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: 165
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100 BBC TV gamechangers
The Sooty Show, Goodness Gracious Me and Hancock's Half Hour have been named amongst 23 comedy titles in a BFI list of the 100 most important television programmes from the BBC, as the broadcaster marks its 100th anniversary.
British Film Institute, 28th April 2022The Office to Ten Percent: why some remakes soar (and others suck)
Adapting TV shows for new countries is a multi-billion dollar business. But, as the team behind the US version of This Country found out, it's no easy ride ...
Laura Martin, The Guardian, 27th April 2022David Brent becomes a woman in Australian version of The Office
Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper reports that actresses including Kath & Kim's Magda Szubanski, Wentworth's Katrina Milosevic and Muriel's Wedding actress Rachel Griffiths have all been approached.
Chortle, 22nd February 2022Ricky Gervais: US Office is better than UK Office
Ricky Gervais has confirmed once and for all which series of The Office is best.
Adam Bloodworth, JOE, 20th January 2022Mackenzie Crook interview
"The Office was a document of its time - those things couldn't be said anymore."
Alexandra Pollard, The Independent, 26th December 202110 best British comedy Christmas specials, according to IMDb
Fans of British comedies eagerly await their favorite show's Christmas specials. These are the 10 best according to IMDb ratings.
Dalton Norman, Screen Rant, 18th December 2021The dark side of 21st century TV comedy
Shows like Fleabag, BoJack Horseman, and Veep show how modern TV comedies have embraced pain and grief, writes Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, BBC, 4th November 2021The last laugh: is the television sitcom really dead?
From Friends to The Thick Of It, the TV sitcom has evolved - but it's no longer in rude health. Enter offbeat shows like Stath Lets Flats, bringing joy and potential redemption.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 26th October 2021BBC reveal poll of 100 greatest TV shows 21st century
BBC Culture polled 206 TV experts from 43 countries in order to find the greatest TV of the 21st century. The top comedy in the poll was British sitcom Fleabag at 4th. Also in the top 100 are The Office (9th, with the US version at 39th), The Thick Of It (20th), Black Mirror (22nd), Peep Show (42nd), Inside No. 9 (48th), Detectorists (64th) and Catastrophe (96th).
BBC, 19th October 2021Revolutionary mundanity: The Office at 20
In this age of streaming services, from Netflix to Disney+, TV series are churned out on an industrial scale, with thousands of episodes in various genres at your fingertips. Therefore, the fact that the 20th birthday of one particular series is being remarked upon, let alone celebrated, is something of a miracle, highlighting the genius that is the UK version of The Office.
Sam Matthews Boehmer, The Boar, 28th July 2021