The Office. David Brent (Ricky Gervais)
The Office

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.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 209

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Happy 10th Birthday to The Office

Ricky Gervais, The Huffington Post, 5th July 2011

Ricky Gervais to appear in The Office USA season finale

Ricky Gervais and Will Arnett have been confirmed to appear in the season finale of The Office.

Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, 22nd March 2011

The Office review by Victor Lewis Smith (July 2001)

A summer stinker; 'A bore in homeopathic doses can be hilarious, but a bore in real time remains simply a bore'.

Victor Lewis Smith, , 21st March 2011

The Office quiz

Can it really be a decade since David Brent first smarmed onto our screens? The only way to truly show our appreciation would be to compile a fiendishly tricky quiz...

ShortList, 7th March 2011

Ricky Gervais to make cameo in US version of The Office

Ricky Gervais is to reprise his David Brent character from The Office on the US version of the show.

BBC News, 20th January 2011

Ricky Gervais muses on Steve Carell's Office exit

Ricky Gervais has insisted that NBC's The Office should not attempt to replace lead actor Steve Carell.

Digital Spy, 9th December 2010

The Office an American Workplace beats British original

As the fifth season of the American version of The Office airs on Comedy Central, Ceri Radford argues that the US spin-off is even better than the original.

Ceri Radford, The Telegraph, 8th December 2010

Stephen Merchant: 'Gervais too lazy for US Office'

Stephen Merchant has joked that Ricky Gervais won't replace Steve Carell in the US version of The Office because he is too lazy.

Simon Reynolds, Digital Spy, 14th August 2010

Ricky Gervais to make Chinese version of The Office

Ricky Gervais is developing a Chinese version of The Office, his hit workplace comedy.

Matthew Moore, The Telegraph, 13th August 2010

Martin Freeman hits out at The Office

Martin Freeman came to fame as nice guy Tim in hit sitcom The Office - written by stand-up comedians Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant - but was the actor really so fond of them behind the scenes?

The Daily Express, 11th August 2010

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