The Office

TV Series
2001–2003
16
30m

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8.5/10

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Mockumentary Satire Sitcom Comedy Drama

The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily liv... Read allThe story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.

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IMDb RATING

8.5/10

128K

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POPULARITY

1,151

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 24 wins & 18 nominations total

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Trivia
The series started as a small, home-made video by Stephen Merchant when he was trying to get a job at the BBC. He came up with the idea for making a documentary style format as it would be easier for him to film. He and his colleague Ricky Gervais came up with The Office (2001) idea and used a local university to film it. Upon seeing the short video the BBC requested that they make a series out of it. Many of the jokes from this original film are recycled during the proper series for example, David Brent's opening speech about making employees' dreams come true.

Quotes
Tim: The people you work with are people you were just thrown together with. I mean, you don't know them, it wasn't your choice. And yet you spend more time with them than you do your friends or your family. But probably all you have in common is the fact that you walk around on the same bit of carpet for eight hours a day.

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Featured in It's Your New Year's Eve Party (2001)

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Handbags and Gladrags
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Written by Mike d'Abo
Performed by Fin
Arranged by Big George

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Featured review

8/10

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This show definitely paved the way forward for what was an excellent US series. But let me state up front, the US series takes the style in a very different direction. The original series is much more focused on making the viewer squirm as Ricky Gervais takes you on a cringe journey through his office space.

The series is short-lived and perhaps that wasn't a bad thing. But I do wonder if the Brits will return with some hindsight and build on what was started. I really hope so as I do like British comedy, which is starkly different to American comedy. In conclusion, this is a great series with a great legacy.