From BBC News - Entertainment & Arts
Ricky Gervais has defended his new Channel 4 programme, Derek, following suggestions he was mocking people with learning difficulties.The one-off comedy is billed as the story of "a simple, vulnerable man working in an old people's home".
Some, including fellow comedian Stewart Lee, have said the character makes light of the "mentally handicapped".
But Gervais, who plays the title role, said Derek was not intended to have a "specific and defined disablity".
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