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Andy Millman has given up his day job to be an actor, but finds he just can't land the big parts. In fact he's never even had a speaking role, so spends much of his time hanging around on set with fellow extra and best friend Maggie Jacobs. Andy envies the A-list stars but never misses an opportunity to ingratiate himself with them, hoping it will lead to that first elusive line of dialogue

Rating

Status

Ended

Network

BBC-2

Seasons

Episode 6: Jonathan Ross

Original Airdate: October 19, 2006

Andy has a new celebrity pal, chat show host Jonathan Ross. However, his friendship with Maggie is under strain and he's just about had enough of his useless agent, who's more interested in a pen than Andy's career.When Andy is pressed into visiting a sick child in hospital by his pushy mum, Andy meets Robert Lindsay who is less than impressed when the child and his mum fail to recall his 70s sitcom, Citizen Smith. Just as Andy is ready to fire his agent, Darren offers him a chance to meet his idol Robert De Niro. But will Andy abandon his real friends to meet his hero?

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