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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Why we love the comedy of failure
Failure, in short, is funny. And it's not simply a case of schadenfreude, either.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 10th April 2018The Office: 10 David Brents from around the world
Here are the 10 different incarnations of "friend first, boss second" David Brent from around the world.
Neil Smith, BBC, 20th February 2018The Office to be remade in India
The BBC's popular mockumentary sitcom The Office is relocating to India.
The agreement with Applause Entertainment will mark the first time The Office has been commissioned in Asia, with India being the first country in the region to launch a local version of the show. The adaptation will adapt series one and two of the US version into one series of 28 episodes.
Kayley Rogers, BBC, 20th February 2018The Office: how the series two finale was a masterpiece
It's been 15 years since the original UK version of The Office came to an initial close with one of the most heartbreaking episodes in sitcom history.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 2nd November 2017Gallery: 20 politically incorrect 'modern' comedies
Here are 20 recent comedies that wouldn't have been green-lit today.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 17th October 2017Who's the real Ricky Gervais?
Life, death, Bowie, Brent and beyond - nothing is off-limits as Ricky Gervais shares all with Balance.
Balance, 9th October 2017Weirdest musical moments in British comedy
A selection of some of the strangest songs and musical moments in British comedy.
Anglonerd, 9th October 2017How The Office changed the British Sitcom
It was 16 years ago this month that The Office debuted on UK screens, and it remains to this day a high watermark of British comedy. It's perhaps the only 21st Century sitcom that can rival the stalwart classics of Blackadder and Fawlty Towers et al in terms of its lasting impact on UK popular culture.
Rob Keeling, Cult Box, 27th July 201716 years of The Office: David Brent's 12 finest moments
16 years ago on 9th July 2001 we were first introduced to David Brent, the general manager of Wernham Hogg, a fictitious paper company in Slough, and the role that made Ricky Gervais a household name.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 9th July 2017The mockumentary needs to die
Sixteen years since The Office first aired on British television, why does every subsequent sitcom pretend to be something it's not?
Angus Harrison, Vice.com, 21st March 2017