List of The Office (British TV series) episodes

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The Office was co-written and co-created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Gervais (left) also starred as main character David Brent.

The Office is a British sitcom that was originally broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2003 as the original series of The Office. The television programme was created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant; the former also played the main character, manager David Brent. The series is set in the Slough office of a fictional paper merchant, Wernham Hogg, and is presented in a mockumentary format depicting the everyday lives of its employees.[1]

Brent tries to be a friend and an entertainer as well as a boss, and is often annoying as a result. His sycophantic assistant Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) annoys and is often pranked by sales representative Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman), whose relationship with receptionist Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis) is a major story arc, despite her engagement to warehouse worker Lee (Joel Beckett). Minor characters include droning and crass office worker Keith Bishop (Ewen MacIntosh), Brent's brash and sexist friend Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson) and Brent's bosses Jennifer Taylor-Clarke (Stirling Gallacher) and later Neil Godwin (Patrick Baladi).[2]

The programme ran for two series of six half-hour episodes each: the first aired from July to August 2001,[3] and the second from September to November 2002.[4] A two-part Christmas special aired on 26 and 27 December 2003.[5] There are 14 episodes in total. Series 1 and 2 were originally broadcast on BBC Two, but the Christmas episodes were moved to BBC One to increase viewership following the previous series' popularity.[6] Both series, as well as the Christmas specials, have been released on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4. The programme has won numerous awards, including two British Comedy Awards[7][8] and two Golden Globe.[9] The Office has also been remade in several countries, of which the American adaptation has been the most popular and longest-running.

Episodes were shot on tape, then filmised in post-production to achieve the documentary-type atmosphere. The deleted scenes on the DVDs are presented raw, pre-filmization.

  1. ^ "About 'The Office'". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ "The Office Characters". BBC. August 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Series 1 (2001)". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Series 2 (2002)". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Christmas Specials (2003)". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  6. ^ "BBC1 gets The Office for Christmas". Broadcastnow. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Past Winners 2001". British Comedy Awards. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Past Winners 2002". British Comedy Awards. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  9. ^ "The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

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