Gervais: 'Simpsons role a brief cameo'

Ricky Gervais has revealed some of the details of his second appearance on The Simpsons.

The comedian, who wrote and starred as Charles Heathbar in 17th season episode 'Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife' in 2006, will return to the animated Fox sitcom next year.

Gervais wrote on his blog: "You may have read that I'm returning to Springfield. I actually recorded it last week. Didn't mention it as I don't like to show off. You know that.

"It's a fun episode. I didn't write it and it's only a brief cameo, but I did manage to adlib like a motherf**ker and insult an awful lot of people. And it only took an hour. Perfect. It airs in Feb in US I think."

He added: "It's weird that I can talk about popping up in The Simpsons so casually.

"When I first got into comedy someone asked me what my ultimate ambition was. I said, 'to get a joke on The Simpsons'. I have been a very lucky boy indeed."