Ricky Gervais has threatened to keep making Alley Cats forever (Picture: Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)Ricky Gervais knows that all good things must come to an end. Specifically, Stephen Merchant’s former co-writer would be quite happy if his new Netflix animated series Alley Cats never ended. Alley Cats, which is released on August 7, might be Ricky’s most original Netflix series to date. They’re cats. After all, he’s assembled the ‘Avengers of British comedy’ to star in Alley Cats.