Office Connections Don't forget to watch Comedy Connections on BBC 1 this friday, february 16th starting at 10:35pm (GMT). Why? Well, to quote the BBC website: "The series charting the history of the best of British comedy looks at Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's cult classic, The Office". Discuss it on our forum. (Wed 16 Feb 2007)
Smerch The Extra Steve has landed a three second non-speaking role in the first episode of the new season of 24. His cameo in the action-packed serial has him at a computer in CTU receiving some papers from a colleague. (Mon 15 Jan 2007)
Steve Wins! Congratulations to our Smerch for winning 'Best Comedy Actor' (and beating Gervais in the process) at last night's British Comedy Awards 2006. Watch Gervais trying to steal Steve's limelight on YouTube Here (Thurs 14 Dec 2006)
Fame Tickets For 15 Minutes Tickets for Ricky's 2007 stand-up tour Fame went on sale at 10am(GMT) today and were sold out in minutes. But fear not, more tickets are expected for dates yet to be announced, including London. Meanwhile, Ricky's own website buckled in the stampede for tickets. (Tues 12 Dec 2006)
Extras Series 3? Following a report on Xfm's news bulletin, the forum's been a-buzzing with speculation that there'll be a third series of Extras. Rumours include an appearance from Austrian bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Tue 12 Dec 2006)
Ricky on Radio 2 Ricky Gervais felt a little jealous, so he too appeared on Steve Wright in the Afternoon. Download here, talk about it here. (Tue 12 Dec 2006)
Steve on Radio 2 Stephen Merchant was a guest on Steve Wright's radio show, today at 14:00 GMT. Download it here, talk about it here. (Thu 07 Dec 2006)
Karl Gets Cultural A new animation, or "Podtoon", was premiered on Saturday's The Culture Show. Karl was also interviewed by his old Xfm colleague Lauren Laverne. Download it here, talk about it here. (Mon 04 Dec 2006)
David Brent Meets Nigel Tufnell Ricky continues his occasional series of interviews with comedian, writer, director and aristocrat Christopher Guest. The show goes out on Christmas Day on Channel 4. Talk about it here. (Fri 1 Dec 2006)
Back in 'The Office' Last night's episode of The Office (US) had its creators Ricky and Steve on script duty. Called 'The Convict', it saw Michael Scott getting in knots about a black employee with a criminal record. See what everyone thought about it, here. (Fri 1 Dec 2006)
It was the best of The Times... The K Man is in The Sunday Times magazine with a sentimental interview about his childhood. Read it here, See a scan of it here, and talk about it here. (Sun 26 Nov 2006)
