The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious Wernham Hogg Paper Company. Gervais also stars in the series, playing the central character, David Brent. Although fictional and scripted, the programme takes the form of a documentary , with the presence of the camera often acknowledged. Two six-episode series were made, along with a pair of 45-minute... Christmas specials. When it was first shown on BBC Two it was nearly cancelled due to low ratings, but has since become one of the most successful British comedy exports of all time. As well as being shown internationally on BBC Worldwide, channels such as BBC Prime, BBC America and BBC Canada, the series has been sold to broadcasters in over 80 countries, including ABC1 in Australia, The Comedy Network in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand and the pan-Asian satellite channel STAR World, based in Hong Kong.
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| On the air: | July 9, 2001-December 27, 2003 |
| Number of seasons: | 2 |
| Network: | BBC Two |
| Writers: | Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant |
| Producer: | Jon Plowman, Anil Gupta |
| Genre: | Comedy |