Extras Christmas Special UK 5

[Artemisio987]

i was so disappointed when they didn't explore darren and maggie's relationship. Tha could have been really funny!

[dandiesel3000]

Fish Stew? ha ha.

[petermarronmusic]

oh no i felt so bad for steve

[MissusFingerBottom]

Maggie suddenly becomes less ditzy and annoying once Andy become a douchebag. "So were you"

[HaydnFitzsimons]

See, I like how Gervais did that at the start, he is a terrfic actor and shows how a lot of celebs become right up their own arses before they are even that famous. I met Sean from Coronation Street (Antony Cotton) and he is a stuck up little... He was just ignorant to people basically.

[denzelnolet]

Andy is a dick.

[WillyWillyP]

just desperately sad

[iloveneytiri]

around 0:50 just brilliant. Utterly tragic and you are instantly right behind Maggie who up to now has been incredibly annoying.

[lileaglet]

sad walking away music for stephen :(

[revsK]

@lileaglet it's fucking tragic. makes me feel shitty too.

[mavernjones]

"Makes sense, I imagine the fire regulations are quite strict at the BBC." Ha ha!!!

[whitexchina]

when the wind blows...

[BlueOblivion]

Man, when he watches that guy get fired... stares him down... so brutal...

[BlueOblivion]

Man, when he watches that guy get fired... stares him down... so brutal...

[MegaBiscuiteater]

darrans hurt makes me want to cry

[ShearsOfAtropos]

I actually liked the fish stew joke... am I evil? :(

[Carodacat]

3:54 Agh every time Darren has his sad face on it feels like the sun's just died

[MissusFingerBottom]

as much as the general audience are idiots who like crap sitcoms, it is sad to see their faces when Andy says he'll never have to wear the stupid wig again.

[MrItsabeautifulday]

Errr... Merry Christmas...

[Vortex289]

Where the hell is part 6?

[MrJckkrc]

@xumbapaice: it's a play on 'fist you?' 

[danieldrhhall]

Fish stew?

[TheYella20]

@danieldrhhall fish "n" stew, as in fishing for stew which is the proper name for shit

[miamiscifi]

@TheYella20 no its supposed to sound like "fist you" as in anal sex...phonetically: Fist you? no he certainly did not

[xumbapaice]

@danieldrhhall I think it's a play on it sounding like "fished you?", as in, you know, "did he fish you?"

[danesesse]

@danieldrhhall fist you

[drwholass1018]

Oh god I actually wanted to cry when she said that darren couldn't get in

[BlueMoonz55]

@drwholass1018 I KNOW!!! And then that sad little smile he did, Ahwwwwww.

ಥ_ಥ

[IbnShahid]

Any studio audience which openly enjoys a show as bad as 'When the Whistle Blows' should be shot by firing squad.

[DionKool]

If when the whistle blows was ever to be on real tv, it would be incredibly retarded.

[sgreaves3490]

Guy Henry is gorgeous!!

[paddyfitz188]

'why arent the extras kept in a paddock or something?!' brilliant gervais, just brilliant!

[JustAboutCrazy]

5:38 lmao!!

[jetarafighters]

Andy's a dick in this part....

[georginiou]

I love the scene at 6:31.

"Shout a catchphrase at a load of morons for a living"

I'd like David Walliams to learn from this.

[tgerule]

its all about the pass with you init

[ellandroadhero]

Fish stew. Absolutely amazing line!

[MrAlofbag]

2 people are having a laugh

[Kullg4r]

"Eee, my man..." 

[sb12505]

I always wished Maggie had given him her pass and then left.

[VerbalGraffitti]

@sb12505 That's why you would cinsider someone like her a true friend, she's sticking with him coz she knows it's because of the fame he's an arrogant wanker.

That's one the differences between TV and life, in life you would tell a friend when they're being a complete idiot or worse. If they listen great, if not you just wouldn't speak to them, depending on how bad the situation is. In TV they drag shit out.

[cattiex]

I think we both know what happened.

[Bkgrill81]

pause at 9.42.. she looks amazing!

[wil3333]

I love how the creators understand understatement. The scene where Andy gets the extra fired and where Maggie is watching everything happen, there's not much audio, but the look on all their faces says everything so brilliantly.

[dbartyzel]

I love Maggie, she is the sweetest character Ive ever seen. This was the saddest comedy Ever. I loved it.

[STFCstoneroses]

05:37 - "merry christmas everyone! eyemm" or whatever the fuck that noise was hahaha class

[iloveneytiri]

fist stew! Genius! Extras and the Office are just wonderful.

