The Office
{{short description|International series of mockumentary sitcoms}}
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{{other uses|Office (disambiguation)}}
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The Office is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as The Office in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary character David Brent. The two series were broadcast on BBC Two in 2001 and 2002, totalling 12 episodes, with two special episodes concluding the series in 2003.{{cite web | last=Morris | first=Lauren | title=How The Office changed the face of sitcoms | website=Radio Times | date=9 July 2021 | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/the-office-20-anniversary-sitcoms-rt-rewind/ | access-date=31 May 2023}} A follow up movie (David Brent: Life on the Road) starring Gervais and featuring his David Brent character was released in 2016.
Versions of the original were subsequently made in Germany, the United States, and many other countries. The longest-running version of the series, the American adaptation, ran for nine seasons on the NBC Television Network from 2005 to 2013, with a total of 201 episodes. According to Nielsen Ratings as of April 2019, the American version of The Office was the No. 1 streamed show on Netflix in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-mov-netflix-the-office-0705-20190703-fjlo4pkt5jb7llpo2aixl7o2pe-story.html|title='The Office' was Netflix's most popular show, even though it was made for and originally aired on an old-school broadcast network. Oh, the irony|last1=Metz|first1=Nina|website=Chicago Tribune|date=3 July 2019|access-date=2020-04-20|archive-date=14 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114234016/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-mov-netflix-the-office-0705-20190703-fjlo4pkt5jb7llpo2aixl7o2pe-story.html|url-status=live}} A follow-up to the American version was announced in 2024 for release on Peacock,{{Cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |date=2024-05-08 |title=New 'The Office' Series Picked Up at Peacock, First Plot Details Reveal Midwestern Newspaper Setting |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-office-spinoff-peacock-plot-details-1235996108/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} and Amazon Prime Video also debuted an Australian version of The Office, featuring the franchise's first female lead character, that same year.
Versions
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|{{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2004-11-05}} – |
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| La Job | {{plainlist| | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2006-10-09}} – |
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| La ofis | Canal 13 | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2008-08-06}} – |
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| Kancl | ČT1 | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2014-12-01}} – |
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| Konttori | Nelonen | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2017-03-03}} – |
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| Canal+ | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2006-05-25}} – |
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| Stromberg{{Efn|Unlike the other derivatives, Stromberg, the German version, was not an official adaptation of the original series but merely inspired by it. The BBC threatened legal action against the series, and a compromise was reached that Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant would receive credits in the German version.}} | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2004-10-11}} – |
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| Hotstar | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2019-06-28}} – |
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| HaMisrad | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2010-08-10}} – |
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| La oficina{{Cite web |last=de la Fuente |first=Anna Marie |date=2024-10-23 |title=Ricky Gervais’ ‘The Office’ Gets a Mexican Remake (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/ricky-gervais-the-office-prime-video-gaz-alazraki-vgly-1236183569/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} | TBA |
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| Canal+ | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2021-10-22}} – |
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| Al Maktab | MBC | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2022-10-28}} – |
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| Kontoret | TV4 | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2012-02-12}} – |
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| BBC Two | {{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2001-07-09}} – |
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| NBC |{{Date table sorting|format=dmy|2005-03-24}} – |
=Spin-offs=
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| Stromberg – Der Film | Theatrical release |
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| David Brent: Life on the Road | Theatrical release | 19 August 2016 |
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| Peacock | September 2025 |
=Unproduced versions=
Additional versions of the show have been planned but never released. A Russian language version for Channel One with an initial run of 24 episodes was announced in 2008,{{Cite news |date=2008-07-25 |title=The Office to be remade in Russia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7525248.stm |access-date=2025-05-13 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250430145156/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7525248.stm |url-status=live }} but had not begun production by 2018.{{cite news |date=20 February 2018 |title=The Office: 10 David Brents from around the world |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43113390 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030358/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43113390 |url-status=live }} Additionally, Ricky Gervais announced plans to create a Chinese language version of the show in 2010,{{Cite news |date=2010-08-13 |title=Ricky Gervais to make Chinese version of The Office |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-10969373 |access-date=2025-05-13 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608024932/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-10969373 |url-status=live }} but the show also had not begun production as of 2018.
