Richard Beckinsale spawned a film version. Soon after, he appeared in two of British TV's most successful sitcoms at the same time. On ITV, he was playing naive medical student Alan Moore in "Rising Damp" (voted ITV's best-ever sitcom in the "Britain's Best Sitcom" poll in 2004) while also starring alongside Ronnie Barker in the BBC sitcom "Porridge" as prison inmate Lennie Godber. He also appeared in the films "Rentadick" (1972) and "Three for All" (1975) and made appearances in several other television series such as the "ITV Playhouse" episode "Last Summer" in 1976. Shortly after his 30th birthday, Beckinsale was the
The Office (UK TV series) features Gervais performing "Free Love Freeway" and the Christmas Special includes him performing "If You Don't Know Me By Now". In addition to the original two series and two Christmas-specials, Gervais and Merchant have revived the David Brent character for a pair of specials commissioned by Microsoft UK. A Comic Relief charity short was made in 2013 entitled "The Office Revisited" along with a series on Gervais' YouTube channel tilted "Learn Guitar with David Brent". The Brent character also featured in the 2016 film "", this time with the contributions of Gervais but not Merchant. In 2004, Microsoft UK commissioned