Season 1 of Ricky Gervais’ (hopefully excellent) Derek is coming to a Netflix screen near you on 30th January 2014.
Netflix have announced that the latest brain child of the BAFTA, Emmy® and Golden Globe-winning English comedian will be available to members in Ireland and the UK starting on Thursday 30th January 2014, with all seven 30-minute episodes of the bittersweet comedy-drama series available from launch.
Derek, which stars, was written, directed and executive-produced by Gervais is, according to official Netflix synopsis, a comedy-drama about a group of outsiders living on society’s margins. It centres around Derek Noakes (Gervais), a tender, innocent man whose love for his job at a retirement home shines through. Derek cares deeply for the home’s residents, because they are kind and funny and tell him stories of what life used to be like. Working alongside Derek is Dougie (Karl Pilkington), his landlord who is one of life’s unlucky individuals; Kev (David Earl), a loveable train wreck; and Hannah (Kerry Godliman), a care worker in the home and Derek’s best friend. She is smart, witty and hard-working, but unlucky in love, and, like Derek, always puts other people first.
Although it originally premiered on Channel 4 to mixed reviews, JOE can’t wait to check out the new show as we firmly believe that anything from the man who brought us the flawless The Office, the hilarious Extras and discovered the creature that is Karl Pilkington is well worth a look.
Between this news, the release of the latest trailer for the excellent House Of Cards Season 2 and more Breaking Bad than you could shake a bag of Crystal Meth at, signing up for Netflix should be top of your list of priorities for 2014.
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