TV BAFTA CEREMONY IN LONDON
British actor/writer Stephen Merchant attends the "TV BAFTA" ceremony at The Palladium in London on May 20, 2007. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad)
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SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A second season of the travel series "An Idiot Abroad" starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington is to debut in the United States next month.
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Britain's Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant will soon be seen in an eight-part travel docu-series called "An Idiot Abroad," Science Channel said Friday.
LOS ANGELES, March 24 (UPI) -- HBO has renewed the animated series "The Ricky Gervais Show" for a second season, The Hollywood Reporter said.
LOS ANGELES, May 11 (UPI) -- British actor Matthew Goode has joined the cast of "Cemetery Junction," a film co-written and to be co-directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
LONDON, April 13 (UPI) -- British actor Ralph Fiennes is set to star in "The Men at the Pru," a big-screen comedy co-written and co-directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
LONDON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- British comedian and actor Ricky Gervais says he is working on a one-hour special continuing his recently wrapped show-biz series "Extras."
LONDON, July 25 (UPI) -- Russia is getting its own version of the popular British workplace comedy "The Office," the BBC said.
LONDON, March 18 (UPI) -- The TV period drama "Cranford" led the field with three nods when nominations for the British Academy Television Awards were announced Tuesday.
LONDON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- About 5.3 million viewers tuned in to see the series finale of the sit-com "Extras" when it aired Thursday on British television, the BBC reported.
