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The Office is the title of multiple television situation comedy shows. The first was the
The Office (UK TV series), created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Initially broadcast on BBC Two on
9 July 2001, it ran for two seasons plus a two-part Christmas special. The show's success prompted NBC to create an
The Office (US TV series), which premiered on
24 March,
2005, two years after the original ended. Despite an outcry from fans of the original, the US version recovered from a shaky start to become very successful in its own right. Gervais and Merchant are credited as executive producers of the show along with
Ben Silverman, Howard Klein and Greg Daniels. Other than the Pilot episode, the scripts for the US version are original, and not adaptations from the UK, although some scenes and some general story ideas are based on the original.
A
France adaptation of the series, titled
Le Bureau, aired in Spring 2006 on
Canal+. The Office remade for French TV A
Québec version of the show, produced by Anne-Marie Losique and called
La Job, premiered on
January 11, 2007. (The lead character in this version is called David Gervais, a cross of Ricky Gervais, and his character, David Brent.)
The German series
Stromberg (TV series) (first aired in 2004) also used
The Office as a basis, but did not secure official rights; the German creators later on were made to add Ricky Gervais in the credits as having "inspired" the series. (Ricky Gervais additionally said he "can't go into details but, yes, there was an agreement reached and we are very happy with it"). Ricky Gervais Answers Your Questions
In July 2006 it was reported in the
Hollywood Reporter that BBC was considering a feature length version of
The Office for cinematic release. "The Office heading for big screen?", Radio Telefís Éireann, July 6,
2006, retrieved September 11,
2006.
Cast and character counterparts
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100%!Occupation!!width=19%|British version
(Wernham Hogg
Slough branch)!!width=19%|American NBC version
(
Dunder-MifflinScranton, PA branch)!!width=19%|French version (
Le Bureau)
(Cogirep
Villepinte branch)!!width=19%])
(Capitol-Versicherung)!!width=19%|French Canadian version (
La Job)
(Les Papiers Jennings
Côte-de-Liesse, Saint-Laurent, branch)]
(
Ricky Gervais)]
(Steve Carell)])||
Bernd Stromberg(Christoph Maria Herbst)])|-|
Sales Representative||
Tim Canterbury(Martin Freeman)]
(
John Krasinski)])||
Ulf Steinke(
Oliver Wnuk)])|-|
Receptionist||
Dawn Tinsley(Lucy Davis)]
(
Jenna Fischer)])||
Tanja Seifert (co-worker, not receptionist)
(
Diana Staehly)])|-|
Assistant (to the) Regional Manager||
Gareth Keenan(
Mackenzie Crook)]
(
Rainn Wilson)])||
Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp(
Bjarne I. Mädel)])|-|
Warehouse Employee
and Receptionist's (Former) Fiancé||
The Office (UK TV series)#Other characters(
Joel Beckett)]
(David Denman)])||
Roland (never shown on camera, broken up in second episode)
(N/A)||
Luc(Martin Tremblay)]
(Ralph Ineson)]
(
David Koechner)])||
Theo (friend, not co-worker)
(
Andreas Schmidt)])|-|
Corporate Supervisor||
Jennifer Taylor-Clarke(Stirling Gallacher)] (fired at the end of Season 3)
(
Melora Hardin)
Ryan Howard (The Office) (promoted at the end of Season 3)
(
B.J. Novak)])||
Tatjana Berkel (left the company at the end of Season 1)
(Tatjana Alexander)
Timo Becker (Berkel's replacement in Season 2)
(
Lars Gärtner)])|-|
New employee||
Ricky Howard (temp)
(Oliver Chris)] (promoted to Corporate Supervisor at the end of Season 3)
(B.J. Novak)
]
(
Ewen Macintosh)]
(Brian Baumgartner)]
(
Patrick Baladi)] (left company at beginning of season 3)
(Charles Esten)])|||-|
Sales representative's girlfriend||
Rachel(
Stacey Roca)]
(Rashida Jones)|| || |||}
Not all corresponding characters have equivalent prominence across all versions of the programme. For example, the charismatic manager of a rival branch has a significantly greater role in the UK version than in the US version.
Key awards won
Selected major awards won only
- UK version: 2004 Golden Globes for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Ricky Gervais); 2002, 2003 and 2004 BAFTA TV awards for Situation Comedy and Best Comedy Performance (Ricky Gervais)
- US version: 2006 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Steve Carell); 2006 Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series; 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- German version: 2006 Adolf Grimme Award for Fiction/Entertainment - Series/Miniseries
Video game
A video game using
bobblehead dolls of the show's stars was announced on
June 20, 2007, for Microsoft Windows, the Nintendo DS, the
Playstation Portable and a rumored version for Xbox Live Arcade. Coming to XBLA,
The Office It will be based on the American version of the show.
See also
- Characters from The Office
- Extras (TV series) (comedy program that is similarly written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant—a BBC/HBO co-production)
- List of British TV shows remade for the American market
- List of Quebec television series imports and exports
- People Like Us (previous BBC mockumentary with similar tone to The Office)
- The Newsroom (Canadian comedy show also set in an office milieu)
- Caméra Café (French comedy also showing a dysfunctional office)
- Het Eiland (Belgian show also showing a dysfunctional office)
References
External links
- Official website of the UK original
- Official website of the US version
- Official website of the German version
- Official website of the French version
- Official website of the Quebecois version
- A comparison of the US, UK, French, and German shows on Slate (magazine).
- Essay contrasting the US and UK shows in The New Yorker.
