The Office
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 the boss and main character. The two series were broadcast on BBC Two in 2001 and 2002, totalling 12 episodes, with two special episodes concluding the series in 2003.[1] A follow up movie (David Brent: Life on the Road) staring 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.[2] A spin-off from the American version was announced in 2024 for release on Peacock;[3] 2024 also saw Amazon Prime Video debut an Australian version of The Office, featuring the franchise's first female lead character.[4]
Versions
[edit]In addition to those listed below, a Russian language version for Channel One Russia with an initial run of 24 episodes was announced in 2008, but never produced.[5]
| Country/Region | Title | Network | Original run |
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 Australia
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The Office | Amazon Prime Video | October 18, 2024[4] |
 Brazil
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Os Aspones | Rede Globo | November 5, 2004 – December 17, 2004 |
 Canada
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La Job | October 9, 2006 – January 1, 2007 | |
 Chile
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La ofis | Canal 13 | August 6, 2008 – November 22, 2008 |
 Czech Republic
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Kancl | ČT1 | December 1, 2014 – December 17, 2014 |
 Finland
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Konttori | Nelonen | March 3, 2017 – February 15, 2019 |
 France
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Le Bureau | Canal+ | May 25, 2006 – June 30, 2006 |
 Germany
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Stromberg[a] | ProSieben | October 11, 2004 – January 31, 2012 |
 Greece
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TBA | ANT1 | 2023 |
 India
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The Office | Hotstar | June 28, 2019 – September 15, 2019 |
 Israel
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HaMisrad | yes Comedy | August 10, 2010 – October 3, 2013 |
 Poland
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The Office PL | Canal+ | October 22, 2021 – November 24, 2023 |
 Saudi Arabia
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Al Maktab | MBC | October 28, 2022 – January 6, 2023[6][7][8] |
 Sweden
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Kontoret | TV4 | February 12, 2012 – March 17, 2013 |
 United Kingdom
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The Office | BBC Two | July 9, 2001 – December 27, 2003 |
 United States
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The Office | NBC | March 24, 2005 – May 16, 2013 |
| The Paper | Peacock | TBA |
Counterparts
[edit]Roles are recorded as of each character's first appearance.
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| Name | The Office | 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 | Flinley Craddick | Wernham Hogg | Dunder Mifflin [b] | 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 | Packaging | Paper | Paper and Office Supplies [b] | Insurance | Paper | Paper | Paper | Office supplies | Office hygiene | Paper | Paper | Paper | Mineral water |
| Location | Rydalmere | Slough | Scranton | Unspecified, but filmed in Cologne | Villepinte | Côte-de-Liesse | Santiago Centro | Yehud | Upplands-Väsby | Brno | Riihimäki | Faridabad | Siedlce |
| Regional Manager (or equivalent "boss" role) |
Hannah Howard (Felicity Ward) | David Brent (Ricky Gervais) |
Michael Scott (Steve Carell) |
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 (Václav Kopta) |
Pentti Markkanen (Sami Hedberg) |
Jagdeep Chadda (Mukul Chadda) |
Michał Holc (Piotr Polak) |
| Senior Sales Representative |
Nick Fletcher (Steen Raskopoulos) |
Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman) |
Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) |
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) Adam Szeliga (Rafał Kowalski) |
| Assistant (to the) Regional Manager | Lizze Moyle[c] (Edith Poor) |
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) |
| Receptionists | Greta King[d] (Shari Sebbens) |
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/Intern | Sebastian Roy (Raj Labade) |
Ricky Howard (Oliver Chris) |
Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) |
Jonas Fischer (Max Mauff) |
Felix Pradier (Xavier Robic) |
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Felipe Tomic (César Sepúlveda) |
Regev Steiner (Amir Wolf) |
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Ota Kačer (Jiří Hájek) |
"OP" (K. Puura) |
Sapan Gill (Abhinav Sharma) |
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| Corporate Supervisors |
Alisha Khanna(Pallavi Sharda) | 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) |
Patrycja Kowalska (Vanessa Aleksander) Patryk Kowalski (Maciej Musiałowski) |
| 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) |
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Prem Chopra (Ranvir Shorey) |
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| Receptionist's fiancé |
Mason (Claude Jabbour) |
Lee (Joel Beckett) |
Roy Anderson (David Denman) |
Roland (off camera) |
Ludovic Correia (Julien Favart) |
Luc (Martin Tremblay) |
Marco
(Marcelo Maldonado) |
Lavi (Alon Hamawi) |
Kenneth Gustavsson Peter Jansson |
Libor (Dušan Vitázek) |
Ripa (Leo Honkonen) |
Parmeet (Kunal Pant) |
Paweł Szod (Jakub Zając) |
| Senior Sales Representative's girlfriend |
Rachel (Stacey Roca) |
Katy Moore (Amy Adams) Karen Filippelli (Rashida Jones) |
Tanja Seifert (see above) |
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Julie (Évelyne Rompré) |
Catalina (María José Urúza) |
Shiri (Noa Wollman) |
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Loveleen (Anandita Pagnis) |
Marta Bielecka (Katarzyna Gałązka) | ||
| 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 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) |
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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) |
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) Łukasz "Łuki" Gnatowski (Adam Bobik) Marzena Krupska (Daria Widawska) Kasia Płaczkiewicz (Małgorzata Gorol) S3:Tomek "Reagan" Grabowski (Mateusz Król) | ||
| Warehouse Foreman |
Stevie Jones (Zoe Terakes) |
Glynn "Taffy" (David Schaal) |
Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) |
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Sami (Yaniv Suissa) |
Kenneth Gustavsson (Peter Jansson) |
Roman (Martin Tlapák) |
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Rajinder (Manpreet Singh) |
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Selected major awards
[edit]- 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)[9][10][11]
- 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)[citation needed]
- 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).[citation needed]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Unlike the other derivatives, Stromberg, the German version, was not an official adaptation of the original series but merely inspired by it. As such, 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.[citation needed]
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Lizze is employed as the Receptionist, but has character traits simular to other "Assistant Regional Managers"
- ^ Greta is employed in Sales, but is in the story role of being the Seninor Sale Rep's love instrest.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (8 May 2024). "New 'The Office' Series Picked Up at Peacock, First Plot Details Reveal Midwestern Newspaper Setting". Variety. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ a b Garner, Glenn (18 August 2024). "'The Office' Australia: Prime Video Reveals Premiere Date & First-Look At New Boss". Deadline. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "The Office: 10 David Brents from around the world". 20 February 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Office (TV Series 2022-2023)". Imdb. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
External links
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Wikiquote has quotations related to The Office.
- A comparison of the US, UK, French, and German shows on Slate
- The Office on Comedy Central Archived 1 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- The Office: A decade around the world
