Extras
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Episode 1
Christmas Special with Lionel Blair, Dean Gaffney, Toby Foster, Hale & Pace, George Michael, Clive Owen, Gordon Ramsay, Lisa Scott-Lee, Chico Slimani, June Sarpong, Vernon Kay, and David Tennant.
aired: Sun, Dec 16, 2007
Emmy(R) Award-winner Ricky Gervais is back as Andy Millman--a once-hapless extra who has become a sitcom star--in the special finale of the acclaimed HBO comedy series.
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Episode 6
Jonathan Ross with Robert Lindsay and Robert De Niro
aired: Mon, Feb 12, 2007
(Season Two finale) TV host Jonathan Ross promises Andy a dream gig with a film icon; Andy and Maggie make a sick boy's dream come true.
Episode 5
Sir Ian McKellen
aired: Mon, Feb 5, 2007
Desperate for respect, Andy looks for work in the theater, and ends up getting cast by Sir Ian McKellen in a new play.
Episode 4
Chris Martin
aired: Mon, Jan 29, 2007
Chris Martin shills a Coldplay LP on Andy's show; Maggie gets a new dress; Andy and Ronnie Corbett get the BAFTA boot.
Episode 3
Sir Ian McKellen with Germaine Greer, Mark Kermode and Mark Lawson
aired: Mon, Jan 22, 2007
Attempting to appear grown-up, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe makes Maggie an offer she certainly can refuse.
Episode 2
David Bowie
aired: Mon, Jan 15, 2007
Andy finds the perks of celebrity aren't all they're cracked up to be when he encounters David Bowie in the VIP area of a club.
Episode 1
Orlando Bloom
aired: Mon, Jan 8, 2007
In the Season Two premiere, Andy is forced to compromise on his sitcom; Orlando Bloom can't believe that Maggie doesn't find him irresistible.
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Episode 6
Patrick Stewart
aired: Wed, Dec 10, 2008
In the Season One finale, Andy pitches a sitcom-pilot script to Patrick Stewart, who shows a new side of his personality.
Episode 5
Samuel L. Jackson
aired: Wed, Dec 10, 2008
Andy's agent finally gets his client a speaking role--playing a gay genie in a stage adaptation of 'Aladdin.'
Episode 4
Les Dennis
aired: Wed, Dec 10, 2008
While Maggie sabotages her romance with an African-American actor, Andy is badgered into having dinner with a fellow extra he despises.
Episode 3
Kate Winslet
aired: Wed, Dec 10, 2008
Andy befriends 'EastEnders' actor Ross Kemp, whose braggadocio doesn't sit well with soccer star Vinnie Jones.
Episode 2
Ross Kemp and Vinnie Jones
aired: Wed, Dec 10, 2008
Andy attempts to parlay his friendship with a consultant on his latest film into a speaking role.
Episode 1
Ben Stiller
aired: Wed, Dec 10, 2008
Series premiere. On the set of a Holocaust film set in a nunnery, Andy and the film's star, Kate Winslet, learn Maggie's latest secret.
Episodes
Episode 13
Extras: Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for. Case in point: Andy Millman, the sitcom star who wants desperately to be taken seriously as an actor, and is willing to do anything--including pulling the plug on his hit show--to do it. Emmy(R) Award-winner Ricky Gervais is back as Andy in the special finale of the acclaimed HBO comedy series. The stellar cast includes Ashley Jensen who returns in the comical role of Andy's best friend Maggie Jacobs, Stephen Merchant as Andy's clueless agent Darren Lamb, and Shaun Pye as Andy's arch-nemesis Greg Lindley Jones, a fellow extra who has suddenly hit the dramatic big time...to Andy's chagrin.
Episode 12
Extras: Extras 12
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
(Season Two finale) TV host Jonathan Ross promises Andy a dream gig with a film icon; Andy and Maggie make a sick boy's dream come true.
Episode 11
Extras: Extras 11
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Desperate for respect, Andy looks for work in the theater, and ends up getting cast by Sir Ian McKellen in a new play.
Episode 10
Extras: Extras 10
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Chris Martin shills a Coldplay LP on Andy's show; Maggie gets a new dress; Andy and Ronnie Corbett get the BAFTA boot.
Episode 9
Extras: Extras 09
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Attempting to appear grown-up, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe makes Maggie an offer she certainly can refuse.
Episode 8
Extras: Extras 08
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Andy finds the perks of celebrity aren't all they're cracked up to be when he encounters David Bowie in the VIP area of a club.
Episode 7
Extras: Extras 07
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
In the Season Two premiere, Andy is forced to compromise on his sitcom; Orlando Bloom can't believe that Maggie doesn't find him irresistible.
Episode 6
Extras: Extras 06
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
In the Season One finale, on the set of an Elizabethan period piece, Andy pitches a sitcom-pilot script to Patrick Stewart, who exposes a new side of his personality. Later, after surviving his agent's ineptitude, Andy nearly undermines a promising relationship at the BBC, blaming the incident on the artless Maggie.
Episode 5
Extras: Extras 05
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Andy's agent finally gets his client a speaking role--playing a gay genie in a stage adaptation of 'Aladdin.' Despite Andy's best thespian efforts, the play crashes after its star, TV game-show personality Les Dennis, learns from Andy that his hot fiancee has been fooling around with a stagehand. Meanwhile, Maggie is caught in the middle of a father-daughter rift.
Episode 4
Extras: Extras 04
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
While Maggie is doing everything possible to sabotage her romance with a handsome African-American actor, Andy is badgered into having dinner with a fellow middle-aged extra whose dour company he despises.
Episode 3
Extras: Extras 03
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
On the set of an epic period drama, Andy befriends 'EastEnders' actor Ross Kemp, only to find that Kemp's braggadocio doesn't sit well with soccer star Vinnie Jones, who's shooting on an adjacent set.
Episode 2
Extras: Extras 02
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
The tragic story of a man whose wife was killed in Bosnia is being brought to the screen--with a superstar actor directing. Andy attempts to parlay his friendship with the real-life widower--a consultant on the set--into a speaking role on the film.
Episode 1
Extras: Extras 01
aired: Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Series premiere. On the set of a Holocaust film set in a nunnery, Andy and the film's star, Kate Winslet, become privy to Maggie's latest secret--that her new boyfriend Mike has a phone-sex fetish. Meanwhile, to get a date with an extra named Suzanne, Andy resorts to lying about his religious beliefs after being questioned by Suzanne's sister Francesca, who has cerebral palsy.