[mayhap92]

Stephen Merchants face at 04:14

[KarmaStudiosx]

wow andy what a dick i hated the start of this episode when that aspiring extra got fired!

[THthefirst]

literraly cap in hand at 0.25.....poignant

[Fubs]

Ashleys face when Andy gets the guy fired makes it

[sandprof]

what does Ray say at 5.38 "merry Christmas Everyone - I is or similar" why?

[BarryMcCawkiner]

@sandprof it's just unintelligible sounds he makes after merry christmas everyone, the ray character makes them constantly

[sandprof]

nice one!

[TheConciseStatement]

As disgusting (and tragically realistic) as When the Whistle Blows is, I can't bring myself to hate something with Liza Tarbuck in it that much.

[sandprof]

WTWB is brilliant - they should do a eries of this with Barry as the key protagonist and Merchant as Brains!

[FFSkool]

I ugree.

[zomgbat]

5.36

[mynicehouse]

true

[bruten69]

Sorry to sound like the media nerd but its a christmas episode, yet all the trees in the outside scenes are green. I expected more from thee BBC, then again, im just a media nerd.

[belisariusorb]

Just like Ben Stiller or Larry David, Gervais is not afraid to appear as a total prick, or that the viewer might come to hate him.

[whitexchina]

@belisariusorb

I'm d'accord with Gervais and Larry David...but Stiller is a whole different categorie... he belongs to

"thigh-slapping-humor" (as we call it in Germany) after him comes: Adam Sandler, the guys from 2 and a half men etc...

[dagnut]

Honestly, Merchant is a fantastic actor, and not just because I'm a fan of his writing.

[sandprof]

rubbish - he can only play himself - a lanky dork. Yes good writer though

[Cueball786]

hes just like ben stiller at the beginning of the series

[magneticpickup]

Andy is such a COCK!!!!!!

[crimsletons90]

that when the whistle blows episode actually looks decent

[whycantibefree]

damn how can a show be so damn funny and sad at the same time. Honestly the only thing that comes close to this is the office

[sandprof]

they were the best things of the noughties - little britain does not come close

[dagnut]

pretty hard to play anything else when you look like he does and your 6' 7". Do you believe him in the role? He won a bafta for this performance so if you a higher authority than the British actors guild well then I'd love to hear your credentials...you bald twat

[sandprof]

I bet I have more academic stuff than you, but would not be very professional of me to show off. If dagnut is your real name - do you think I put a pic of me on there. If you can tell me wh the pic is really of- now that would impress me :3

[dagnut]

Its pilikingon..I knew it wasn't you thats where the bald twat reference came from..I'm talking about you academic credentials...I mean't what acting/driecting credentials have you got to sit in judgement of Merchant..anyway it's all subjective

[sandprof]

no worries matey - there are no strangers we are all friends that we have not met yet. I have nowt acting-wise - cept a bit o am dram, but I know what I like (in your wardrobe) Its not Pilks either - although he is another useless tosser and stupid and from ooop norf as well - so a right git. They use him as a straight man I reckon

[superiourcowies]

Little britain is hardly anywhere near what could be considered the best of the noughties

[sandprof]

good point I'm sure but I have lived away for 10 years and have only seen these two DVDAs so have nothing else to cf. it too

[floriasephemera]

omg when he turns around outside the door and looks back at her he looks so sweet and lovely- its horrible he couldnt go in. :(

[m4r3e2]

Ahhh that's Karl Pilkington @ 6:20 !!!

... and about the barrier, of course steve could get over that height. That's why it's funny when Darren Lamb gets tangled in it

[alikokos]

some good reality in this clip

[sec0ndevolution]

Oh come on, Stephen Merchant could step over that barrier. :P

[musicfreak1760]

I always thought that!! i was like why doesn't he just step over it, he's tall enough. It's not much of a barrier to him.

[s070746821]

@musicfreak1760 white men can`t jump

[s0ra8h]

@musicfreak1760 or he cud have just walked as normal and still go over it

[sphereballs]

Yeah but Daren Lamb can't work that out...

[CircleofShit]

@sec0ndevolution thats why its so fucking funny!

[mr2gti]

Seeing Andy become a total cock was amazing acting....

....Kudos the Gervais.

[baldgitfromhull]

@mr2gti Totally agree. It's almost disturbing to watch. Well done Ricky.

[xumbapaice]

@baldgitfromhull Well done indeed! people have got to know their place - you give a bit of "line" to one and all these desperate wanker nobodys will start asking you for "just a..." or a bit of whatever. Fuck that - they'll never appreciate it anyway.

