Wednesday, 2 August 2006 ABC to finally show Extras While watching my regualr wednesday night shows on the ABC, 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks & Specks 9:00 Absolute Power 9:35 The Glass House 10:05 At The Movies there was an ad for Extras , which is ‘coming soon’. Finally. Haven’t heard about Extras? It’s great. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about it Extras is a sitcom about extras working on movie sets and in theatre . It is written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant . The series is filmed in a more traditional sitcom style than the mockumentary style used by Gervais and Merchant’s previous award-winning series The Office . The series is a BBC / HBO co-production which first aired on July 21, 2005 on BBC Two in the UK and premiered on September 25, 2005 on HBO in the U.S. . The first series DVD was released in the UK on October 31, 2005 .There were 6 episodes in the first series, all containing a different celebrity in each. [listening to: One Step Closer - U2 ] 9:51:31 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • TV On This Day : Aug 2 August 2: 216 BC- Second Punic War: Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal (bust pictured) destroyed a Roman army at the Battle of Cannae. 1870- Tower Subway , the world’s first underground tube railway , opened in London. 1903 - The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire carried out the Ilinden Uprising. 1934- Adolf Hitler became Führer of Nazi Germany. 1990- Iraq invaded Kuwait , triggering the Gulf War. 8:51:06 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek © Copyright 2006 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 1/09/2006; 9:27:51 AM.