- Creed Random Quote Generator
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The Office is the title of multiple television situation comedy shows. The first was the
The Office (UK TV series), created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Initially broadcast on BBC Two on 9 July
2001, it ran for two seasons plus a two-part Christmas special. The show's success prompted
NBC to create an The Office (US TV series), which premiered on 24 March, 2005, two years after the original ended. Despite an outcry from fans of the original, the US version recovered from a shaky start to become very successful in its own right. Gervais and Merchant are credited as executive producers of the show along with Ben Silverman, Howard Klein and
Greg Daniels. Other than the Pilot episode, the scripts for the US version are original, and not adaptations from the UK, although some scenes and some general story ideas are based on the original.
A
France adaptation of the series, titled
Le Bureau, aired in Spring 2006 on
Canal+. The Office remade for French TV A
Québec version of the show, produced by
Anne-Marie Losique and called
La Job, premiered on January 11,
2007. (The lead character in this version is called David Gervais, a cross of Ricky Gervais, and his character, David Brent.)
The German series
Stromberg (TV series) (first aired in 2004) also used
The Office as a basis, but did not secure official rights; the German creators later on were made to add Ricky Gervais in the credits as having "inspired" the series. (Ricky Gervais additionally said he "can't go into details but, yes, there was an agreement reached and we are very happy with it"). Ricky Gervais Answers Your Questions
In July 2006 it was reported in the
Hollywood Reporter that BBC was considering a feature length version of
The Office for cinematic release. "The Office heading for big screen?", Radio Telefís Éireann, July 6, 2006, retrieved September 11,
2006.
Cast and character counterparts
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100%!Occupation!!width=19%|British version
(Wernham Hogg
Slough branch)!!width=19%|American NBC version
(Dunder-Mifflin
Scranton, PA branch)!!width=19%|French version (
Le Bureau)
(Cogirep
Villepinte branch)!!width=19%])
(Capitol-Versicherung)!!width=19%|French Canadian version (
La Job)
(Les Papiers Jennings
Côte-de-Liesse, Saint-Laurent, branch)]
(
Ricky Gervais)]
(
Steve Carell)])||
Bernd Stromberg(Christoph Maria Herbst)])|-|
Sales Representative||
Tim Canterbury(Martin Freeman)]
(John Krasinski)])||
Ulf Steinke(Oliver Wnuk)])|-|
Receptionist||
Dawn Tinsley(
Lucy Davis)]
(
Jenna Fischer)])||
Tanja Seifert (co-worker, not receptionist)
(
Diana Staehly)])|-|
Assistant (to the) Regional Manager||
Gareth Keenan(Mackenzie Crook)]
(
Rainn Wilson)])||
Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp(Bjarne I. Mädel)])|-|
Warehouse Employee
and Receptionist's (Former) Fiancé||
The Office (UK TV series)#Other characters(Joel Beckett)]
(David Denman)])||
Roland (never shown on camera, broken up in second episode)
(N/A)||
Luc(Martin Tremblay)]
(Ralph Ineson)]
(
David Koechner)])||
Theo (friend, not co-worker)
(Andreas Schmidt)])|-|
Corporate Supervisor||
Jennifer Taylor-Clarke(
Stirling Gallacher)] (fired at the end of Season 3)
(
Melora Hardin)
Ryan Howard (The Office) (promoted at the end of Season 3)
(B.J. Novak)])||
Tatjana Berkel (left the company at the end of Season 1)
(Tatjana Alexander)
Timo Becker (Berkel's replacement in Season 2)
(Lars Gärtner)])|-|
New employee||
Ricky Howard (temp)
(
Oliver Chris)] (promoted to Corporate Supervisor at the end of Season 3)
(
B.J. Novak)
]
(
Ewen Macintosh)]
(
Brian Baumgartner)]
(
Patrick Baladi)] (left company at beginning of season 3)
(
Charles Esten)])|||-|
Sales representative's girlfriend||
Rachel(
Stacey Roca)]
(Rashida Jones)|| || |||}
Not all corresponding characters have equivalent prominence across all versions of the programme. For example, the charismatic manager of a rival branch has a significantly greater role in the UK version than in the US version.
Key awards won
Selected major awards won only
- UK version: 2004 Golden Globes for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Ricky Gervais); 2002, 2003 and 2004 BAFTA TV awards for Situation Comedy and Best Comedy Performance (Ricky Gervais)
- US version: 2006 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Steve Carell); 2006 Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series; 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- German version: 2006 Adolf Grimme Award for Fiction/Entertainment - Series/Miniseries
Video game
A video game using bobblehead dolls of the show's stars was announced on
June 20,
2007, for
Microsoft Windows, the Nintendo DS, the Playstation Portable and a rumored version for
Xbox Live Arcade. Coming to XBLA,
The Office It will be based on the American version of the show.
See also
- Characters from The Office
- Extras (TV series) (comedy program that is similarly written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant—a BBC/HBO co-production)
- List of British TV shows remade for the American market
- List of Quebec television series imports and exports
- People Like Us (previous BBC mockumentary with similar tone to The Office)
- The Newsroom (Canadian comedy show also set in an office milieu)
- Caméra Café (French comedy also showing a dysfunctional office)
- Het Eiland (Belgian show also showing a dysfunctional office)
References
External links
- Official website of the UK original
- Official website of the US version
- Official website of the German version
- Official website of the French version
- Official website of the Quebecois version
- A comparison of the US, UK, French, and German shows on Slate (magazine).
- Essay contrasting the US and UK shows in The New Yorker.
- Creed Random Quote Generator
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