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British Comedy Writer & Actor Stephen Merchant

Fresh Air - May 10, 2022 18:39 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 32.7K ratings
Merchant co-created the British Office and Extras with Ricky Gervais. His new show, The Outlaws, is about people court-ordered to do community service for low-level crimes. He spoke with producer Sam Briger about what inspired the new series, his best writing advice, and how being very tall (6'7"...

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Stephen Merchant, writer, comedian and actor

Desert Island Discs - December 22, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Stephen Merchant first came to fame with the TV sitcom The Office, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Ricky Gervais. He continued to work with Gervais on the series Extras, Life is Short and An Idiot Abroad. His comedy hero as a young man was John Cleese and as a fellow tall West Country bo...

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#28: MK3D Live! with Stephen Merchant and Anna Meredith

Kermode on Film - May 07, 2019 08:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 97 ratings
MK3D Live! with Stephen Merchant, Anna Meredith, Brian Welsh, Benedict Erlingsson, Steve Mitchell and Joe Kraemer. Want to come to a recording of a Mark Kermode Live in 3D show at the BFI Southbank in London? You can book tickets to next month’s MK3D here: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/...

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Stephen Merchant

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - April 29, 2019 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64.9K ratings
Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras, The Ricky Gervais Show) is an English writer, director, radio presenter, comedian and actor. Stephen sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the pros and cons of being tall and his philosophy on directing. Dax and Stephen reminisce on the pre-internet ...

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With Stephen Merchant

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review - March 01, 2019 16:39 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 676 ratings
Stephen Merchant joins Simon and Mark in the studio to talk about Fighting With My Family, which he wrote and directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including Fighting With My Family, The Aftermath and What They Had. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast ...

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Stephen Merchant - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #255

Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip - February 27, 2019 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 146 ratings
Welcome, welcome, and once more, welcome, to episode 255 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Heavyweight comic realness this week, as Pip is joined by cast iron champ STEPHEN MERCHANT! “…you realise you’re sort of somewhere between Rocky and A Star Is Born” An absolute legend...

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Thursday, February 21st with guests: Stephen Merchant. Kal Penn and Jeff Weiss

Kevin in the Morning with Allie & Jensen on KROQ - February 21, 2019 18:51 - 1 hour
Open. What's Happening? Kids Growing Up On Social Media. Zion Williamson Injury. Get Up On This. Stephen Merchant In Studio. What's Happening? Kal Penn In Studio. What's Happening? 

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178. Stephen Merchant

Off Camera with Sam Jones - February 14, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratings
When Stephen Merchant grew to 6’7” as a teenager, he had a hard time blending in with the crowd, which was something he longed for. “Lots of kids in school would dye their hair pink, get lots of piercings, or do things to stand out, whereas I spent all my time trying not to stand out, trying to s...

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Stephen Merchant

Off Camera with Sam Jones - February 14, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratings
When Stephen Merchant grew to 6’7” as a teenager, he had a hard time blending in with the crowd, which was something he longed for. “Lots of kids in school would dye their hair pink, get lots of piercings, or do things to stand out, whereas I spent all my time trying not to stand out, trying to s...

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Ep 29: Stephen Merchant

Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum - October 23, 2018 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.8K ratings
Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras, An Idiot Abroad), tv royalty joins us and discusses how dumb the bullies were at his school growing up, the lessons he learned shooting a film with Ralph Fiennes, and how uncomfortable small things make him. Stephen complains about Ricky’s impatience but also...

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Lovett or Brexit

Lovett or Leave It - January 14, 2018 11:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23.4K ratings
Trump rejects a bipartisan immigration deal and has all of us saying “shithole” over and over again. Hawaii is hit with a false alarm. And royals have some racist brooches. Live from London, Trump may not have felt welcome here but we sure did! Stephen Merchant, Shaista Aziz, and Nish Kumar join...

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Fun Hundred Days

Lovett or Leave It - April 29, 2017 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 23.4K ratings
Stephen Merchant, Moshe Kasher, and Pam Brady join Jon to discuss Trump's first hundo, plus Stephen faces a daunting quiz. Special thanks to Ja Rule for allowing us to record at Fyre Festival.

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RHLSTP 33 - Stephen Merchant

RHLSTP with Richard Herring - November 26, 2013 18:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 255 ratings
RHLSTP #33: Stephen Merchant - Suckling Milk From A Cow's Udder. Richard gives his surprise mystery (to the audience at least) guest possibly the worst introduction known to mankind, but gigantic Stephen Merchant is more than a match for this tiny Somerset hobbit. The pair discuss big foot-based...