Derek (TV series)
British television comedy drama created by Ricky Gervais / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Derek is a British comedy-drama television series starring, written by and directed by Ricky Gervais.[2] The pilot was produced by Derek Productions Ltd. for Channel 4 and aired on 12 April 2012.[3][4] Channel 4 describes the show as "A bittersweet comedy drama about a group of outsiders living on society's margins".[5]
Derek | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Ricky Gervais |
Written by | Ricky Gervais |
Directed by | Ricky Gervais |
Starring | |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Ricky Gervais |
Producer | Charlie Hanson |
Cinematography | Martin Hawkins |
Editor | Valerio Bonelli |
Running time | 24 mins[1] |
Production company | Derek Productions Ltd. |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 12 April 2012 (2012-04-12) ā 22 December 2014 (2014-12-22) |
On 9 May 2012, Channel 4 announced it had commissioned a full series, which aired from 30 January 2013.[6] On 4 March 2013 (two days before the final episode of the first series was aired), they announced Derek had been recommissioned for a second series, to be shown again on Channel 4 and later on Netflix.[7]
The first series became available for streaming on Netflix on 12 September 2013.[8] The second series, consisting of six episodes, started airing on 23 April 2014 on Channel 4 and concluded on 28 May 2014.[9] In November 2014, Channel 4 announced that a 60-minute "final" special episode of Derek would air in the United Kingdom on 22 December 2014.[10]