The Office (2001)
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2001 - 2003
- 14 episodes (2 series)
A BBC documentary team film the office of David Brent, manager from hell: he's tactless and talentless, yet somehow thinks everyone loves him. Stars Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Joel Beckett and more.
Streaming rank this week: 84
Press clippings
"When the tie goes on Brent takes over": life as a comedy character lookalike
Is the pay really that good? Do you get bored? What was your worst gig? We ask 'David Brent', 'Nessa' and 'Ali G' what it's actually like to make your money by being the spit of someone else's comic creation.
Daniel Dylan Wray, The Guardian, 3rd December 2024The Office gets a Mexican remake
The Office is getting a Mexican remake with Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios and Gary 'Gaz' Alazraki's Máquina Vega leading the charge.
Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 23rd October 2024Tim Key and Gbemisola Ikumelo join The Office
Tim Key and Gbemisola Ikumelo have joined the cast of the latest iteration of The Office currently being made in America, alongside former Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated US stand-up Alex Edelman and Frank Of Ireland star Domhnall Gleeson. Ikumelo and Edelman are also on the writing team.
British Comedy Guide, 11th October 2024South Africa to remake The Office
The Office is being remade in South Africa, primarily in Afrikaans.
Chortle, 30th August 2024The 50 best TV comedies of all time - ranked
From cult classics to sitcom royalty, we've assembled the definitive list of TV comedy greats - but has Mrs. Brown's Boys made the grade?
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 20th June 2024Stephen Merchant regrets "early" endings for The Office and Extras
Stephen Merchant has said that he would "never" have ended his early television hits so early if he'd known the "thrill" that returning for multiple seasons can bring.
David Craig, Radio Times, 23rd May 2024The Office named top landmark comedy of the last 50 years
The Office was the highest-placed comedy in a Broadcasting Press Guild list of the top 50 landmark programmes of the last 50 years.
British Comedy Guide, 13th March 2024Love was British comedy's punchline. Tim and Dawn's Office kiss changed that
Twenty years ago, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant made one of the best Christmas specials in TV history. And its will-they-won't-they romance heralded a new era for British sitcoms - in which love wasn't played for laughs.
Tom Nicholson, i Newspaper, 22nd December 2023Nothing captures the banality and beauty of a British Christmas like the finale of The Office
The quintessential crapness of the work party, a kiss surrounded by gawping colleagues - what could be more festive?
Lauren O'Neill, The Guardian, 19th December 2023Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on The Office Christmas special: 'We wanted heartbreak'
How did the masters of cringe comedy give us a festive kiss to melt the heart? The 'cynics' behind Dawn and Tim - and David Brent - tell all.
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 8th December 2023