Not the "BBC's bitch"

Ricky Gervais, creator of the hit series The Office has turned down a lucrative BBC offer:

Ricky Gervais has revealed that he turned down a £5m deal with the BBC - because he didn't want to be "the BBC's bitch".

The creator of hit comedy The Office said he rebuffed the offer of an exclusive "golden handcuffs" deal because the thought of being tied to the corporation was "stifling".

Nicely said Ricky, the BBC can be pretty bitchy ... the news division anyway.