Twenty years ago today, ‘The Office’ debuted in the US as a remake of the British hit co-created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. In a sea of abysmal American reboots, this one arguably ...

Stephen Merchant has shared his memories of working with the late Val Kilmer for a sketch on Life’s Too Short – watch below. Despite a combative reputation, Val Kilmer was great fun to work ...

Stephen Merchant has weighed in on recent debates over “cancel culture” and its alleged effect on comedy. In recent years, a wealth of comedy figures such as Ricky Gervais, Dave Chappelle and ...

One of the people Daryl and Carol will encounter in the British isles is played by English comedy writer and actor Stephen Merchant. Merchant, who co-created and co-starred in the original British ...

COUNCIL chiefs begged The Office director Stephen Merchant and co-writer Ricky Gervais to big up Slough. They thought the hit comedy, in which Ricky played central character David Brent ...

On his parents return they played Stephen the camcorder footage they’d made of the voicemail message John Cleese had left on the phone in their cabin: “‘Hello there Mr and Mrs Merchant ...

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"People loved The Office, which was a big problem,” Ricky Gervais says, recalling the unusual but flattering issue facing its much-loved American counterpart, which turns 20 today. “All of the people ...