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: 369
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The 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 2011Ricky Gervais muses on Steve Carell's Office exit
Ricky Gervais has insisted that NBC's The Office should not attempt to replace lead actor Steve Carell.
Digital Spy, 9th December 2010The Office an American Workplace beats British original
As the fifth season of the American version of The Office airs on Comedy Central, Ceri Radford argues that the US spin-off is even better than the original.
Ceri Radford, The Telegraph, 8th December 2010Stephen Merchant: 'Gervais too lazy for US Office'
Stephen Merchant has joked that Ricky Gervais won't replace Steve Carell in the US version of The Office because he is too lazy.
Simon Reynolds, Digital Spy, 14th August 2010Ricky Gervais to make Chinese version of The Office
Ricky Gervais is developing a Chinese version of The Office, his hit workplace comedy.
Matthew Moore, The Telegraph, 13th August 2010Martin Freeman hits out at The Office
Martin Freeman came to fame as nice guy Tim in hit sitcom The Office - written by stand-up comedians Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant - but was the actor really so fond of them behind the scenes?
The Daily Express, 11th August 2010The Office - will there be a better sitcom?
The Office is the most successful British sitcom of all time. More importantly, it is probably the best. Will it ever be bettered?
Ralph Jones, Suite 101, 30th June 2010Israel is the latest country to photocopy The Office
The Israeli version of The Office has been unveiled and it features an Arab character described as "intelligent and gentle".
BBC, 21st February 2010