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The first series was about, I suppose,

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that dream, aspiration, people trying.

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I'm an extra in this,
but I'm an actor really.

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And, well... I'm desperate.

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The second series was, I suppose,
"Be careful what you wish for."

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♪ Little fat man who sold his soul

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"The little... "?

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♪ Little fat man who sold his dream

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And this one is, he's doing OK

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and he's got all the fame
and all the fortune,

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but now it's just not enough.

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To the public there's no difference
between me and that.

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- Little fat ugly thing? Pathetic?
- No.

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<i>I put oh... I put on a wig
and shout a catchphrase.</i>

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Is he having a laugh?

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- (man) Why are you stopping the show?
- It's not what I wanted to do,

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shout a catchphrase
to a load of morons for a living.

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No, I...

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Andy's career has elevated
to a degree of success,

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and Maggie's still sort of scrabbling about.

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- Byron's spent the night with a prostitute.
- I'm not happy with this.

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- Right...
- I wouldn't pay for that.

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We've kind of gone on this journey

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and it really truly is about friendship.

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Steve, a lot of people are saying:

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"Oh, God! Why are you stopping
another award-winning series

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after 12 half-hours
and a feature-length special?" And...

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- Well, who's saying that?
- Lots of people.

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- But who specifically?
- I'm gonna answer them. Um...

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It sounds like you've pretended
people are asking that

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to make it seem like
people give a rat's ass.

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But I'm not sure they do, do they?
Go on.

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And I'm gonna answer
the millions of people.

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- Because... Just...
- Millions?

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Seems unlikely that millions of people
would ask that.

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Have they all got together
as a committee and emailed you?

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Or they're on the street?

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It just sounds implausible.

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We don't even get
millions of viewers, do we?

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If these people did ask,
what would you say?

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Well, I'd say...

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Just... I want to stop now.
I'm not bothered.

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(Ashley) What is nice is
it's a relationship based on friendship.

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- Hi.
- Hello.

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And a friendship
between a male and female,

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which sort of doesn't really happen
very often,

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and I think that's what
a lot of people really like.

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Don't make me laugh.
Don't make me laugh.

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There was a real sort of
comedy double act,

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sort of Laurel and Hardy-esque
thing going on.

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So, how long have you worked for Andy?

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- Three hours.
- No. Think.

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- No.
- What's she talking about?

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- Just be honest. Go on.
- Three... ears.

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I think by the time we get to the special,
it's all much more dramatic.

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What we've written

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is really the further adventures of Andy
Millman - played by Ricky Gervais -

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who now is a successful TV sitcom star,
but who is still unhappy.

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He dreamed of stardom, but has found out
it's not as much fun as he thought.

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And also that he's still not achieved what
he really wanted to, which is respect.

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I don't want to come up with
more characters with catchphrases

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to enhance my reputation
amongst kids and morons.

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I want to do something credible. I might
want to direct one day. I need respect.

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There's a phrase we use in it-
"Fame is a mask that eats into the face."

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And it does with Andy, and he has a bit of
a breakdown, a bit of an identity crisis.

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And, Maggie...

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- You can't keep coming up to me.
- I can't what?

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Not in front of the extras.

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<i>They see you, they go, "She's an extra.
She's his equal, maybe we are. "</i>

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- I'm not an extra.
- No, you were.

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And so were you.

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Someone asked have I got lots of funny
things to do in the Christmas special?

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I thought about it,

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and there's actually quite a lot of "Maggie
wells up", "Maggie drops a little tear".

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I've accomplished nothing.
I have brought nothing to the world.

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Look at that. Harold Pinter and his wife.
Having lunch with Geri Halliwell.

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Why am I not over there?

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Andy is so preoccupied
with his trivial problems -

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how famous is he,
is he getting all the work he should,

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are other actors getting more respect?

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She's got real-life issues.

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There is the lavatory. It's everything
you need. You'd never have to leave.

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If the worst comes to the worst, if you
were bedridden with a spinal injury,

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then it's all here, should that happen.

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Where do I sleep?

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(Ricky) I suppose she falls into what
you might call a proper depression.

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This flags up an interesting element
of this special...

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- More drama.
- Right. Alongside the laughs...

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Well, some would say, "More drama",
some would say, "Less funny".

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So say you've got an hour of programme,

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people go, "More drama",
they mean there's less comedy.

