Extras - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)

SERIES 1 - First broadcast 2005
Episode 1

Comedy actor Ben Stiller makes an attempt at directing. The film is based on the plight of a young man named Goran, who saw his wife and child killed in the Balkans war. Ambitious Andy manages to get a line in the script by effectively bribing Goran with a £15 Topshop voucher (lovely top, incidentally). Meanwhile Maggie thinks she's found her ideal man. Unfortunately her superficiality shines through when she realises one of his legs is shorter than the other and that his disability affects his ability to wear stylish shoes. Her unique method of Chinese/Japanese distinction doesn't help her or Andy's career either.

First broadcast: 21st July 2005

Episode 2

Andy and best pal Maggie are appearing as extras in a costume drama starring Zippy-look-alike Ross Kemp. The heat is on as Ross (ex-Super Army Soldier, apparently), plays up to his tough guy image and challenges Vinnie Jones' macho-ism. Not to his face though obviously! Andy can't get his face (or voice) in a scene for love nor money. But he can console a much-bullied Ross. And romance is on the cards for Maggie but she fears her lack of intellect may let her down. Actually it's her sexual technique.

First broadcast: 28th July 2005

Episode 3

Maggie's three-week relationship is thriving-mostly. Pity she can't think of anything to say during phone sex; which is where Kate Winslet comes in. The actress, taking on the role of a nun during the Holocaust in the hope of winning an Oscar, shares her secrets for a good (phone) sex life. This turns out to be more harm than good and consequently Maggie's days of heavy breathing on the phone are over. Andy is also spurned as he adopts the Catholic religion (and a rather fetching John Travolta-style suit) in order to get a date. Rejection turns to relief though, as Andy finds out his potential date doesn't believe in non-conjugal rites... 'In this day and age!'!

First broadcast: 4th Aug 2005

Episode 4

Useless agent Darren lands Andy a part as the gay, tanned genie in Aladdin, alongside Les Dennis. It soon becomes clear that Les' 26 year-old fiancé is getting some behind-the-scenes action with the stage hand (and other parts of him). Andy is left to pick up the pieces as Les spirals into a depression which leaves him crying into his beer. Meanwhile, Maggie bumps into old acting friend Lizzie whose life is completely consumed by her camp, controlling father, Bunny. Her only friends appear as though they've been ambushed from the local day care centre but Maggie gets no sandwiches for her honesty.

First broadcast: 11th Aug 2005

Episode 5

Andy is frantically pursued by The Most Boring Man In The World and manages to bag himself a candlelit meal with the man in question. Much to his delight. Maggie is out on another date, this time with a good-looking black actor, but manages to put her foot in it again by trying not to be racist. Andy's advice has a little too much influence on Maggie, particularly in front of Samuel L Jackson who she mistakenly believes starred in The Matrix. And the elusive line slips out of Andy's grasp once more.

First broadcast: 18th Aug 2005

Episode 6

Andy takes the bull by the horns and passes his sitcom script to Patrick Stewart (who professes to have written a script himself, mainly about women's clothes falling off). For once, Andy gets a break as he is summoned to the BBC studios in order to write a pilot episode. Interfering b