Meet Ricky Gervais
Meet Ricky Gervais is a chat show written and hosted by the comedy writer and performer Ricky Gervais. It was produced by Talkback for Channel 4 in 2000 and ran for one series on Friday nights. The show aired throughout the time Ricky Gervais was also co-writing the first series of the highly successful The Office for BBC2.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Sep 22, 2000
- Popularity: 7.6492
- 6 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Oct 27, 2000
Last episode: Antony Worall-Thompson, Midge Ure
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes
Series 1
Aired
Episode 1Tommy Walsh, Jimmy Savile30 min
Ricky interviews Tommy Walsh and Jimmy Savile, and plays Call My Bluff (which Jimmy particularly enjoys).
Episode 2John Virgo, Michael Winner30 min
Along with the interviews we see where a healthy chunk of the Animals set came from, and Ricky continues to be bullied backstage.
Episode 3Penny Smith, Tony Hart30 min
After interviewing Penny and firing jokes at Tony, we're treated to Tony Green in a dress during Play Your Cards Right.
Episode 4Wayne Hemingway, Paul Daniels30 min
Wayne Hemingway and Paul Daniels get the treatment, and Ricky plays Every Second Counts.
Episode 5Peter Purves, Stefanie Powers30 min
Ricky interviews Peter Purves and Stefanie Powers, tries out another new game show and interviews some members of the public about dwarves.
Crew & Team
Producer
Producer