=Timeline=
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Counterparts
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Roles are recorded as of each character's first appearance.
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Name | The Office | The Office | Stromberg | Os Aspones | Le Bureau ("The Office") | La Job ("The Job") | {{ill|La ofis|es}} ("The Office") | HaMisrad ("המשרד", "The Office") | {{ill|Kontoret|sv}} ("The Office") |Kancl ("The Office") | {{ill|Konttori|fi|Konttori (suomalainen televisiosarja)}} ("The Office") | The Office | The Office PL | Al-Maktab ("المكتب", "The Office") | |
Firm
|Flinley Craddick | Wernham Hogg | Dunder Mifflin{{efn|name=Sabre|From Mid-Season 6 to the conclusion of Season 8, Dunder Mifflin was a subsidiary of Sabre – a printer company. During this time, Dunder Mifflin also sold Sabre printer and printing supplies}} | Capitol-Versicherung AG | Fichário Ministerial de Documentos Obrigatórios | Cogirep | Les Papiers Jennings | Papeles Lozano | פייפר אופיס (Piper Office) | Svensk kontorshygien AB
|Papír a print | Leskisen paperi | Wilkins Chawla | Kropliczanka | Tard Postal Services | |
Business
|Packaging | Paper | Paper and Office Supplies{{efn|name=Sabre}} | Insurance | Bureaucracy | Paper | Paper | Paper | Office supplies | Office hygiene
|Paper | Paper | Paper | Mineral water | Postal service | |
Location | Slough | Scranton | Unspecified, but filmed in Cologne | Brasília | Villepinte | Côte-de-Liesse | Santiago Centro | Yehud | Upplands-Väsby | |Brno | Riihimäki | Faridabad | |Siedlce | Riyadh |
Regional Manager (or equivalent "boss" role) |Hannah Howard (Felicity Ward) | David Brent (Ricky Gervais) | Michael Scott (Steve Carell) |Bernd Stromberg | Tales (Selton Mello) | Gilles Triquet (François Berléand) | David Gervais (Antoine Vézina) | Manuel Cerda (Luis Gnecco) | Avi Meshulam (Dvir Benedek) | Ove Sundberg (Henrik Dorsin) |Marek Chvála |Pentti Markkanen | Jagdeep Chadda (Mukul Chadda) | Michał Holc (Piotr Polak) | Malik Al Tuwaifi (Saleh Abuamrh) | |||
Senior Sales Representative | Nick Fletcher | Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman) | Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) |Ulf Steinke | {{center|–}} | Paul Delorme (Jérémie Elkaïm) | Louis Tremblay (Sébastien Huberdeau) | Diego Ramírez (Pablo Cazals) | Yossi (Eldad Fribas) | Erik Lundkvist (Kim Sulocki) |Tomáš Trojan | Timo (Pyry Äikää) | Amit Sharma (Sayandeep Sengupta) | Franek Wójcik (Mikołaj Matczak) Adam Szeliga (Rafał Kowalski) | Talal Al Buwaibani (Fahad Al Butairi) | ||
Assistant (to the) Regional Manager
| Lizze Moyle{{efn|name=Lizze|Lizze is employed as the Receptionist, but has character traits similar to other "Assistant Regional Managers"}} | Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) | Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) | Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp (Bjarne Mädel) | Leda Maria (Andréa Beltrão) | Joel Liotard (Benoît Carré) | Sam Bisaillon (Paul Ahmarani) | Cristián Müller (Mauricio Dell) | Yariv Shauli (Maayan Blum) | Viking Ytterman (Björn Gustafsson) |Jáchym Kořen | Jaakko (Antti Heikkinen) | T.P. Mishra (Gopal Datt) | Darek Wasiak (Adam Woronowicz) | Nidal Al Sheraiwi (Nawaf Al Shubaili) | |
Receptionists
| Greta King{{efn|name=Greta|Greta is employed in Sales, but is in the story role of being the Senior Sale Rep's love interest.}} | Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis) | Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) | Tanja Seifert | {{center|–}} | Laetitia Kadiri (Anne-Laure Balbir) | Anne Viens (Sophie Cadieux) | Rocío Poblete (Nathalia Aragonese) | Dana (Mali Levi) | Therese Johansson (Sissela Benn) |Anna Kručinská | Anna (Linda Wiklund) | Pammi (Samridhi Dewan) | Asia Kasprzyk (Kornelia Strzelecka) | Basma Al Khattar (Reem Mansour) | ||