[plasticsman10]

the guy at 5:00 sounds like blanche from corrie

[jogw90]

maggie is so cute and pretty :) i love her

[piseog]

I always fast-forward the sitcom parts

[sandprof]

they are very funny - they should do 6 full eps of it only with Barry as Ray - that would win BAFTAs!

[SporkBoy33]

That Maggie's a feisty wee tart, and no mistake.

[judeskii]

is it just me that thinks Maggie is hot??

[Grishnakh616]

No, me too, she's well nice!! :)

[smithdappa]

i do too mate, only at certain angles though, and in ugly betty she is fine...

[DominatorMCMLXXVIII]

Prick.

[ViolentRiC]

No, it's just this TV series that has everyone refer to her as being shoddy. There's no way they'd have written those lines if she actually was!

[CornishStrayCat]

Fish stew - fist you ...very witty

[olly3663]

Thanks for explaining one of the most obvious lines.

[ViolentRiC]

I don't get it.

[EffingAndJeffing]

I've never looked at it this way, but Maggie ought to feel like she's living a charmed double-life; cleaning floors and washing dishes by day, but sipping wine in The Ivy in the evenings.

Of course she doesn't, because she's in a financial downward spiral and Andy's becoming more of an unbearable prick with each day.

[FFFUUUCCCKKKEEEDDD]

Makes you just wanna wrap maggie up in cotton wool

[LeKayFace]

poor darren trying to jump over the barrier xD

"I think we both know what's happened."

[importedmusic]

they should have devoted more of this Episode to When the whistle blows (in Spain)....I could just imagine gobbler on the Donkey, Rita and her recorder and Brains with his companion...

[jockhurley]

i dont get it are you having a laugh?

[66crackers]

"I think we both know what's happened"

[ceej200000]

your all pricks!

[magdluke]

Fish stew? When the Whistle Blows *is* funny!

[squirehendrix]

5.39 is brilliant

[teebowandarrow]

instead of dying penniless i'd rather him die penisless

[writer8788]

What a git xD

[WorstThereEverWillBe]

fish stew thats actually a good one

[Zorg2006]

After the bit at the beginning of this clip I just wanted Andy to lose everything and die penniless in a gutter.

[AcousticUplift]

It's done so realistically. My sis reckons this whole special is semi-autobiographical and perhaps RG was being candid about some of his more arrogant moments. I can just imagine someone becoming that cocky the more successful they are, forgetting the ladder they had to climb.  A lesson to us all.

[EffingAndJeffing]

Personally, I don't think it's so much autobiographical, as rather an exploration into what COULD have happened to Gervais if The Office hadn't been made the way he'd wanted it to be.

If you think about it, most of Andy's dissatisfaction with life stems from the fact that the BBC rewrote WTWB into something a lot broader than he'd wanted, meaning he has no chance of getting the credibility he craves.

Perhaps if the same had happened to The Office, Ricky would have suffered the same fate.

[AcousticUplift]

Fair enough but I think (based on Maggie's advice to Andy later on when they are@ the Ivy) the lesson is more about being content whatever and counting your blessings, even if things don't go exactly as you like. Otherwise if it is as you say, RG would be justifying such behaviour in those circumstances and I'm not sure if that's the message here.

[gossieuk]

savage was doing the thick of it, maybe?

[marliben]

I feel bad for the extra who gets canned. :( Does a good job of looking sad.

[magget16]

make me nearly cry :') he looked so friendly, felt so sad for him. I just remind myself it's not real.

[ErniePi]

when the wind blows isn't actually so terrible - certainly better than my family

[marliben]

whistle

[ViolentRiC]

I'm pretty sure it's "wind".

[eriol3686]

What, no Damon Beesley? It's just as well. Martin Savage--bless him--must've had better things to do, thank god!

[supergirly92]

God I love Gobbler- he's one heck of a scene stealer!!

[swifty64]

Why do they always sit around a table in every scene?

[666rocko]

great acting by gervais in this part, playing a total prick!!!

[kdb314]

@ 4.07-4.18 how sad did I feel for Darren!!

Poor, poor lad.

[iworshiplost]

wow andy turns into a complete twat in this episode

[eriol3686]

He was actually quite a twat by the end of the second season. It's a wonder why Gervais and Merchant had the character carry on in that way for the Christmas special. It seems exploitist and wrong.  Did they run out of ideas?

[ApollyonCruiser]

I love RG! The show is so funny. His character doesn't have a clue.

[Rinweapon]

comedy writing genius!

[bongboy6969]

cheers 4 this m8 ur a legend

[skintightpanda]

maggie's pretty

[danbell06]

Classic!!!

[purpleTerath]

fab thankyou so much!