
Sitcom Geeks: Episode 144 - The Office: How It All Began, with Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto (Part 2)
James and Dave update on sitcom news (including jingle), then a fascinating insight into how The Office came about from producer Anil Gupta, and more tales of TV mayhem from Anil and Richard Pinto, the writer-producer team that gave you Goodness Gracious Me, Citizen Khan and more.
Published: 16th July 2020. Length: 55 minutes. Size: 50.6mb
News theme by Mansardian under Creative Commons 3 Licence via Freesound
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