Temp/Intern
| Sebastian Roy | Ricky Howard (Oliver Chris) | Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) | Jonas Fischer (Max Mauff) | {{center|–}} | Felix Pradier (Xavier Robic) | {{center|–}} | Felipe Tomic (César Sepúlveda) | Regev Steiner (Amir Wolf) | {{center|–}}
|Ota Kačer | "OP" (K. Puura) | Sapan Gill (Abhinav Sharma) | {{center|–}} | Rayan Al Sosan (Saad Aziz) | |
Corporate Supervisors | Alisha Khanna (Pallavi Sharda) | Jennifer Taylor‑Clarke (Stirling Gallacher) Neil Godwin |Tatjana Berkel | Dr. Góes (Mário Schoemberger) | Juliette Lebrac (Astrid Bas) | Emmanuelle Sirois-Keaton (Nathalie Coupal) | Jimena Ibarra (Liliana García) | Yelena (Helena Yaralova) | Idun Falkenberg (Lisa Linnertorp) |Lenka Falešníková-Vondráčková | Katariina (Vera Kiiskinen) | Riya Pahwa (Gauahar Khan) | Patrycja Kowalska (Vanessa Aleksander) Patryk Kowalski (Maciej Musiałowski) | Elham | |||
rowspan="3"|Accountants
| Deborah Leonard (Lucy Schmidt) | Sheila (Jane Lucas) | Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |– | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|– | rowspan="3"|Daniel Gabarda (Frédéric Merlo) | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |– | rowspan="3" |Yanni (Jimena Nuñez) Teresita (Luz María Yacometti) | rowspan="3"|Karol (Roberto Pollak) Ababa "Avi" Sharon (Yossi Vassa) | rowspan="3"|Lennart Forsström (Rikard Ulvshammar) Anna Norén (Anna Åström) Margareta Wivallius (Ingbritt Hjälm) |Petra | Maarit (Lotta Lindroos) | Anjali (Priyanka Setia) | rowspan="3"| Sebastian Sołtys (Jan Sobolewski) | rowspan=3| Majida Al Huthail (Maryam Abdulrahman) Ziad (Yasin Ghazzawi) | |
Viktor (Tomáš Sýkora) | Oliver (Howard Saddler) | Farzin (Mazdak Nassir) | Rinchin (Chien Ho Liao) | |||||||||||
César (Alfredo {{Not a typo|Portuondo}}) | Keith Bishop (Ewen MacIntosh) | Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) | Teppo (Jan Nyquist) | Kutti (Gavin Methalaka) | ||||||||||
Travelling Sales Representative | {{center|–}} | Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson) | Todd Packer (David Koechner) | Theo Hölter (Andreas Schmidt) | {{center|–}} | Didier Leguelec (Jean-Pierre Loustau) | Rocky Larocque (Yves Amyot) | Carlitos García
(Sergio Piña) |Shimi Guetta (Shai Avivi) |"Boozen" |Jiří Nebeský | {{center|–}} | Prem Chopra (Ranvir Shorey) | {{center|–}} | {{center|–}} | |||
Receptionist's fiancé{{efn|In The Office Saudi Arabia, the receptionists' fiancé is replaced with the receptionists' brother to comply with Sharia law.}} | Mason | Lee (Joel Beckett) | Roy Anderson (David Denman) | Roland (off camera) | {{center|–}} | Ludovic Correia (Julien Favart) | Luc (Martin Tremblay) | Marco
(Marcelo Maldonado) |Lavi | Kenneth Gustavsson (Peter Jansson) |Libor | Ripa (Leo Honkonen) | Parmeet (Kunal Pant) | Paweł Szod (Jakub Zając) | Khattab Al Khattar (Alwesam Shigdar) | ||
Senior Sales Representative's girlfriend | {{center|–}} | Rachel (Stacey Roca) | Katy Moore (Amy Adams) Karen Filippelli | Tanja Seifert | {{center|–}} | {{center|–}} | Julie (Évelyne Rompré) | Catalina (María José Urúza) |Shiri |{{center|–}} |{{center|–}} |{{center|–}} |Loveleen |Marta Bielecka |{{center|–}} | ||||||||
