David Brent: Life On The Road - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Released
Stars
Ricky Gervais, Ben Bailey Smith, Tom Basden, Jo Hartley, Tom Bennett, Andrew Brooke, Mandeep Dhillon, Miles Chapman and more
Writer
Director
Producers
Ricky Gervais, Charlie Hanson, Alex Hamilton, Christine Langan, Duncan Hayes, Katie Mavroleon and Judith Bantock
Company
Life On The Road catches up with David Brent twelve years on from the BBC 'reality' series The Office to find he is now a travelling salesman with Lavichem, a cleaning and ladies' personal hygiene products company. However, he hasn't given up on his dream of rock stardom and is about to embark on a self-financed UK tour with his band, 'Foregone Conclusion'.
Assembling a group of session musicians who are just in it for the money, and talented rapper Dom in an attempt to gain street cred, Brent cashes in his pensions and takes unpaid leave in a bid to turn his dream into reality.
The cameras follow Brent on his self-financed UK tour. He thinks it'll be like Scorsese filming the Rolling Stones, but it turns out to be a "where are they now" documentary. He has to take a few weeks off work and cash in a couple of pensions, because the session musicians in the band are costing him more than he's getting in ticket sales. Tragic.
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Additional details
UK certificate
15
Duration
96 minutes
UK release
Friday 19th August 2016
Produced
2015
UK premiere
Wednesday 10th August 2016, Leicester Square
Distributors
Also known as
- Life On The Road (On-screen title)
- The Office Movie
Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
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Broadcast details
Most recent repeats
- Saturday 17th June 2023 at 12:35am on BBC1
- Sunday 30th October 2022 at 1:00am on BBC1 Scot
- Saturday 29th October 2022 at 11:00pm on BBC1
Recording details
- London and Watford - Filmed on location from Monday 16th November 2015.
- Slough - Establishing aerial shots.