The Office
The Office is the title of a number of 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 the boss and main character of the show. The two seasons were broadcast on BBC Two in 2001 and 2002, totalling 12 episodes, with two special episodes in 2003, and an extra short spectacular ten years later.[1] Versions of the original were subsequently made in Germany, the United States, and many other countries.
Title card for the UK original (top) and U.S. version (bottom)
Notable adaptations
The German version was titled Stromberg and ran for 46 episodes over five seasons, starting in 2004, and the follow-up film Stromberg – Der Film was released in German cinemas in 2014.
The longest-running version of the series, the US 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 US version of The Office was the No. 1 streamed show on Netflix in the United States.[2]
International versions
| Country/Region | Title | Network | Original run |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
The Office Australia | Amazon Prime Video | 2024 (in production from June 2023)[3][4] |
 Brazil |
Os Aspones | Rede Globo | 5 November 2004 – 17 December 2004 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
La Job | 9 October 2006 – 1 January 2007 | |
 Chile |
La ofis | Canal 13 | 6 August 2008 – 22 November 2008 |
 Czech Republic |
Kancl | ČT1 | 1 December 2014 – 17 December 2014 |
 Finland |
Konttori | Nelonen | 3 March 2017 – 15 February 2019 |
 France |
Le Bureau | Canal+ | 25 May 2006 – 30 June 2006 |
 Germany |
Stromberg | ProSieben | 11 October 2004 – 31 January 2012 |
 Greece |
TBA | ANT1 | TBA, 2023 |
 India |
The Office | Hotstar | 28 June 2019 – 15 September 2019 |
 Israel |
HaMisrad | yes Comedy | 10 August 2010 – 3 October 2013 |
 Poland |
The Office PL | Canal+ | 22 October 2021 – present |
 Saudi Arabia |
Al Maktab | MBC | 28 October 2022 – present[5][6] |
 Sweden |
Kontoret | TV4 | 12 February 2012 – 17 March 2013 |
 United Kingdom |
The Office | BBC Two | 9 July 2001 – 27 December 2003 |
 United States |
The Office | NBC | 24 March 2005 – 16 May 2013 |
- Note that the premise of the German version is more distinct from the original than most of the other versions. The characters are rough counterparts in terms of their role in the series. They generally have different job descriptions and, in a few cases, may not even work for the company at all. This is mostly because, unlike the other derivatives, Stromberg was not an official adaptation of the original series but merely inspired by it.
- A Russian language version for Channel One Russia with an initial run of 24 episodes was announced in 2008, but never produced.[7]
Counterparts
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| Name | The Office | The Office | Stromberg | Le Bureau ("The Office") | La Job ("The Job") | La ofis ("The Office") | HaMisrad (המשרד, "The Office") | Kontoret ("The Office") |
Kancl ("The Office") | Konttori ("The Office") | The Office | The Office PL |
| Firm | Wernham Hogg | Dunder Mifflin[lower-alpha 1] | Capitol-Versicherung AG | Cogirep | Les Papiers Jennings | Papeles Lozano | פייפר אופיס (Piper Office) | Svensk kontorshygien AB | Papír a print | Leskisen paperi | Wilkins Chawla | Kropliczanka |
| Business | Paper | Paper and Office Supplies[lower-alpha 1] | Insurance | Paper | Paper | Paper | Office supplies | Office hygiene | Paper | Paper | Paper | Mineral water |
| Location | Slough | Scranton | Unspecified, but filmed in Cologne | Villepinte | Côte-de-Liesse | Santiago Centro | Yehud | Upplands-Väsby | Brno | Riihimäki | Faridabad | Siedlce |
| Regional Manager | David Brent (Ricky Gervais) | Michael Scott (Steve Carell) Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) |
Bernd Stromberg (Christoph Maria Herbst) | Gilles Triquet (François Berléand) | David Gervais (Antoine Vézina) | Manuel Cerda (Luis Gnecco) | Avi Meshulam (Dvir Benedek) | Ove Sundberg (Henrik Dorsin) |
Marek Chvála | Pentti Markkanen (Sami Hedberg) | Jagdeep Chadda (Mukul Chadda) | Michał Holc (Piotr Polak) president Patrycja Kowalska (Vanessa Aleksander) vicepresident |
| Senior Sales Representative | Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman) | Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) | Ulf Steinke (Oliver Wnuk) | Paul Delorme (Jérémie Elkaïm) | Louis Tremblay (Sébastien Huberdeau) | Diego Ramírez (Pablo Cazals) | Yossi (Eldad Fribas) | Erik Lundkvist (Kim Sulocki) |
Tomáš Trojan (Michal Dalecký) | Timo (Pyry Äikää) | Amit Sharma (Sayandeep Sengupta) | Franek Wójcik (Mikołaj Matczak) new marketing specialist |
| Assistant (to the) Regional Manager | Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) | Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) | Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp (Bjarne Mädel) | Joel Liotard (Benoît Carré) | Sam Bisaillon (Paul Ahmarani) | Cristián Müller (Mauricio Dell) | Yariv Shauli (Maayan Blum) | Viking Ytterman (Björn Gustafsson) |
Jáchym Kořen (Radim Novák) | Jaakko (Antti Heikkinen) | T.P. Mishra (Gopal Datt) | Darek Wasiak (Adam Woronowicz) head of the logistics department |
| Receptionists | Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis) | Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper) | Tanja Seifert (Diana Staehly) | Laetitia Kadiri (Anne-Laure Balbir) | Anne Viens (Sophie Cadieux) | Rocío Poblete (Nathalia Aragonese) | Dana (Mali Levi) | Therese Johansson (Sissela Benn) |
