Derek

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Derek is a British comedy-drama television series created by Ricky Gervais, centered on a kind-hearted care home worker with learning difficulties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television series
availableOn Netflix NERFINISHED
characterPlayedBy Derek Noakes – Ricky Gervais NERFINISHED
Dougie – Karl Pilkington NERFINISHED
Hannah – Kerry Godliman NERFINISHED
Kev – David Earl NERFINISHED
Vicky – Holli Dempsey NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Ricky Gervais NERFINISHED
director Ricky Gervais NERFINISHED
distributor Channel 4 NERFINISHED
featuresCharacterWith learning difficulties
firstBroadcastChannel Channel 4 NERFINISHED
format single-camera
genre comedy-drama
hasGenreElement comedy
drama
hasMainCharacter Derek Noakes NERFINISHED
hasSpecialEpisode Derek Christmas special
mainCharacterTrait empathetic
kind-hearted
naive
numberOfSeasons 2
numberOfSeries 2
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Channel 4 NERFINISHED
pilotAiredInYear 2012
productionCompany Derek Productions NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation care home worker
runtimePerEpisode approximately 23 minutes
seriesDebutYear 2013
seriesEndYear 2014
setting care home
nursing home
stars Brett Goldstein NERFINISHED
David Earl NERFINISHED
Holli Dempsey NERFINISHED
Karl Pilkington NERFINISHED
Kerry Godliman NERFINISHED
Ricky Gervais NERFINISHED
theme aging
compassion
kindness
social marginalization
writer Ricky Gervais NERFINISHED

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