Extras

About Extras

Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down the red carpet to pick up an Oscar. He remains optimistic however, as rubbing shoulders with the A-list on-set only serves to reinforce his belief that the big time is just a job or two away.

Extras is a comedy series made for HBO and BBC Two. Ricky Gervais stars as Andy Millman, Ashley Jensen as Maggie Jacobs, Stephen Merchant as Darren Lamb, and Shaun Williamson as Barry.

It ran for 2 seasons and 12 episodes between July 2005 and October 2006. That is around 6 episodes a season.

Members will find bittersweet, aspiring actor, deadpan, and movie star in it. American members can watch it on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, and Britbox Apple TV channel. It scores 7.8 out of 10 from 439 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.

Archer, The Office, and Arrested Development make useful companions to Extras, all filed under dark comedy and sitcom.