Derek

About Derek

Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.

Channel 4's Derek is a comedy series. Ricky Gervais stars as Derek, Kerry Godliman as Hannah, David Earl as Kev, and Barry Martin as Joe.

It ran for 2 seasons and 12 episodes between January 2013 and May 2014. That is around 6 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under mockumentary, elderly, workplace comedy, and nursing home. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads. It scores 7.4 out of 10 from 261 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.

The Office and Parks and Recreation make useful companions to Derek.