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: 187
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BBC 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 2021Life as Big Keith from The Office
Ewen MacIntosh reflects on his defining role.
Sean Cole, Vice.com, 14th July 2021How The Office changed comedy
As Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's sitcom turns 20, top comics and people behind the scenes explain how it rewired British humour.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 10th July 2021Ricky Gervais: 'The Office would be cancelled now'
On the 20th anniversary of The Office, its star and co-creator Ricky Gervais looks back on the success of the comedy show and considers whether viewers still connect with it today.
Jennifer Meierhans, BBC, 9th July 2021An oral history of The Office
As the mockumentary that changed the course of comedy turns 20, Simon Bland speaks to co-creator Stephen Merchant, and some of the show's stars, to reflect on the creation of a modern comedy classic.
Simon Bland, The Independent, 9th July 2021The Office at 20: hit TV show that couldn't be made now
Twenty years since the original UK version of The Office first aired, its co-creator Stephen Merchant talks to Clare Thorp about its legacy - and how a show rooted in reality now feels like an escapist fantasy.
Clare Thorp, BBC, 9th July 2021How The Office ruined comedy
Before the first episode went out, 20 years ago today, The Office looked like just another BBC2 sitcom. Its species was still common enough in 2001. In fact, its fly-on-the-wall, "mockumentary" style seemed a little out of date, riding in on the coattails of its stablemate, John Morton's People Like Us.
Gareth Roberts, Unherd, 9th July 2021The Office at 20: how it changed how we speak
I can't get through a sentence without slipping into Office quotes. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's sitcom changed comedy forever - but for one generation, it also transformed how we speak.
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 9th July 2021Gervais clarifies comments on Office getting cancelled
The comedian said the remarks were "clearly a joke".
Clémence Michallon, The Independent, 9th July 2021