The bench is inscribed with the message 'Hope Is Everything', a key quote from the show - in which Gervais plays Tony, a newspaper journalist who contemplates suicide after his wife dies from cancer.
Seat was donated to Gervais' local park by Netflix and mental health charity. It was inspired by scenes from After Life praised for talking frankly about griefA bench donated to Ricky Gervais' local park by Netflix following the success of hit show After Life has been vandalised by thugs who stole its commemorative plaque.
It was one of many donated to parks around the country by Netflix, which produced the show, in a partnership with mental health charity the Campaign Against Living Miserably . In a tweet last summer, the comedian said the wooden seats were being distributed across the country to get people talking 'Seeing the show's motto,"Hope is Everything", carved into the bench must surely offer those who sit there a moment of peace in these troubled times - a chance to gather their thoughts or share them with other people.
The comedian tweeted: 'If you get a chance this summer, try to find one of the 30 #AfterLife benches we've stuck around the country to encourage people to talk. #HopeIsEverything.' Each of the benches installed across the UK also bears an additional QR code that links to CALM's resources and reads: 'Life can be tough, but there's always hope. Campaign Against Living Miserably is by your side.'
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