The whole series is brilliant.The storyline is very good with lots of laughs and also some serious parts .Well worth a watch !
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All good. Thank you very much.
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Good quality as usual
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Prompt dispatch appreciated - looking forward to watching this.
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Saw the original BBC production but glad to have it for repeat viewing. Even more subtle comedy than "Office" and a nudge at our preconceptions and prejudices. Gervais and Merchant are in top form.
If you loved the office you'll definitely enjoy this! Its not quite as good in my opinion although still well worth watching. The cameos make the series, I found Ashley Jensen who plays Maggie a little annoying at times but Stephen Merchant as Andy's agent Darren Lamb more than makes up for this!
After The Office many wondered if Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais could keep the quality so high in their next work. Well, they did. In fact I would go as far as saying Extras is (by some margin too) the superior series. There are so many superb guest stars happy to ease off and make fun of themselves and/or their own public persona (Samuel L Jackson, Patrick Stewart, David Bowie and - surely coup of the whole series - Robert de Niro to name a few). It is simply one of the best British comedies of the 2000s and this box set has all of it including the X-mas special (which features one of the most accurate, biting and lucid criticisms of our celebrity culture, dumbed down TV and reality TV especially - and the part viewers and the TV stars play in its being here - as there is out there). This is an excellent DVD capturing the whole 2 series, they are well acted and seriously funny. If you collect great comedy this is surely a must (and at this excellent price too).Read full review
Great entertainment ! love it ! neat half hour episodes mean that its convenient to get your 'fix' of EXTRAS !! Every home should have one !
As I was thinking of starting a career in extras work, I thought I'd buy this to see what the industry is all about. Now, some of you may well be thinking this isn't the best way about it but I really do feel that Ricky has put experience from being on set into this comedy which isn't that far removed from the real deal. You do get annoying useless agents, idiots who think they are better than you because they did "The Bill", "Casualty" and "EastEnders"; ego’s from people that don’t deserve them and the waiting around boring sets just waiting to pick your butt on clue is annoying – the list goes on. I can’t comment on big actors acting like ‘fools’ (watching my language here) because I’ve yet to meet any but I think the ones that got involved in this such as Kate Winslet, Ross Kemp and Daniel Ratcliff deserve full credit for allowing Ricky to poke fun at them and Orlando Bloom was brilliant! This is Ricky Gervais at his best and what he does so well. It’s close to the mark sometimes, un-PC and with plenty of awkward moments that leave you just laughing your butt off! We’ve all done it, we’ve all dug ourselves holes at times and this just brings it all together. As for my Extra’s career, we’ll have to see but I feel a little better prepared now than I was before I started. Ricky – cheers mucker and give me a bell, Barry from EastEnders keeps wanting to wash my car! Dave.Read full review
This is a brilliant box set of 5 dvd's. Season 1 (2 disks) . Season 2(2 disks) and the christmas special. If you like Ricky Gervais you will love this light hearted banter, where he struggles to find his niche in the acting world, with the help of various 'famous' actors/ess. like Clive Owen, Kate Winslet, Ben Stiller, Viney Jones, Orlando Bloom the list goes on. Season 1 is where Ricky Gervais is an extra on various T.V./film spots . Season 2 is where he plays a role in a sitcom and the Special. Some great outtakes and deleted scenes on the bonus discs. over all great lighthearted entertainment . loved it.
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