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Apr 2020
52m 21s

Ricky Gervais

Fearne Cotton
About this episode

Fearne dials in to discover Ricky Gervais is living the dream: one that involves pasta, red wine and talking about the new series of After Life on Netflix.

Also on the agenda are Ricky's thoughts about criticism, controversy and Fearne's duvet studio.

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