Ricky Gervais has revealed he would want to die before his partner as he believes he’d be ‘terrible’ in the face of grief – a comment that prompted an unexpected reaction from his on-screen pet from After Life, who had joined him for his interview on The One Show last night. Take a look below:

Gervais, 60, was speaking to presenters Alex Scott and Alex Jones about how he might feel if he lost his partner, television producer-turned author Jane Fallon, having been asked whether he’d learnt to appreciate her more after creating the Netflix show, which has just concluded with its third series.