The IT Crowd - Series 1 (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: Amazing cast, excellent performances, brilliantly scripted laugh out loud comedy
Disadvantages: None

The funniest new development in comedy is here...I am a huge fan of many different comedy styles and heard about a new comedy being done based on an IT department and the work they do...working for a company where I phone a helpdesk regularly I know the frustrations of so many of us when we are asked "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" so when I gave this comedy a chance and heard this line I was delighted. This is an amazing comedy show ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant, original new comedy from our new generation of young British comedians.
Disadvantages: The series is disappointingly short, and would benefit from being twice the length

...to types of computer geek: There's the all-round nerd with no common sense, or any idea about how society really works, just a lot of knowledge about boring things. And there's the gamer. Not overly knowledgeable about anything other than computers, and a bit more clued-up about life beyond the darkened room, but still hopeless, sucked into the world of processors and BIOS setup through a love of computer games. In the IT Crowd, the overall geek ... Read review

Advantages: very funny
Disadvantages: unrealistic

When I first saw the IT crowd on TV I thought it wasn't my cup of tea and turned over, but on watching the whole first series with a friend of mine I have to admit, I am hooked!!! There is something about this series that takes me back to old comodore 64's and I am a bit of a nerd :) This six episode DVD, follows Jen's initiation into the IT department, having tied through her teeth to her crazy new boss Denham that she knows about computers. ... Read review

Advantages: British comedy, British actors,
Disadvantages: only 6 episodes - very short series

...Boosh) and Danny Wallace. Set in the basement of Reynholm Industries, the show is based around the hijinx of the IT staff: Moss (Ayoade) - a 32 year old techno geek with a poor social life, Roy (O'Dowd) - a relaxed (if not lazy) IT engineer who will do anything to avoid work (including creating a tape to answer the phone for him to solve the problems of the staff upstairs). Jen (Parkinson) - the "relationship manager" and head of the IT department ... Read review

Advantages: Hilarious easy-watching comedy
Disadvantages: Not many episodes per series

...convinced that I would like the IT crowd when it was first shown on TV, but I happened to catch an episode on TV the other night and loved it, and I rushed out and bought both series on DVD. It's a shame there aren't more than 6 episodes in a series, but the extras are as hilarious as the show itself! This brand new British comedy is fantastic! It is set in the basement office of a big company, in the IT department and the story follows the lives ... Read review