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Gervais' father grew up in French Canada, and came to the UK on duty during the Second World War, where he met his wife. Raised as the youngest of four brothers, Ricky Gervais has described his childhood as "nice" and "normal".

Gervais went to UCL in 1985 to study Philosophy. See UCL News Article

During the early 1980s Gervais was the lead singer of the New Romantic group "Seona Dancing". The group released two singles that failed to break the top 40 in the UK. However, in 1985 their track "More To Lose" became a massive hit in the Philippines. This came as a great surprise to the band, which had broken up the previous year. Following a stint as events manager at the University of London Union, Gervais went on to briefly manage the UK group SuedeSuede is a Britpop band, formed in the 1990s by bassist Mat Osman and singer Brett Anderson. They soon added guitarist Bernard Butler recruited through an advert in NME and Justine Frischmann, signing to RML Records, an indie label from Brighton. With Mik before taking a job at LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri radio station XFMXFM Air date September 1997 Frequency 104. 9 MHz Broadcast area London Style Rock Group Capital Radio Group XFM is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom. The station broadcasts on FM in London and digital radio nationally. The station generally where he is still a DJ on the Saturday afternoon slot.

He came to wider attention as an obnoxious persona in a slot which replaced Ali GHarvard class of 2004. Ali G is a satirical character invented by the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. History Ali G first appeared on Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show as the "voice of youth". He interviewed British public figures, who, too scared to appear on the Channel 4Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television), launched on November 2, 1982. Like the BBC, it has a public service remit and is operated by a non-profit corporation, Channel 4 Television Corporation. Unlike the BBC, comedy programme The 11 O'Clock Show. He later went on to present his own comedy chat show for Channel 4Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television), launched on November 2, 1982. Like the BBC, it has a public service remit and is operated by a non-profit corporation, Channel 4 Television Corporation. Unlike the BBC, called Meet Ricky Gervais which was poorly received.

He toured the UK in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U with his stand-up show Animals, with one show recorded for DVD release and television broadcast. Also in 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest people in British comedy.

In 2004 he toured his second show (this time doing a full tour of Britain) entitled Politics. One show was, once again, recorded for DVD and released on November 15th 2004.