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: 166
Press clippings Page 13
The Office - still doing the business
Happy Birthday The Office! Ten years on from its launch, Bruce Dessau hails the timeless appeal - and top moments - of the Ricky Gervais comedy.
Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 8th July 2011The Office: 10th Birthday
Can you believe The Office will be ten years old tomorrow?
Steve Saul, BBC Comedy, 8th July 2011The Office - an international classic
Amazingly, The Office celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday. Not only is it recognised as a classic here in the UK, it has a resonance in almost every culture.
Duncan Cooper, BBC Worldwide, 8th July 2011Ricky Gervais on the sitcom that broke all the rules
Awkward and gag-free, The Office had none of the hallmarks of a successful comedy. Ten years on, Ricky Gervais dons his Brent garb and talks us through an unlikely classic...
Tom Ellen, ShortList, 8th July 2011'The Office' best moments
"If you were to ask me to name three geniuses, I probably wouldn't say Einstein, Newton... you know. I'd go Milligan, Cleese, Everett. Sessions." Everyone has their favourite moment or quote from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office...
Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, 8th July 2011Happy 10th Birthday to The Office
Ricky Gervais, The Huffington Post, 5th July 2011Ricky Gervais to appear in The Office USA season finale
Ricky Gervais and Will Arnett have been confirmed to appear in the season finale of The Office.
Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, 22nd March 2011The Office review by Victor Lewis Smith (July 2001)
A summer stinker; 'A bore in homeopathic doses can be hilarious, but a bore in real time remains simply a bore'.
Victor Lewis Smith, 21st March 2011The Office quiz
Can it really be a decade since David Brent first smarmed onto our screens? The only way to truly show our appreciation would be to compile a fiendishly tricky quiz...
ShortList, 7th March 2011Ricky Gervais to make cameo in US version of The Office
Ricky Gervais is to reprise his David Brent character from The Office on the US version of the show.
BBC News, 20th January 2011