After Life Starring Ricky Gervais
After Life is a show on Netflix where Ricky Gervais is Writer and Director, he Also plays Tony Johnson, a Journalist who is the head of feature stories at the Tambury Gazette. The story revolves around Tony, who is dealing with the death of his wife Lisa, played by Kerry Godliman. Lisa has recorded videos for Tony to help and guide him after her death. Tony, who is suicidal, has a no holds back attitude towards people and life in general. This creates some amazing relationships and hilarious situations.
Afterlife shows a very authentic portrayal of grief smothered in the familiar dark comedy that we have seen in Gervais’s live shows. The programme is a roller coaster ride of emotions. The show provides plenty of belly laughs, as well as moments that really tug on the heartstrings.
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After Life the Five Minutes Spare rating
After Life is well worth a watch, I rate After Life, 8/10.
See the Official Trailer below.
After Life Character and actor list
- Ricky Gervais as Tony Johnson
- Tom Basden as Matt, Tony’s brother-in-law and boss
- Tony Way as Lenny, photographer at the Tambury Gazette
- Diane Morgan as Kath, the newspaper’s advertising employee
- Mandeep Dhillon as Sandy, a new employee at Tambury Gazette
- Michelle Greenidge as Valerie, the Tambury Gazette receptionist
- Ashley Jensen as Emma, a nurse working at Tony’s dad’s nursing home who Tony has an infatuation
- David Bradley as Ray Johnson, Tony’s dad, who has dementia and lives in a nursing home
- Kerry Godliman as Lisa Johnson, Tony’s late wife
- Paul Kaye as Tony and Matt’s psychiatrist
- Joe Wilkinson as Postman Pat
- Tommy Finnegan as George, Tony’s nephew
- Thomas Bastable as Robbie, a classmate of George’s
- Penelope Wilton as Anne, an older lady and widow, who Tony meets at the graveyard
- David Earl as Brian Gittins, a hoarder, puppeteer and stand-up comedian, who above all, wants to appear in the local newspaper. Later hired to deliver the paper
- Jo Hartley as June, Lenny’s girlfriend
- Ethan Lawrence as James, June’s son who starts working at the Tambury Gazette as work experience
- Roisin Conaty as Daphne, aka “Roxy”, a sex worker
- Tracy Ann Oberman as Rebecca, a woman with whom Tony goes on a date and then who later reappears at an amateur dramatics workshop
- Anti as Brandy, Tony’s and Lisa’s dog, Tony’s best friend and reason to keep living
- Tim Plester as Julian Kane, a drug addict, who is hired by Matt to deliver the paper (series 1)
- Bill Ward as Simon, Emma’s new love interest who Tony dislikes (series 2)
- Peter Egan as Paul, the semi-retired local newspaper owner (series 2)
- Colin Hoult as Ken Otley, head of the local amateur dramatics company and a wannabe showbiz superstar (series 2)
- Annette Crosbie as the 100-year-old woman, Rosemary (series 2)
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References
Cast and actor list credit to Wikipedia
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