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Extras
Format	Situation comedy
Created by	Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant
Written by	Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant
Directed by	Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant
Starring	Ricky Gervais Ashley Jensen Stephen Merchant Shaun Williamson Shaun Pye
Ending theme	"Tea for the Tillerman" by Cat Stevens
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	approx. 30 min. (regular episodes) 90 min. (series finale)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Two / HBO
Original run	July 21, 2005 – December 27, 2007
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Extras is a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning British sitcom about extras working on film sets and in theatre. The series is co-produced by the BBC and HBO, and is created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, both of whom also star in it. Extras charts the lives of Andy Millman, his friend Maggie Jacobs and Andy's substandard agent and ex-Carphone Warehouse employee Darren Lamb as Millman rises to fame.

Extras has two series of six episodes each as well as a Christmas Special. The first episode aired in the UK on 21 July 2005 on BBC Two and on 25 September 2005 on HBO in the US. The second series premiered in the UK on BBC Two on 14 September 2006 and began airing in the US on HBO and in Australia on ABC on 14 February 2007.^[1] The Christmas Special aired on 27 December 2007 on BBC Two and on 16 December 2007 on HBO. Both series are available on DVD in the UK and the US.

There were some subtle changes between the UK and US versions, with references to the names of British celebrities often being changed to American celebrities for the US edition. A scene featuring UK TV presenter Moira Stuart in episode 2.4 was completely excised from the US version, replaced instead with a song by Chris Martin - a scene that was featured as a deleted scene on the DVD releases. Other changes in the Christmas special saw the 'Jade Goody' doll replaced by a 'Kramer' doll. A scene with George Michael was also truncated to remove references to UK celebrities Richard & Judy and Catherine Tate.

The series is filmed in a more traditional sitcom style than the mockumentary style used by Gervais and Merchant in their previous series The Office. Each episode has at least one guest star; a television or film celebrity, who play what Gervais and Merchant have referred to as "twisted" versions of themselves^[2]; an exaggerated or inverted parody of their famous public personas.

On October 21 2008 it was announced that Ricky Gervais was considering another one-off Christmas special. ^[3][4]

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