After Life Season 2 – Still mourning and struggling with immense grief after the death of his wife Lisa (Kerry Godliman), Tony (Ricky Gervais) is trying to turn over a new leaf. He shows compassion to his quirky little world. Will he succeed in helping the people around him, or will he go back to being the same old Tony?
Network: Netflix
Release date: April 24, 2020
Cast: Ricky Gervais, Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan, Mandeep Dhillon, Ashley Jensen, David Bradley, Kerry Godliman, Paul Kaye, David Earl, Joe Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, Roisin Conaty, Tim Plester, Tom Basden
After Life is a British black comedy-drama web TV series created, produced and directed by Ricky Gervais who is also the star. It premiered on March 8, 2019 on Netflix. On April 3, 2019, Netflix announced that a second series had been ordered, which is set to be released on April 24, 2020.
The series follows Tony (Ricky Gervais), whose life is turned upside down after his wife dies from breast cancer. He thinks of suicide, but decides to live long enough to punish the world for his wife’s death by saying and doing whatever he wants. Although he thinks of this as his “superpower”, his plan is undermined when everyone around him tries to make him a better person.
Netflix announced on May 9, 2018 that it had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of six episodes. On January 14, 2019, it was announced that the series would premiere on March 9, 2019.
Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Ricky Gervais would star in the series. On July 5, 2018, it was announced that Penelope Wilton, David Bradley, Ashley Jensen, Tom Basden, Tony Way, David Earl, Joe Wilkinson, Kerry Godliman, Mandeep Dhillon, Jo Hartley, Roisin Conaty, and Diane Morgan had joined the series’ cast.
Principal photography for After Life began in July 2018 in London. The series was filmed in Hampstead, Hemel Hempstead, Beaconsfield, and Camber Sands in East Sussex.
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, After Life Season 1 has an overall approval rating of 72% based on 43 reviews, while the audience score is at a high 93% coming from 779 users. On Metacritic, the series has a score of 59 based on 15 reviews.
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