Gervais's Edgy Cat Comedy

Netflix’s article in Animation Magazine adds further production credits beyond Gervais—Elliot Dear is co-director; the series is exec produced by Steven Hamilton Shaw, James Stevenson Bretton and Ben Lole; produced by Hugo Donkin; and production designed by Tang Heng.

At a recent Netflix presentation, VP of animation series, kids and family John Derderian called the cast “arguably the Avengers of British comedy,” adding that the show moves “From the funny to the absurd” while delivering “Ricky’s signature style of heart and commentary.”

In a recorded clip shared by Animation Magazine, Gervais joked about Netflix’s press outreach: “Someone at Netflix…asked me to say a word to a room full of journalists, and I said no… Enjoy the show!”—and he suggested journalists should post a “five-star review” so he can repost it.

Yahoo’s report highlights just how explicit the trailer gets, quoting feral-cat dialogue on the topics of death and graphic cruelty, including: “how they’d like to die (‘a hand job,’ declares one),” plus “take on an overweight child (‘let’s bag us a little wagyu fat kid!’)” and “what they got up to… (‘I fucked a rat’).”