Customer Reviews
Quality! - By: G. Evans, 25 Jan 2008 
Unlike O Khan, I totallly get this & it's quality entertainment. Keep 'em coming Ricky.
Great! - By: G. L. Williams, 17 Jan 2008 
The second series of Extras is brilliant, playing on embarrassing situations very well. The only bad side is that you do see that Ricky Gervais has only one trick up his sleeve. Great though!
Ricky And Stephen Strike Gold Again - By: Mr. C. J. Kirby, 05 Jan 2008 I am a huge fan of Ricky Gervais's work including the Office, his live shows & of course the Extras. Series 1 was brilliant, the great thing with the Office & Extras is, unlike most comedy prgrammes, they can be watched over again.
It's intelligent in the way it plays different dynamics with the characters with certain people of higher or lower status, the extrememly awkward moments Rickys character Andy Millman gets himself into are hilarious, & how he makes it so much worse for himself by back tracking. Ricky's acting in these situations & the way he presents himself is genius. The celebrity guest stars in the programme are shown as bizarre self indulgent individuals which adds a real charm to the show.
Does have a good special features second disc, including "The Taping Of Nigel 2: The Gimpening" An addition the Extras series 1 special feature " The Taping Of Nigel" Which shows the programmes editor being tormented by a surprisingly nasty side to Ricky as he sellotapes the poor guys face into different animal appearences. Although i did feel sorry for "Nigel" i have to admit i did laugh at loud a few times. But the way Ricky presents it, it is sort of in good taste, also Nigel does say that part of him is proud of being apart of it.
Reallly is worth a watch even if you didnt pariculary like the office.
Horrific! A demonstration of the worst human quality - By: O.Khan, 18 Dec 2007 
Ricky Gervais owes the whole Nation an Apology. Not for his comedy, but for the abusive way that he treats his fellow worker as evident in the "Special Features" of Extras 2nd series. I am suprised that the constant physical & verbal abuse that both he & on occasions Jonathan Ross exhibit on the said man are included as "Entertainment"? This behaviour demonsrates the worst qualities in human beings. You will notice in the scenes that staff & co-actors are standing in shock in the background, frozen to the spot, fearing for their own jobs, knowing that if they interfere they may not get a scene or be in the next series. They don`t want to upset Ricky. Pitiful. They should be ashamed of themselves. Just like the Bullies in School playgrounds & workplaces.
I was looking forward to watching Extras having been a fan of the Office & being impressed by the first series of Extras on TV.
I had believed that Ricky Gervais to be a humble man but having witnessed his true colours I will never be able to picture him as that guy who is the doormat & life`s underdog that he so keenly displays. Instead I will just see the Rich, abusive, Bully that he reallly is.
the comedy of genius - By: Mr. Ian A. Macfarlane, 09 Nov 2007 I believe Johnny Vegas said that Ricky Gervais would be a one-hit wonder (with 'The Office'), & indeed it must have been hard to follow that unexpected but enormous success. The first series of 'Extras' did it brilliantly, & it's interesting that the fame of 'The Office', & the fact that so many people found it fresh & original, must have played its part - because 'Extras' is of course based on the premise that very famous actors & screen stars would agree to take part & play along with Gervais's unconventional humour. In series 1 there were Ben Stiller & Samuel Jackson, among others. Series 2 ups the ante, if that's possible - there are marvellous turns from Sir Ian McKellan, Robert de Niro, David Bowie, Dame Diana Rigg, Daniel Ratcliffe, Ronnie Corbett, Richard Briers & Chris Martin but also an unexpectedly memorable appearance by Keith Chegwin, rather as Les Dennis appeared in the first series. Throughout there is the touchingly dim presence of Andy Millman's friend, Maggie (Ashley Jensen, who is wonderful) & in series 2 much more of Sean Williamson ('Barry from East Enders'). Stephen Merchant, Gervais's collaborator, hardly appeared onscreen in 'The Office; but here he is a major player, & a major plus, as the agent from hell. There is the usual mixture of reallly sharp jokes, excellent ensemble playing & cringe-making situations (Merchant says in the commentary that comes with the set that there's one scene, involving an inefficient WC & an egg whisk, which his parents still will not watch). The additional features, outtakes involving corpsing and, particularly, material about how the series was made, are a big bonus. I first saw Gervais on the 11 O'Clock Show, when I thought he was awful. There's no doubt in my mind now that he has a most original & fresh comic wit, & though he is not an actor as such, he is marvellous in front of the camera as Andy Millman, just as he was as David Brent. This is comic gold, just as enjoyable as 'The Office' but presenting a quite different series of situations & main characters. It's startlingly good & very enjoyable.
