Ricky Gervais Says he turned down £5million deal because he didn`t want to be "the BBC`s bitch"


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Entertainment
24-03-2005
who: Ricky Gervais
what: Says he turned down £5million deal because he didn`t want to be "the BBC`s bitch"
when: This week
snippet: "The creator of hit comedy The Office said he rebuffed the offer of an exclusive `golden handcuffs` deal because the thought of being tied to the corporation was `stifling`," says The Guardian, prior to NBC`s first screening of the US version of the sitcom, which begins on Thursday. In other Ricky Gervais news, fraudsters Kenneth Speight and Craig Reeves were found guilty of stealing nearly £200,000 from him at Wood Green Crown Court on Wednesday. [... more]

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