The genius mind that is Ricky Gervais, what a concept for a comedy series! Managing to pull in some big names to basically take the mickey out of themselves, Gervais gets the big stars to do unbelievable things.

I want to start stating that I admire the Comedian Ricky Gervais and after watching "The Office" I was very keen on watching more of him. And Extras is with no doubt one of the most funniest series I have ever watched.Especially Steve Merchant surprised me as a so awkwardly funny character. Also I love Ashley Jensens cute Scottish accent. She also plays a very funny and awkward character. A very good extra (no pun intended) is that every episode has a guest actor like e.g. Ben Stiller, who by the way plays himself brilliantly. Those guest actors play themselves and Rickys Character is a extra at their film sets. The way he interacts with all those great actors is extremely impressing I can totally recommend this to everyone who loves dark British humour. Definitely a 10/10

Yes I sometimes work as an Extra in probably every Irish TV Production ever made so yes this is just right on the ball for me. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the creative team behind the acclaimed British series "The Office," both wrote and star in this comedy EXTRAS (in which Gervais plays Andy Millman, a movie extra seeking a speaking role and Merchant plays his agent) that is a joint production of HBO and the BBC. Forget harping on about how different it is to "The Office" and get straight to the point of this show. It is Hilarious and fun walking around dilly dally with outrageous Period costumes trying to have a normal conversion to meeting the "Extras" who just call themselves Real Actors (You don't usually do this work). It shows some of the Background humiliation and does leave out a bit too. Probably, for me the constant "moaning" of Extras……... Challenging celebrities like Patrick Stewart and Kate Winslet, each episode may seem like a desperate attempt to get views but it does not even need them as the humor of both Gevais and Merchant is in a league of its own. Background Extra work is fun but as Ricky Gervias highlights it's a pretty desperate profession for Real Actor's - looking for a line or two :)

What a fantastic job Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have done with this show. It really will get you laughing, a proper British comedy.The plot is good and progresses at a good pace, the 2nd series was slightly better for me. The story is brilliant, it has bits of drama too and you really relate to the characters, all of which I feel were perfectly cast.Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman is just brilliant, always failing but eventually getting there with a bit of help from his useless agent Darren Lamb, who Stephen Merchant portrays extremely well. Then there's Ashley Jensen who plays Andy's friend Maggie Jacobs, she is hilarious and always saying the wrong things, she is probably my star of the show! All of the celebrity guest stars are great and really add something special to the show, it was hard to pick which one was my favourite but I'd give a special mention to Kate Winslet and Daniel Radcliffe.Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant done the right thing with this series where they have only done 2 series and 1 feature length special. I loved The Office (UK) and I honestly believe this is on par with it, it really is that good. Buy the box-set for a couple of quid, you won't regret it.10/10