Derek (TV series)

Derek is a British Dramedyfernsehserie in Mockumentarystil by Ricky Gervais. The series is by Derek Productions Ltd.. produced for Channel 4 and the pilot aired on April 12, 2012 ..

9 May 2012 Channel 4 announced six more episodes in order, which began broadcasting on 30 January 2013. In September 2012, the video-on- demand provider Netflix secured the rights to the broadcast in the United States.

A second series was commissioned by Channel 4 in March 2013 in order.

Concept

Derek is filmed in the so-called Mockumentarystil, as already Ricky Gervais ' The Office. Gervais plays in the television series starring, wrote the screenplays and directing. The action takes place in a nursing home and focuses on the " nurse " Derek. The main role is based on a figure from Gervais ' stand-up comedy program Rubber plug from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2001. Derek portrayed the nurses and residents as unfortunate outsiders who have difficulties with their lives because they discriminated against by the majority society excluded and unwelcome.

Gervais ' inspiration for Derek came from relatives who work in nursing homes:

"Half my family are care workers. My sister works with kids with learning difficulties. My sister -in-law works in a care home for people with Alzheimer 's. And four or five of my nieces work in old people 's homes. I always write about what I know. "

"Half of my family are nurses. My sister works with children with learning difficulties. My sister in law works in a nursing home for people with Alzheimer's. And four or five of my nieces work in nursing homes. I always write about what I know. "

Action

Gervais plays the 49 -year-old Derek Noakes, a nurse in a nursing home, who started there three years ago. He likes reality TV, game shows and is interested in celebrities, fame and YouTube. He's a nice, helpful, selfless man with good intentions. However, Derek is vulnerable because of his childlike naivety and his low intelligence. He is ridiculed, ostracized and marginalized by society because of his social awkwardness, ugliness and its social inhibitions. For Derek it's more important to be nice as smart or good-looking. Some media describe him as autistic, but Gervais was always on, that Derek is not mentally retarded.

Supporting Actor

Kerry Godliman plays Derek's colleague and friend, Hannah, who works in the home for 15 years. Karl Pilkington can be seen in the role of Dougie, the caretaker and driver of the home. He lives with Derek in a council flat. Kev is played by David Earl and is a friend of Dougie and Derek, but this does not work in the home but there only spends time with his two friends.

Episode List

Season 1

Reviews

The series has been criticized, especially before the broadcast, because of their representation of the seemingly mentally challenged Derek. Tanya Gold in the Guardian pointed Gervais ' from statement that he prejudice against disabled people satirized in Derek. Instead, the series was Jack Seale of the Radio Times picked this up in his criticism back to " more of a slow cruelty as a satire. ": " [ Derek ] is unzynisch presented as a hero, which in Gervais ' words, ' better than us ' is because he lacks ego and deceit and he wants to be nice only. Those who want to find an attack by Gervais ' portrayal of Derek must be very looking. " Seale criticized the series, however, as it is too based on elements and characterizations of previous Gervais broadcasts. However, he praised the final emotional scene in the pilot as a " truly outstanding work by Gervais as an actor, writer and director ." In addition, Seale Kerry Godlimans praised performance: " " every moment in which it is to see is to sigh moving magic. " Sam Wollaston of The Guardian was also of the view that Derek is indisputable total but " not very good "and that the whole mockumentary thing now feels boring. " the pilot episode was seen by just under two million viewers, more than ten percent of the television audience at the time.