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Is After Life Ricky Gervais' best show?

The dark comedy has broken records in its popularity, despite only three short seasons on screen.

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19.19 19 Jan 2022

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With Season Three of After Life now available on Netflix, Sarina Bellissimo took a look over Ricky Gervais' rise to fame.

From wannabe musician to DJ to comedian, his latest tv offering has become arguably his most successful project yet.

But the key question is whether After Life is better than The Office?!

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