Anna Kručinská (Sara Venclovská) | Anna (Linda Wiklund) | Pammi (Samridhi Dewan) | Asia Kasprzyk (Kornelia Strzelecka) |
| Temp | Ricky Howard (Oliver Chris) | Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) | Jonas Fischer (Max Mauff) | Felix Pradier (Xavier Robic) | – | Felipe Tomic (César Sepúlveda) | Regev Steiner (Amir Wolf) | – |
Ota Kačer (Jiří Hájek) | "OP" (K. Puura) | Sapan Gill (Abhinav Sharma) | – |
| Corporate Supervisors | Jennifer Taylor‑Clarke (Stirling Gallacher) Neil Godwin |
Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) Gabe Lewis (Zach Woods) | Tatjana Berkel (Tatjana Alexander) | Juliette Lebrac (Astrid Bas) | Emmanuelle Sirois-Keaton (Nathalie Coupal) | Jimena Ibarra (Liliana García) | Yelena (Helena Yaralova) | Idun Falkenberg (Lisa Linnertorp) |
Lenka Falešníková-Vondráčková (Pavla Vitázková) | Katariina (Vera Kiiskinen) | Riya Pahwa (Gauahar Khan) | – |
| Accountants | Sheila (Jane Lucas) | Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) | – | Daniel Gabarda (Frédéric Merlo) | – | Yanni (Jimena Nuñez) Teresita (Luz María Yacometti) | Karol (Roberto Pollak) Ababa "Avi" Sharon (Yossi Vassa) | Lennart Forsström (Rikard Ulvshammar) Anna Norén (Anna Åström) Margareta Wivallius (Ingbritt Hjälm) |
Petra (Barbora Sousa) | Maarit (Lotta Lindroos) | Anjali (Priyanka Setia) | Sebastian Sołtys (Jan Sobolewski) |
| Oliver (Howard Saddler) | Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) |
Viktor (Tomáš Sýkora) | Farzin (Mazdak Nassir) | Rinchin (Chien Ho Liao) | ||||||||
| Keith Bishop (Ewen MacIntosh) | Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) | César (Alfredo Portuondo) |
Teppo (Jan Nyquist) | Kutti (Gavin Methalaka) | ||||||||
| Travelling Sales Representative | Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson) | Todd Packer (David Koechner) | Theo Hölter (Andreas Schmidt) | Didier Leguelec (Jean-Pierre Loustau) | Rocky Larocque (Yves Amyot) | Carlitos García (Sergio Piña) | Shimi Guetta (Shai Avivi) | "Boozen" (Kristoffer Appelquist) |
Jiří Nebeský (Rastislav Gajdoš) | – | Prem Chopra (Ranvir Shorey) | – |
| Receptionist's fiancé | Lee (Joel Beckett) | Roy Anderson (David Denman) | Roland (off camera) | Ludovic Correia (Julien Favart) | Luc (Martin Tremblay) | Marco | Lavi (Alon Hamawi) | Kenneth Gustavsson Peter Jansson |
Libor (Dušan Vitázek) | Ripa (Leo Honkonen) | Parmeet (Kunal Pant) | – |
| Senior Sales Representative's girlfriend | Rachel (Stacey Roca) | Katy Moore (Amy Adams) Karen Filippelli (Rashida Jones) | Tanja Seifert (see above) | – | Julie (Évelyne Rompré) | Catalina (María José Urúza) | Shiri (Noa Wollman) | – |
– | Loveleen (Anandita Pagnis) | – | |
| Other office co-workers | Jamie (Jamie Deeks) Ben (Ben Bradshaw) Emma (Emma Manton) Donna (Sally Bretton) Joan (Yvonne D’Alpra) Malcolm (Robin Hooper) Brenda (Julie Fernandez) Trudy (Rachel Isaac) | 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) | 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) | – | – | Trini (Karla Matta) Jesús (Marcelo Valdivieso) Benito Rojas Dante Espinoza | 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) |
Aune (Paula Siimes) Leyla (Ushma Olava) | Saleem (Sunil Jetly) Sarla Bansal (Preeti Kochar) Madhukar (Mayur Bansiwal) Kitty Kataria (Mallika Dua) | Bożena Grabowska (Milena Lisiecka) Gosia Uszyńska (Monika Obara) Agnieszka Majewska (Monika Kulczyk) Levan Kobiaszwili (Marcin Pempuś) "Łuki" Gnatowski (Adam Bobik) | |
| Warehouse Foreman | Glynn "Taffy" (David Schaal) | Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) | – | – | – | – | Sami (Yaniv Suissa) | Kenneth Gustavsson (Peter Jansson) |
Roman (Martin Tlapák) | – | Rajinder (Manpreet Singh) | – |
- Notes
- 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
Selected major awards
- UK 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)[8][9][10]
- US 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)
- 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).
References
- Morris, Lauren (9 July 2021). "How The Office changed the face of sitcoms". Radio Times. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- Metz, Nina (3 July 2019). "'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". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- Keast, Jackie (31 May 2023). "Felicity Ward to lead Australian version of 'The Office'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- Harmon, Steph (31 May 2023). "The Office is coming to Australia – with Felicity Ward starring as a 'modern-day David Brent'". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- "Al Maktab: Everything You Need To Know About The Office's Arabic Remake - Harper's Bazaar Arabia". Harper's Bazaar Arabia. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- Jambi, Rahaf (27 October 2022). "MBC Studios, Shahid platform celebrate launch of Arabic version of 'The Office'". Arab News. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- Smith, Neil (20 February 2018). "The Office: 10 David Brents from around the world". BBC News. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- The 2001 British Academy Television Awards, winners and nominees.
- The 2002 British Academy Television Awards, winners and nominees.
- The 2003 British Academy Television Awards, winners and nominees.
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