DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ricky Gervais (The Invention of Lying), Doc Brown (4 O’Clock Club), Andy Burrows (film debut), Tom Basden (The Wrong Mans), Nina Sosanya (Love Actually), Tom Bennett (Love & Friendship), Andrew Brooke (The Bank Job), Steve Clarke (film debut), Michael Clarke (film debut), Stuart Wilkinson (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ricky Gervais (Cemetery Junction), director, writer, producer; Charlie Hanson (A Way of Life), producer; Remi Adefarasin (About a Boy), cinematographer; Gary Dollner (Bill), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

David Brent (Gervais), the former manager of Slough’s Wernham Hogg Paper Company branch and now a sales rep, goes on a cross-country tour with his band Foregone Conclusion, while a camera crew follows his every move and records his every awkward interaction…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The painfully awkward lead character from the classic BBC sitcom The Office is back, as Ricky Gervais takes his most iconic character on the road for tons of awkward hilarity and ill-advised attempts at humour.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 19TH AUGUST 2016

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