Are we getting one more David Brent appearance on The Office ? It appears so! Ricky Gervais guested on BBC Radio's The Chris Moyles Show today, and was asked about the beard he was growing. He noted he was shaping it into something for a role and when prodded about it, he revealed, "Well, okay. I'm shaving it into a little goatee, because I'm popping up as David Brent on the American Office ." Gervais than added, "That was top secret!"

Gervais of course appeared recently on the series, showing David Brent having a brief run in with Michael Scott . It's known that Steve Carell has already shot his final episode of the series, but there are four more Office episodes without Carell still in production. Presumably Gervais will be appearing in one of these – perhaps the season finale?Check out Gervais' comments from today below. The beard conversation begins at about the 1:15 mark.Big thanks to @philreeduk for giving me a head's up to this story on Twitter!