Stephen Merchant: 'Ricky Gervais is braver than I am... he's quite happy to give the finger to the world' - The Independent

The co-creator of ‘The Office’ and ‘Extras’ talks to Adam White about series two of his BBC One crime-comedy ‘The Outlaws’, people assuming he is his comedy persona, and how ‘the left’ has taken over from Mary Whitehouse

For a few hours in the summer of 2020, everyone decided that Stephen Merchant was feuding with Ricky Gervais. The pair were once professionally inseparable, twinned masters of cringe comedy and tales… [+12667 chars]

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