{"id":189760,"date":"2025-12-13T13:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/189760\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T13:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:16:13","slug":"statue-of-after-lifes-vislor-antilly-unveiled-in-hemel-hempstead-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/189760\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue of After Life’s Vislor Antilly unveiled in Hemel Hempstead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justin Dealey,in Hemel Hempsteadand<\/p>\n

Danny Fullbrook<\/p>\n

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The statue is next to a bench, also donated by Netflix<\/p>\n

A statue of the dog that starred in the Ricky Gervais series After Life has been unveiled in the town where the Netflix show was shot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bronze statue of a German shepherd has been installed by Netflix in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, in partnership with Gervais to celebrate “the invaluable role animals play in our lives and our shows”.<\/p>\n

It is in memory of the show’s canine star, Vislor Antilly, who died in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The statue stands next to a bench which was donated to the town by Netflix and suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably.<\/p>\n

In After Life, Tony, played by Gervais, often sits on a bench in the churchyard where his wife is buried, finding comfort in the company of his loyal dog Brandy, played by Antilly.<\/p>\n

Local businesses are optimistic that the statue will draw visitors to the town.<\/p>\n

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Vislor Antilly starred with Ricky Gervais in After Life<\/p>\n

Opposite the statue is a shop called The House of Elliott, run by Michelle Elliott.<\/p>\n

The dog lover said: “It’s lovely to have this next to the bench in the old town.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had a lot of visitors visiting the bench in particular and wanting to know where it was all filmed.<\/p>\n

“So this will just further add to the promotion of the area.”<\/p>\n

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The statue is in memory of the canine star who died earlier this year<\/p>\n

The shopkeeper has fond memories of filming taking place in the town, especially as her shop was used in a scene.<\/p>\n

“I was so pleased he chose my shop to do that… charming man and I’m very lucky,” she said.<\/p>\n

Vislor Antilly also visited the shop with her owner.<\/p>\n

Ms Elliott said: “The owner came one day and brought the dog to my shop. She was behind the counter with her paws on the counter. It was so cute \u2013 such a lovely dog.”<\/p>\n

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Residents and business owners hope the statue will give Hemel Hempstead a boost<\/p>\n

Ben Cleveland, 41, assistant manager at The Old Bell pub, served Gervais when he was in town for filming.<\/p>\n

The venue was used as a green room for the show’s second season.<\/p>\n

“It’s quite nice to see stuff done by Netflix, paying back to the community,” Mr Cleveland said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Dealey,in Hemel Hempsteadand Danny Fullbrook Justin Dealey\/BBC The statue is next to a bench, also donated by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-189760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}