Stephen Merchant Live: Hello Ladies DVD
The Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe award winning co-creator of The Office and Extras (both for BBC) is about to embark on his first ever stand-up comedy tour Stephen Merchant Live: Hello Ladies. From 6 September, until late December, Stephen will perform throughout the UK, London and New York.
Globally known for his acclaimed collaborative work with partner Ricky Gervais, Merchant has at last decided to take his considerable stand-up talents on the road. It’s not widely known he started his career as a stand-up comedian and radio presenter - at XFM where he met Gervais.
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In 2001, Merchant in fact shared a stand-up bill in four-hander Rubbernecker, with Ricky Gervais, Jimmy Carr and Robin Ince at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Bristolian Merchant, along with Gervais and Karl Pilkington, features in the Guinness Book Of World Records for having the most downloaded internet show of all time, clocking up a staggering 280,000,000 downloads.
Their conversations have subsequently been animated for HBO cartoon series The Ricky Gervais Show, the second series aired this year on HBO and E4.
Merchant’s recent show, An Idiot Abroad (Sky One), is a live-action travelogue series starring Karl Pilkington. Merchant also appears in this hugely successful series, which became the highest rated Sky One show since 2008. The second series will transmit in September 2011.
Life’s Too Short is a brand new, observational comedy show from Merchant, which is also co-written and co-directed with Gervais, for BBC2. A fake documentary, it follows the day-to-day existence of actor Warwick Davies and will transmit in the Autumn.
Merchant’s film credits include: Tooth Fairy with Dwayne Johnson and cameos in Hot Fuzz and Run Fat Boy Run alongside Simon Pegg. He directed his first feature film Cemetery Junction with Gervais, which was released in 2010 and he also appeared in Hall Pass a film with Owen Wilson, which was released in March 2011.
Stephen Merchant said: ‘Most people don't realise that I was a stand-up comedian before I met Ricky Gervais and his coat-tails. Life can be lonely as a TV writer so this tour is a great opportunity for me to get out there and meet my fans. And make at least one of them my wife.’
This show will be filmed and released on DVD & Blu Ray by Universal Pictures UK on November 14 2011
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