabriel Iglesias

The Independent UK

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Ricky Gervais at the London Palladium review: lashings of cheap laughs

The comedian’s latest show is pithy, pacey and performed with casual aplomb

Evening Standard

Deadline deals and Ricky Gervais plays hide-and-seek – Friday’s sporting social

Ange Postecoglou made light of his Robbie Williams-inspired terrace song.

The Independent UK

Ricky Gervais: I prefer stand-up to TV because they can’t censor me

The comedian says he would ‘be quite happy’ to do no more TV work

Evening Standard

Ricky Gervais says his nan believed he would ‘die poor’ when he told her of fame ambitions

The multi-millionaire comedian said his grandparent’s words ‘spurred’ him on

Evening Standard

This dying, sweary Tory government wants to drag us down with it

They’re trashing our energy policy, asylum system and global reputation on the way out… and the language!

The Guardian - UK

Ricky Gervais at Dublin 3Arena: Public transport, stage times, tickets and more

The acclaimed comedian is performing two sold out shows in Dublin

Dublin Live

‘It’s fun to cook up the stupidest idea’: the people competing to make the worst computer games possible

The annual Crap Games Competition has been bringing Spectrum fans together for more than 25 years. It all began with an April fool’s joke in a magazine called Your Sinclair …

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Cat Stevens gives special shout out to Ricky Gervais during Glastonbury Legends set

The comedian celebrated his birthday on Sunday 25 June

The Independent UK

Cat Stevens gives special shout out to Ricky Gervais during Glastonbury Legends set

The comedian celebrates his birthday on Sunday 25 June

The Conversation

The Australian remake of The Office has the potential to be great - if the writers remember how unique our humour is

Twenty-two years after the original UK television series The Office was released, and 18 years after the highly successful US remake (2005-2013), Australia is getting its own version of The Office. This will be the 14th remake of the concept by Ricky Gervais, which has included adaptations in Chile, France,…

Evening Standard

Ricky Gervais ramps up security for UK tour after ‘receiving death threats’ over his anti-woke jokes

The comedian, 61, is set to kick off his Armageddon stand-up tour in Cardiff on Wednesday

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Daily Mirror

Ricky Gervais 'ramps up security at UK shows after disturbing death threats'

Ricky Gervais' latest tour Armageddon moves to Cardiff this week for the first leg of the UK tour. The comedian is said to have beefed up security over concerns about the reaction to some of his more controversial material

The Independent UK

Ricky Gervais ‘very excited’ for remake of The Office: ‘Office politics have changed a bit’

Comedian Felicity Ward will star as the female version of Gervais’s David Brent

Wales Online

The Office is returning with an all-female cast

Amazon Prime is reviving the series with a few new twists

WhatToWatch

The Office remake is on its way down under

The Office is coming to Australia in a new spinoff, with a twist on the classic comedy.

The Guardian - AU

Step aside David Brent and Michael Scott: why The Office Australia could be great

Given how good the US adaptation of the British comedy was, I am hopeful about the new series, starring Felicity Ward as the incompetent boss

Daily Mirror

The Office makes a comeback with HUGE cast twist as Inbetweeners star lands leading role

Much loved TV series The Office is set to make a comeback as it returns to screens with a full new cast and Inbetweeners star in the leading role

The Independent UK

Ricky Gervais ‘very excited’ for Australian remake of The Office as comedian Felicity Ward leads cast

Comedian Ward will star as the female version of Gervais’s David Brent

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