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Let's look at it like that. This is a lot less
funny than some of the stuff we've done.

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Two reasons for that.

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One, I'm very lazy.

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Two, I'm bored with it.
I told you. That's why I'm stopping it.

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(musical interlude)

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(all laugh)

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Merry Christmas, everyone!

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We have made a sort of TV movie, really,
on a sitcom budget.

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Value for money.

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And, yeah...
We went a little bit more filmic,

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which basically means
do the same old tat, but put it on a track.

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Yep.

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"Oh, hold on! He's saying
something interesting. Move in."

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You're giving away
a lot of insider secrets.

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"What are you doing?" "Putting another
light up." "Brilliant. Put two lights up."

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"This is like a film!"

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It's a film in the sense that
it's longer than Entourage.

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But shorter than The Godfather.

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Although it does feel
almost as long at times,

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particularly in the middle,
where it sags.

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Like me. I sag in the middle.
And on the undercarriage.

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I don't so much sag any more
as pendulate.

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- I made that word up for you.
- Doesn't even exist.

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As an award-winning writer,
he can just make up words.

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Americans go, "These English people,
what a wonderful vocabulary."

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He "pendulates". I'm talking about
my testicles, we all know that.

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Andy, hi. Take a seat.

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- Andrew Millman.
- Greg.

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Talk a little about the relationship
between Andy and his arch-nemesis Greg.

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OK.

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Greg has always been,
I suppose, the thorn in my side.

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Me and Andy are very old friends.

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We've been climbing
the slippery show-biz ladder together.

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Some of us
got a little further than others.

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He's smug, he's more successful,

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he's very ungracious in victory,
he's privileged,

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and - I think the actor, Shaun Pye,
would agree -

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he's got a punchable face.

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Guilty as charged.

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All things people could level at you. But
we've put it onto another character in this.

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Yeah, that's it.
Transference, it's called.

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Or bimodulation.

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- (whispers) I made that up as well.
- I know.

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- What about you?
- Great.

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- You got lots on?
- Mental. I was just saying... Yeah.

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I saw you as a slug in "Doctor Who".
Very convincing.

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Space serpent.

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(Ricky) You don't judge yourself
against presidents and world leaders.

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The bloke you see every day is a constant
reminder of how well you're doing.

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They started off as extras

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and Greg took, I suppose,
a more fortunate path.

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Now he's making a movie
with one of our guest stars, Clive Owen.

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It's the funniest sitcom I think
I've ever seen on TV, that's why.

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I'm a huge fan of Extras,
that's why I did it.

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In it, I'm playing Byron,

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and Maggie gets a part
as an extra on the show

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and the scene develops out of that.

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Jesus.

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I don't want to be difficult, but I would
never pay for a prostitute like that.

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What if she wasn't a prostitute? What if
she was just a slut, so it was free?

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- Yeah, I still could do better, though.
- Hm.

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Afterwards, I came off
and an extra looked at me and said:

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"I don't think that Clive Owen
should've said that."

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And I said, "What?"

156
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"Well, I don't think you're bad-looking.
You're all right."

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Got to get another one.
OK, you. Over here, please. Yeah.

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Oh, fuck off! I'm Clive Owen.
That's mental!

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- But it's not all about the guest stars.
- No.

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- Do you...
- Sorry, I...

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We had nothing there.

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It's not all about the guest stars.
It's, er... it's about the others as well.

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A lot of other actors in this episode.
Loads of actors in this episode.

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- How the hell did you do that?
- I don't know. They get stuck.

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<i>That's stuck fast. If I...</i>

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(Shaun Williamson) I will miss very much
the Barry-agent bond.

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I think it's been one of the most enjoyable
acting partnerships of my life, definitely.

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Just pull, Darren!

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- What about my head, brainiac?
- I can't help if you don't pull back!

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I am pulling back.
What exactly is your plan?

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What are you actually
intending to do now?

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You can picture the agent and Barry
sleeping in bed together

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à la Morecambe and Wise
in striped pyjamas,

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and you sort of know there'll be nothing
underhand going on under the covers.

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They'll just turn the light out
and go to sleep.

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- Bar?
- Yeah?

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I could do with a hug, mate.

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Yeah.

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- Queers!
- Ignore him.

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00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,952
I would love there to be a spin-off

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of Barry and Darren Lamb.

