Exclusive: Ricky Gervais has directed his first BBC project for a decade as the corporation’s Comedy Director Jon Petrie unveils his debut batch of 11 Short Films since taking on the role last year.
Deadline can reveal that The Office and After Life creator Gervais has directed 7 Minutes, a show about two people awkwardly contemplating suicide from his own Derek Productions.
Penned by Harry Carlile and Jonathan Parramint and starring Joe Wilkinson and Seroca Davis, 7 Minutes’ logline reads: “A desolate train track seems the perfect spot to end it all, until someone else turns up with the same idea. Awkward.”
Gervais’ last BBC project was the Warwick Davis-starring Life’s Too Short, which ran from 2011 to 2013 and was co-written with long-time writing partner Stephen Merchant. Since then, he has mostly made shows for Netflix such as global smash After Life.
Petrie’s Comedy Shorts are comprised of 10-15 minute one-offs,...
Deadline can reveal that The Office and After Life creator Gervais has directed 7 Minutes, a show about two people awkwardly contemplating suicide from his own Derek Productions.
Penned by Harry Carlile and Jonathan Parramint and starring Joe Wilkinson and Seroca Davis, 7 Minutes’ logline reads: “A desolate train track seems the perfect spot to end it all, until someone else turns up with the same idea. Awkward.”
Gervais’ last BBC project was the Warwick Davis-starring Life’s Too Short, which ran from 2011 to 2013 and was co-written with long-time writing partner Stephen Merchant. Since then, he has mostly made shows for Netflix such as global smash After Life.
Petrie’s Comedy Shorts are comprised of 10-15 minute one-offs,...
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- Deadline Film + TV
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- 11/27/2020
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
A woman named Shona, (Seroca Davis) disappears from a department store, after the lights begin to flash in the store. Sophie (Daisy Haggard) leaves Craig (James Cordon) alone with their baby for a weekend, he can cope on his own, which the Doctor (Matt Smith) will ensure by episode's end. The Doctor is here to pay "a social call" but hates the decor. He's meant to say he's also fine and then leaves. The light flashes outside and the Doctor knows something is wrong. He knows that Craig isn't alone and the Sonic detects sulphur emissions, finding their baby. Craig is beside himself admitting he's unable to cope with the baby, Alfie. The Doctor shushes the baby from crying, but can't teach that to Craig. He's not good at being a father. The Doctor reads a children's book and laughs. The Doctor speaks 'baby' as he tells Craig that Alfie prefers to be called 'Stormageddon'.
- 10/3/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
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