Meet Ricky Gervais
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Meet Ricky Gervais Genre Chat show Developed by Talkback Thames Written by Ricky Gervais
Jimmy Carr
Robin Ince
Stephen MerchantDirected by Ian Lorimer Presented by Ricky Gervais Country of origin United Kingdom Language(s) English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 6 Production Executive producer(s) Peter Fincham Producer(s) Iain Morris Running time 30 min per episode Broadcast Original channel Channel 4 Original run 22 September 2000 – 27 October 2000 Meet Ricky Gervais was a chat show written and hosted by the comedy writer and performer Ricky Gervais. It was produced by Talkback for Channel 4 in 2000 (repeated 2003) and ran for one series on Friday nights.
The show aired throughout the time Ricky Gervais was also writing the first series of the highly successful The Office for BBC2.
Guests were supposedly interviewed by Gervais in the original TV studio chairs of famous people. Gervais was seated in Michael Aspel's Aspel & Co leather chair and guests seated in Ronnie Corbett's monologue chair, and Grandad from Only Fools and Horses' armchair. The guests included John Virgo, Tommy Walsh, Michael Winner, Wayne Hemingway, Paul Daniels, Tony Hart, Penny Smith and Sir Jimmy Savile.
The show regularly featured darts assistant, Tony Green who would take his place as the general stooge and gameshow assistant. On the first episode, Gervais claimed that Green came free with the original Bullseye dartboard, which he supposedly found himself whilst building the rest of the set.
Also, the show didn't have a theme tune so at the end of each show, Gervais asked viewers to record and send in their own mixes. Few were received. Two of the episodes used a theme tune co-written and performed by Stewart Ferris and Emma Burgess.
It was produced by Iain Morris and co-written by Jimmy Carr and Robin Ince with additional material provided by Stephen Merchant and Stirling Gallacher (VT clock voiceover).
Gervais admits that this show was an embarrassment and it has since been mocked even by Gervais himself. He was quoted as saying that there was no second series as Channel 4 wanted to see some changes, "ratings mainly". Commenting on the difficulties of securing guests Gervais stated that "either they'd heard of me or they hadn't. Either way it was a problem".
"It was a mistake to use my own name", he says now. "I thought people would understand that I was playing a character. I should have called myself Billy Bigot. Some people really did seem to think that I thought famine was a good thing, and so on."[1]
References
- ^ Telegraph (9 February 2002). "Class of 2002 - Ricky Gervais". London: telegraph.co.uk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3572986/Class-of-2002-Ricky-Gervais.html. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
External links
Ricky Gervais Television (creator and star) Meet Ricky Gervais (2000) · The Office (UK TV series) (2001–2003) · Extras (2005–2007) · Ricky Gervais Meets... (2006) · The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series) (2010–present) · An Idiot Abroad (2010–present) · Life's Too Short (2011–present)Other television work Alias (2001–2006): "Façade" (2004) · The Office (U.S. TV series) (2005–present): "Pilot" (2005) · "The Convict" (2006) · "The Seminar" (2011) · "Search Committee" (2011) · The Simpsons (1989–present): "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" (2006) · "Angry Dad: The Movie" (2011)Film (writer/director and star) The Invention of Lying (2009) · Cemetery Junction (2010)Stand-up (writer/performer) Other film work Dog Eat Dog (2001) · Valiant (2005) · For Your Consideration (2006) · Night at the Museum (2006) · Stardust (2007) · Ghost Town (2008) · Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)Other works Stephen Merchant Television works Meet Ricky Gervais (2000) · The Office (UK TV series) (2001–2003) · Extras (2005–2007) · The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series) (2010–present) · An Idiot Abroad (2010–present) · Life's Too Short (2011–present)Other television work The Office (U.S. TV series) (2005–present): "Pilot" (2005) · "The Convict" (2006) · "Customer Survey" (2008)Writer/director Cemetery Junction (2010)Other works The Ricky Gervais Show · Portal 2 (2011)Categories:- 2000 in British television
- 2000 British television programme debuts
- 2000 British television programme endings
- 2000s British television series
- British television talk shows
- Channel 4 comedy
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