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00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,553
I think they could go all over the country
sorting people's problems out

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00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,918
or trying to find new forms of wildlife

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or, um... you know,

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inventing new recipes or something.

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00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:26,477
I think there's definitely scope there,
and I'd like to see it, personally.

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We are a bit overstaffed.

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There would only be a vacancy
if one of them got an acting job.

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- Or if one of us dies.
- That is more likely.

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00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,440
Statistically, yes.

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00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,195
I was invited to appear at the Secret
Policeman's Ball at the Albert Hall.

192
00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,716
I would never have been offered
that in a million years at EastEnders.

193
00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,270
It was quite overwhelming,
because I stepped out on stage

194
00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,513
to do a scene with an American actor
from Saturday Night Live - very hip -

195
00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:54,992
but when the lights went up, there was
this huge roar from about 8,000 people.

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00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,913
And it really knocked me out, really.

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And that's pretty much
all to do with Extras.

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- Yes?
- Oh!

199
00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,670
You all right?

200
00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,831
- Is he in?
- Yes.

201
00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,150
I've known Dean Gaffney for... how long?

202
00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,833
- About 13 years.
- At least.

203
00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,639
('60s-style ring tone)

204
00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:19,200
- That's my mum.
- Even Dean called me Barry today.

205
00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,869
Deano, a Motorola accessory pack,
s'il vous plaît.

206
00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,553
Sure, Barry.

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00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,758
- Shit. "Barry." Sorry.
- (crew laughs)

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00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:29,870
(man) Mic was in, Amber.

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00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,789
- (man imitates "EastEnders" drum beat)
- Just doing it now.

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00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,154
(bleep)

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- Sorry. So sorry.
- (Ricky) Oh, God.

212
00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:46,233
- No, no. This isn't easy. It's "Wellard".
- (laughter)

213
00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,279
I'm just gonna have "Barry" on my
gravestone. No point moaning about it.

214
00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,239
- Don't fight it.
- Paid for my house, didn't he?

215
00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,632
I didn't realise that I was a corpser
until I did this job.

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(man) Action!

217
00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,193
- Maggie. You can't...
- (both laugh)

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00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,191
That was me.

219
00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:12,759
Sometimes the more serious
the scene is, the more difficult it is.

220
00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,478
And, Maggie...

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00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:17,632
You can't keep coming up to me.

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00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,951
- (man) Same place.
- Sorry, everybody.

223
00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,998
This particular bit was when Licky...

224
00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,799
Licky? Ricky.

225
00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,952
...had to say, "Life's cruel."

226
00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:31,553
- (man) Action!
- You lied.

227
00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,553
- He really wants to see you.
- Life's cruel.

228
00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,238
(man) Reset.
Action.

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- He really wants to see you.
- Life's cruel.

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00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,833
(man) Reset.

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- He really wants to see you.
- Life's cruel. Oh, come on.

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(man) Reset.

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Life's cruel.

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(man) Reset.

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We managed to do that,
and then the words, "Oh, Maggie?"

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suddenly sounded like
they were suspended in the air,

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and that became funny.

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- (man) Action.
- And, Maggie...

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(man) Same place.

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And, Maggie...

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- (man) Same place.
- And, Maggie...

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(man) No. Reset.

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Oh, for fuck's sake. OK.

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And, Maggie...

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- Oh. OK, this is it.
- This is it.

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- OK. OK.
- (man) And roll.

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- OK. OK.
- (man) Action.

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And, Maggie...

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- You can't keep coming up to me.
- I can't what?

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You can't keep coming to talk to me to...

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It doesn't sound funny
talking about it now,

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but try doing it with Ricky's face
three feet away from you.

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- That'll do, won't it?
- (sighs) Um...

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"How did the special come about?"

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- We got offered money to do it.
- Yeah.

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"How did you like shooting
a feature-length special?"

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Fine.

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"How did Clive Owen get involved?"
I called him.

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He called and asked me to do it.

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"Where would you find Andy
in five years?" Dunno.

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"Where would Maggie be
in the future?"

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They've tried to make that look
like a different question.

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1,000 years in the future?
She's just a head in a jar.

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She's surrounded by glangmores.
"Maggie, what are you doing?"

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"Argh! It's the future!"

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Oh, those bloody glangmores.
What are they like?