Other office co-workers | Martin Katavake (Josh Thomson) Lloyd Kneathn (Jonny Brugh) Tina Kwong (Susan Ling Young) |Jamie | Stanley Hudson (Leslie David Baker) Phyllis Lapin-Vance (Phyllis Smith) Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein) Meredith Palmer (Kate Flannery) Creed Bratton (Creed Bratton) Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) Clark Green (Clark Duke) Pete Miller (Jake Lacy) | Erika Burstedt (Martina Eitner-Acheampong) Jennifer Schirrmann (Milena Dreißig) Lars Lehnhoff (Laurens Walter) Nicole Rückert (Angelika Richter) Hans Schmelzer (Ralf Husmann) Sabine Buhrer (Maja Beckmann) | Caio (Pedro Paulo Rangel) Anete (Marisa Orth) Moira (Drica Moraes) | {{center|–}} | {{center|–}} | Trini (Karla Matta) Jesús (Marcelo Valdivieso) Benito Rojas (Vittorio Yaconi) Dante Espinoza (Cristián Quezada) | Yevgeni (Dima Ross) Leah (Ayelet Robinson) Riki (Hilla Sarjon) Abed (Jamil Khoury) | Britt-Marie Lind (Veronica Dahlström) Massoud Ghorbani (Hassan Brijany) Robin T. Larsson (David Druid) Örjan Almqvist (Christoffer Olofsson) | {{center|–}} | Aune (Paula Siimes) Leyla (Ushma Olava) | Saleem (Sunil Jetly)
| Bożena Grabowska | Fadi (Aous Chazal) Suleiman (Mohamed Helal) Wedad (Hanaa Al Somali) Khalaf (Thamer Al Harbi) Abeer (Hind Al Saigh) Salem Al Sahhal (Hashem Hawsawi) | |||
Warehouse Foreman | Stevie Jones | Glynn "Taffy" (David Schaal) | Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) | {{center|–}} | {{center|–}} | {{center|–}} | {{center|–}} | Sami (Yaniv Suissa) | Kenneth Gustavsson (Peter Jansson)
|Roman | {{center|–}} | Rajinder (Manpreet Singh) | {{center|–}} | {{center|–}} | Anwar Jibawi |
Selected major awards
- British version: 2005 Golden Globes for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy (Ricky Gervais); 2001, 2002 and 2003 British Academy Television Awards for Situation Comedy and Best Comedy Performance (Ricky Gervais)[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=200bbc1 The 2001 British Academy Television Awards], winners and nominees.[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2002 The 2002 British Academy Television Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914162233/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2002 |date=14 September 2011 }}, winners and nominees.[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2003 The 2003 British Academy Television Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120721182023/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2003 |date=21 July 2012 }}, winners and nominees.
- American version: 2006 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy (Steve Carell); 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series; 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Greg Daniels); 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Jeffrey Blitz). For other awards and honors see List of awards and nominations received by The Office (American TV series){{cn|date=May 2023}}
- German version: 2006 Grimme Award for Fiction/Entertainment – Series/Miniseries; 2007 Deutscher Fernsehpreis for Best Sitcom and Best Book; 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012 Deutscher Comedypreis for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Christoph Maria Herbst).{{cn|date=May 2023}}
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.slate.com/id/2150015/ A comparison of the US, UK, French, and German shows] on Slate
- [http://www.cc.com/shows/the-office The Office on Comedy Central] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001173946/http://www.cc.com/shows/the-office |date=1 October 2020 }}
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14005590 The Office: A decade around the world]
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