The IT Crowd
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2006 - 2013
- 25 episodes (4 series)
Sitcom set in a computer support department. The staff are IT geeks Roy and Moss, and their boss Jen, who knows nothing about computers. Stars Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Chris Morris, Matt Berry and Noel Fielding
Streaming rank this week: 379
Press clippings Page 17
Nerds united in hit sitcom
It may not be to everyone's taste, but The IT Crowd doesn't 'do' edgy. And that's precisely why James Rampton likes it.
James Rampton, The Independent, 19th November 2008Series Three Set Report
A report on what it was like to be in the audience at one of the series three episode recordings.
Rob Buckley, The Medium Is Not Enough, 20th October 2008American review of The IT Crowd
American newspaper The LA Times talks about the import of The IT Crowd... A workplace sitcom with a raucous, surreal edge, may be the best comedy on the domestic fall schedule.
New York Times Review
Things are considerably more puerile than one could imagine, because this is the kind of show in which a nerd will go on a date with a big smear of chocolate on his forehead, and the woman he is with will assume it is feces. This is Benny Hill with a hard drive.
Ginia Bellafante, The New York Times, 29th September 2008Graham Linehan talks IT Crowd series 3.0
A preview interview about what to expect from the third series.
Martin Anderson, Den Of Geek, 28th July 2008Katherine Parkinson Interview
Digital Spy talks to Katherine Parkinson about the second series of the show.
Kimberley Dadds, Digital Spy, 26th September 2007Off The Telly Series 2 Review
It remains to be seen how the series will fare without Chris Morris, he's clearly going to be missing out on a lot of fun. The audience, meanwhile, aren't. The IT Crowd has gone beyond the novelty value of being a breath of comedic fresh air, and is establishing itself - or in fact probably already has - as a great series in its own right.
TJ Worthington, Off The Telly, 24th August 2007Off The Telly Series 1 Review
Linehan avoids the trap of simply mocking the two characters for being geeks, and instead makes them both sympathetic. Given that most viewers in real life are more likely to be on the side of the beautiful people rather than the IT department, it's a reasonably brave decision, particularly when the show mocks the lack of IT savvy among those viewers.
Rob Buckley, Off The Telly, 3rd March 2006Series 1 Review
I laughed out loud a few times, despite being alone in the house. This either means that I'm soft in the head or that The IT Crowd is funnier than I'd expected. (Forgive me. I saw Hyperdrive. My current expectations of new British comedy are very low.)
Jane Hoskyn, TV Scoop, 4th February 2006