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Ricky Gervais’ award-winning series Derek will return to Netflix with a one hour special on Friday, April 3.  The special aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on December 22. Gervais recently stated on his blog that there will be a special extended edition for those fans outside of the U.K., in order to make up…

Ricky Gervais nabbed an acting Emmy for Extras and won another for producing the long-running comedy series The Office. Now he’s hoping to catch voters’ eyes and hearts with Derek, the nuanced and bittersweet series that stars Gervais as a naive caretaker in nursing home whose optimism buoys the spirits of the elderly…

Netflix subscribers can finally catch the second season of Ricky Gervais‘ original comedy series Derek when it becomes available for streaming on Friday, May 30 at 12:01 AM PT.  The announcement comes after last month’s news that UK’s Channel 4 is ordering six new half hours. Derek follows a naively, simple man played…

Netflix has unveiled a full trailer for Derek, its upcoming 30 minute comedy-drama starring Ricky Gervais as a naive retirement home caretaker. Karl Pilkington, David Earl, and Kerry Godliman co-star on the show which first ran last year on the UK’s Channel 4. Gervais stars in, wrote, and directed the series which…

Ricky Gervais writes, directs, exec produces, and stars in the original series about a naive man who works in a nursing home, which Netflix will debut at 12:01 AM PT on September 12. Derek already premiered in the UK via Channel 4. The show will launch stateside and in international Netflix territories including…

Derek, Ricky Gervais’ comedy series about a naively simple middle-aged man who works in a nursing home, has been renewed by Britain’s Channel 4. The show’s first season finishes its run on March 6 with the early episodes drawing an average 2.1M viewers for a 9.9% share. Six new half hours have been ordered. In…

Ricky Gervais‘ British series Derek is coming to Netflix sometime next year. Netflix acquired rights to the comedy starring, written and directed by Gervais after the show’s run on Channel 4, the New York Times reported. Gervais plays the title character, a simple middle-aged man who works in a nursing home. The show…