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15 March
2006
Rose D'Or
Honour For Ricky Gervais
The
Office
star Ricky
Gervais
will receive the honorary Rose D'Or Award
at this year's annual festival in the
Swiss city of Lucerne.
The
award recognises an individual who has
made an exceptional contribution to the
global entertainment business.
Festival
boss Georges Luks called Gervais, 44, "a
comedy phenomenon".
"Ricky
Gervais is hugely talented, spectacularly
successful and seriously funny. We look
forward to seeing him on stage in
Lucerne."
Gervais,
whose latest show Extras
is nominated in the sitcom category, will
receive the tribute at a gala ceremony on
29 April, 2006.
Previous
recipients of the award include comedy duo
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders and John
De Mol, founder of Endemol.
Extras
goes head-to-head with the US remake of
Gervais' global hit The Office at the
festival, which runs from 25-30 April in
Switzerland.
In its
original format The Office gained Gervais
a huge international following for his
role as David Brent.
Other
British comedy shows which have gained
nominations at the 46th Rose D'Or festival
include The
Catherine Tate
Show,
The
Thick of
It
and Channel 4's The
IT Crowd.
A series
of awards for individual performers will
also be presented, including best
comedian, best sitcom actor and actress
and best gameshow host.
Last
year's big British winner was
Little
Britain,
which won the awards for best comedy and
best male comedy performance for its stars
Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
Strictly
Come Dancing and sitcom Nighty
Night
were also successful, along with Zoe
Wanamaker, best female comedy performer
for her role in My
Family.
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