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  • Actors: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Ashley Jensen, Liza Tarbuck, Shaun Williamson
  • Directors: Ricky Gervais
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Nov 2008
  • Run Time: 81 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001E4W270
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 816 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown of celebrity. Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais) is back and more miserable than ever in this darker and devastatingly funny finale to the Emmy-winning series. Though his sitcom When the Whistle Blows rates six million viewers, he is, as ever, mindful of the critics' barbs and jealous of colleagues landing the prestige film roles he covets. "I'm not proud of having Britain's No. 1 catchphrase," he grouses (actually, he has sunk to No. 3, now trailing "You are the weakest link, goodbye"). Worse, he has become a right bastard, arrogantly treating crewmembers and his one true friend, Maggie (a heartbreaking Ashley Jensen), like dirt. Andy finally drops his clueless and incompetent agent (series co-creator Stephen Merchant) and quits the show. "Don't worry about me," he proclaims. "The phone won't stop ringing."

Unlike the finale of The Office, this super-duper-sized episode really has no loose ends to tie up. In Andy's humiliating comeuppance (he sinks to portraying an alien on Dr. Who and joins the desperate housemates on Celebrity Big Brother), Gervais has the perfect vessel with which to rail against soul-sucking celebrity, degrading tabloid culture, and "the gutter press." As for Andy and Maggie, those longing for some kind of Tim/Dawn hookup may not get exactly what they want, but they will get what they need in the lovely final scenes. A-listers having a laugh at their own images have always been one of Extras' special treats. The finale features jaw-dropping cameos by Clive Owen and George Michael, performing community service yet again. --Donald Liebenson

Synopsis
The two series of the deadpan comedy come to a close in this sensational finale. At this point, Ricky Gervais's lowly extra, Andy Millman, has finally made some headway in the entertainment industry. Millman's sitcom, WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS, has been commissioned and is an outright hit. Unfortunately its three series of predictable plotlines and critical beatings have begun to weigh on its creator. In this climax to the celebrity-studded series, Andy Millman has to make the tough decision on whether to give up all he's worked for in a bid for respectability.

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18 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Every minute of this is comedy perfection, 19 Sep 2008
By Dr. George L. Sik (Epsom, Surrey) - See all my reviews
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With the usual dearth of decent laughs on the telly last Christmas, this one-off feature-length finale to Extras was more than a tonic, it was like the best Christmas dinner you've ever tasted - in comedy form. The stars must love Ricky Gervais's take on life, as they positively queue up to get skewered, much as in a previous era they secretly loved getting 'done' on Spitting Image. Gordon Ramsay, George Michael, Clive Owen, David Tennant...not to mention an old mate of Barry's from Eastenders days. No mercy is shown, but the fact that they can clearly laugh at themselves makes them all slightly better people in our book!

The real venom, however, is reserved for Celebrity Big Brother, that cauldron of has-beens and wannabes willing to undergo any kind of himiliation in order to keep themselves in the headlines. I recall seeing a bit of the particular reality show which doutless inspired the character of the mother whose sole claim to fame is that her child had been killed in a street crime. One minute she is calling it a tragedy, the next everyone is singing and dancing to 'Tragedy'. Uncomfortably dark, perhaps, but desperately accurate in identifying how far 'reality' progamming has fallen - a long way from any genuine reality, for a start. You can feel the anger behind the comedy: this is satire at its most contemporary and most cutting.

Don't get the idea that it's all savage, though. The friendships (and their occasional betrayal) come across as warm and genuine. Simple human values triumph over crass celebrity distortion in the end.

This is excellent entertainment. Would it be crass to point out that The Ivy looks nothing like that?
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9 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This guy is the cleaverest person on TV, 25 Sep 2008
By E. Winder "emmer" (leafy suburb) - See all my reviews
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From the second this final episode starts you think you can see exactly what our Ricky is getting at, but half way through you realise this 'comedy' is so much more than jokes and humour. I doubt anyone has ever publically attempted such a blatent swipe at celebrity and media. The scene in the Big Brother House is probably the one of the most powerful pieces of modern commentary on the state of fame that has ever been made. If it doesnt so much as put a lump in your throat your a robot, and more over proves our own Gervais is much more than a stand up, writer, producer and broadcaster (irony there people) he is absolutely one of the best actors I have seen.
Gervais was once asked by a reporter if he had any advice for people who want to be famous, and his contraversal reply was 'go and kill a prostitue' You would have to a few pence short not to understand what he ment by that, but this amazingly truthful and painful look at fame is exactly what he shows us in this episode. Im sorry, but if you dont get it (no pun intended) give up.
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9 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Hyped, 17 Nov 2008
By Antonio Moncayo (Zaragoza) - See all my reviews
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I beg to differ with the other reviews of the Extras special.

This 90 minutes episode is full of "special guests" and it can be very slow to watch.

RG's character gets a rather bad run of luck and it looks all far fetched.
In the end they try to wrap it up quickly and give a nice ending but without the effect of The Office ending ( which was much funnier )

There are some good moments mainly due to Steven Marchant.
2 1/2 stars
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Ricky Gervais is a very funny but very sad man, his comedy I really believe is a mirror of his life...So go Ricky go!
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Bought as christmas present & we have so much laughter watching over & Over. Thank you.
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Love Extras, and R. Gervais and Karl Pilkington. The humor is exellent and subdued. Ashley Jensen also makes a great "side-kick", sometimes letting Ricky down, with her lack of... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Extras - The special
Just what you would expect from this great series ....with a few extra stars init!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Extra's The Special
When all's said and done it's not the wealth or the fame but the friendships that count. This Special sums this up wonderfully well and consistantly provides the laughs.
Published 5 months ago by Ed S

4.0 out of 5 stars worth it to pay for
there is a lot of good extras and outakes, good fun for all, good value for money
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4.0 out of 5 stars extras
good dancing in phone shop. did Ricky really cry? Good hour entertainment.
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3.0 out of 5 stars like being lectured by a couple of sixth formers
Loved the regular series, and most of the first half of this special, but the whole thing unravelled in the last half of this special when the increasingly unsubtle `perils of... Read more
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