About Ricky Gervais
A man of many talents, Mr Gervais has become one of the most successful UK comedians earning respect and recognition the world over. Born in Reading, he graduated with a degree in Philosophy, was part of a band called Seona dancing, went onto presenting on the radio before meeting Steve Merchant who became his co-writer developing the award winning sitcom The Office.
Soon after he went on a stand up tour with ‘Animals’ followed by ‘Politics’ and then released his second sitcom ‘Extras’, with the second series on the way. Somewhere along the way he picked up the spherical headed Karl Pilkington and released The Ricky Gervais Show Podcast, currently running its second series.
Ricky Gervais Timeline
Unlike me, Mr Gervais cannot have his life summed up in 2 paragraphs so rather then write out a biography ( there are many out there ), I’ve decided on producing a timeline of his life so far. The detail and events covered will of course increase as I develop it and have also included extra notes here and there for your enjoyment.
- June 25, 1961
- Ricky enters the world.
- 1979
- Enrolls at University College London choosing to study Biology. Soon after changing his mind to Philosophy where he graduated with a 2:2.
- 1982
- Meets Jane Fallon, a british television producer of programs such as ‘Teachers’ and ‘This Life’. The couple remain together to this day.
- 1985
- Despite Seaona Dancing breaking up the previous year, ‘More To Lose’ becomes a major hit in the Philippines.
- 1996
- Joins XFM radio.
- 1998
- The Capital Radio group takes over XFM radio, making Ricky Gervais redundant.
- September 1998
- ‘Comedy Labs’ a Channel 4 project presents a one-off Gervais show entitled ‘Golden Years’ which followed ‘Clive Meadows’ a dedicated David Bowie fan attempting to become a lookalike and perform as his idol. I can’t see why this character could remind us of Mr Gervais ….
- November 2001
- Returns to XFM radio with a Saturday afternoon show that runs through to January 2004, with the occasional break lasting 103 months between each series. Be sure to check the Audio section for a download of the entire XFM archive.
- 2003
- The Observer lists Gervais asone of the 50 funniest acts in British Comedy, with his funniest moment chosen as being ‘Training Day’, an episode of The Office where he fetches his guitar from home and sings his own composed music such as Freelove Freeway, which was later recorded with Noel Gallagher as a B-side to ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Know’.
- December 2003
- The Christmas Specials of The Office are aired on BBC1, tying up the show and the last we would see of the pathetic but amazing character that is Brent. This documentated life for Brent after being made redundant from posistion of manager at Wernam Hogg, struggling as a salesman while making the very frequent and equally very unwanted visits to the paper merchants.
- 28 May 2005
- Now with Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant, he returns for a new show on XFM.
- December 29 2006
- Defeats Grant Bovey in a pre-recorded boxing match for chairty broadcast on BBC2. Watched on by cast members from The Office along with his girlfriend Jane, the victory earnt him £5000 for his chosen charity, Macmillan Nurses. Trained by Frank and Eugene Maloney, Gervais said he later winced at his “gruesome” performance.
- March 26 2006
- The Gervais written Simpsons episode ‘Homer, This Is Your Wife’ is broadcast on FOX TV, making him the first british person ever to write an episode of the show.
- March 30 2007
- Gervais convinces John Travolta to appear in the upcoming Extras specials and seals the deal with a dancing showdown where that dance is performed once again and Travolta shows he still has that Saturday night fever when both appeared on the Johnathon Ross show.
- July 2007
A new video featuring Gervais and Stephen Merchant is released online announcing the Extras final episode script is complete and go from discussing the internet before Ricky responds to critics comments of him slacking off, which he does in his own hilariously insulting manner. The video can be watched on YouTube, check it out you ******* ****.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 7:30 am and is filed under Profile. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.