BBC's The Office

BBC ; producer, Ash Atalla ; written & directed by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant.

The predecessor to America's hit comedy of the same name, BBC's "The Office" is an inside look into Wernham Hogg, a fictional paper company in Slough, England. Filmed in mockumentary fashion, cameramen chronicle the daily dramas of a small office of white-collar workers who are managed by David Brent (Ricky Gervais), a crude, self-proclaimed funnyman. You don't need to be a cubicle dweller to recognize a bit of your own coworkers and acquaintances in the hyperbolic characters: David Brent: A b......more

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