Stephen Merchant

October 22, 2009

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  Jarvis Cocker joins 6Music team

  Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker joins the BBC 6Music presenting team.

October 10, 2009

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  Williamson: 'I'm happy Barry was killed'

  Ex-EastEnders star Shaun Williamson claims that he is happy he was written out of the soap.

September 30, 2009

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  Gervais 'was afraid of film failure'

  Ricky Gervais admits that he previously avoided making movies out of a fear of failure.

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  Ten Things You Never Knew About Ricky Gervais

  Click here for ten facts about Britain's most successful comedy export Ricky Gervais.

September 17, 2009

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  Gervais film inspired by Springsteen, 'Fever'

  Ricky Gervais says that Cemetery Junction is inspired by Bruce Springsteen and Saturday Night Fever.

September 14, 2009

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  Merchant: 'We wanted worthy screen debut'

  Stephen Merchant says that he and Ricky Gervais didn't want to rehash their TV work for cinema.

August 14, 2009

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  O'Brien 'enjoyed playing horrible Nazi'

  Richard O'Brien says that he relished voicing a "horrible Nazi" in an upcoming animated comedy.

August 06, 2009

• Gervais wanted British heroes for movie

  Ricky Gervais says that he wanted a British version of John Travolta or James Dean in his new film.

July 15, 2009

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  McGregor to voice 'Jackboots On Whitehall'

  Ewan McGregor, Timothy Spall and Rosamund Pike are to lend their voices to Jackboots On Whitehall.

July 10, 2009

• Merchant, Gervais 'both good cops'

  Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais say that neither plays the "bad cop" on their movie sets.

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