The IT Crowd
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2006 - 2013
- 25 episodes (4 series)
Sitcom set in a computer support department. The staff are IT geeks Roy and Moss, and their boss Jen, who knows nothing about computers. Stars Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Chris Morris, Matt Berry and Noel Fielding
Streaming rank this week: 173
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Daniel Dylan Wray, The Guardian, 13th May 2023Chris O'Dowd on the axed IT Crowd episode, midlife crises and The Big Door Prize
"I couldn't give a toss if I'm honest, if it's really offending people, you know, then absolutely, why not? But in terms of the rest of it, I don't know, I think it's up to people to make up their own minds."
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 1st April 2023The IT Crowd is still peak workplace comedy television
The IT Crowd is now streaming on Netflix, starring Chris O'Dowd and Richard Ayoade, and it's still one of the best workplace comedies on television.
Dana Da Silva, CBR, 13th November 2022Chris O'Dowd on The IT Crowd and evolution of TV
"I love all the memes and the stuff, every time Facebook goes down and suddenly there are memes about Roy going around again. It was fun making that show, so it feels nice that's still circulating in the maelstrom."
Mel Evans, Metro, 14th November 2021The last laugh: is the television sitcom really dead?
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Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 26th October 2021Matt Berry comments on transphobic IT Crowd episode
In an interview with Vulture, Berry denounced the episode: "I don't condone anything that that comedy portrayed, you know? I don't share any views that the writer has."
Sam Moore, The Independent, 25th October 2021The attempted suicide of Partridge & other characters
A look at sitcom characters and suicide, or attempted suicide. Includes talk about Neil in The Young Ones, Denholm Reynholm in The IT Crowd, and a Toblerone-addicted Alan Partridge's barefoot drive to Dundee.
David E. J. A. Bennett, Capers Magazine, 25th May 2021IT Crowd: the controversial episode that killed series
While some fans look back fondly on the show's best episodes, the ugly transphobia at the heart of "The Speech" has tainted its legacy in the eyes of many.
Emily Clute, Screen Rant, 19th April 2021