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The IT Crowd. Image shows from L to R: Moss (Richard Ayoade), Jen (Katherine Parkinson), Roy (Chris O'Dowd). Copyright: TalkbackThames
The IT Crowd

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

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 173

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Richard Ayoade: I was "dumb" to do the US pilot

The actor and director breaks his silence about the ill-fated US pilot of the hit Channel 4 comedy - but says that the new attempt to revive it may succeed without him.

Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 7th November 2014

7 reasons The IT Crowd will never work in the US

The Americans want to reboot the series for a remake (again). Oh dear. Here are seven reasons why we calculate this plan is doomed to fail...

Chris Hallam, Metro, 21st October 2014

America has another go at re-making The IT Crowd

A second attempt is to be made to re-work Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd for American audiences. Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence is working on a NBC pilot.

British Comedy Guide, 17th October 2014

Apple calls on IT Crowd for UK iPhone 6 adverts

Apple has remade its latest two commercials for the UK, eradicating Americans Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake, and replacing them with IT Crowd comedy legends Richard Ayoade and Chris O'Dowd.

Craig Grannell, Stuff.tv, 14th October 2014

US IT Crowd would have been most successful show ever

Joel McHale, the star of Community and The Soup explains how his cancelled version of The IT Crowd could have heralded an age of intergalactic peace.

Jonathan Holmes, Radio Times, 22nd July 2014

Katherine Parkinson wants The IT Crowd: The Musical

The IT Crowd may be over, but is there any hope of turning it off and on again on the big screen? Star Katherine Parkinson certainly thinks so, although hopes its return will be slightly different...

Stephen Kelly, Radio Times, 18th May 2014

Of course, every night is IT Crowd night somewhere on the Channel 4 network. Like Father Ted, it's become one of those endlessly repeated classics that feels dangerous to even dip into for fear of finding yourself still transfixed a couple of hours later.

So what is Graham Linehan's secret? No real clues from The IT Crowd Manual', the doc which, at 10pm, forms the centrepiece of this celebration. What he's done seems simple: in both Father Ted and The IT Crowd, the classic sitcom formula (a hermetically-sealed world, characters who never learn lessons) is equipped it with self-awareness and real warmth. Oh, and the perfomances are magnificent - Richard Ayoade, Chris O'Dowd, Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry are all charmingly present and correct and all seem rightly proud to have been involved in such an adored show.

If you tune in an hour before the doc, you'll get another chance to catch the hour-long special that closed the series earlier this year; from 11.05pm, we'll be finding out which episodes the show's fans and creator hold dearest. A Christmas Eve treat.

Phil Harrison, Time Out, 16th December 2013

Channel 4 schedules IT Crowd night, featuring fan vote

Channel 4 has scheduled a night of programming around The IT Crowd, and is asking fans to vote which episode should be broadcast with a new documentary.

British Comedy Guide, 4th December 2013

The IT Crowd Night comes to Channel 4

On a yet-to-be-confirmed date, the broadcaster will air this year's IT Crowd special: "The Internet is Coming", behind-the-scenes documentary The IT Crowd Manual, the fan's favourite episode and Graham Linehan's favourite episode.

Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 3rd December 2013

Greatest IT Crowd moments

The final episode of IT Crowd finally graced our screens recently, and it was a fitting finale to one of my favourite comedy series. Here are a selection of the best moments:

Lindsay Harrod, Laugh Out London, 7th October 2013

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