The Office - Series 1 Series 1 (Wide Screen) (DVD)

The Office is the one of the first DVD's I rushed out to get - and one of the only things I am happy to watch time after time. Written in the style of a documentary, it's a comedy with no jokes. The Office is quite simply genius. Anyone who has ever worked in an office will be able to identify with the characters and situation. Set in a fictional paper merchants in Slough, the whole thing is filmed with cameras constantly present, documentary style. ...
...It's just another day in the office ... David Brent (Ricky Gervais) is the boss and a more noxious irritating smarmy man you couldn't hope to meet. Not only does he think he's a good boss, he also thinks he's the funniest, coolest, most in-touch boss there has ever been. He's actually such an appalling human being that you can find yourself watching the programme through your fingers. It makes you cringe. It's humiliating, embarrassing, and the ...

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The Office has to be one of the funniest sitcoms of recent times. Any one who has ever worked in an office environment can relate I think to the situations the actors find themselves in and probably have a similar story of their own as well. I think this is one of the reasons why it is so funny and became so successful. The Office I think was different because it approached the sitcom genre in an interesting way by having the format of a documentary. ...
...had a camera crew in the office that basically filmed their every day lives in the office and all the drama and relationships that come with that. Like I’ve said, even though the show was made in the form of a documentary the show was fictional and scripted. It was interesting though because the camera crew often did individual interviews with the staff members also and asked them about things that were happening in the office. I found the comedy ...

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This review is on the first series of The Office, by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchaant. Or rather, a realistic look at what is currently going on in all office-based companies throughout the country. Cleverly written, it is in fact a comedy based as a documentary that is set in an office. In other words it is not a real life documentary, but rather it is a series that has been based on what potentially could happen in real life. And having worked ...
...I think is one of the main aims of the series. The series is based on a fictional company based in Slough, known as Wernham Hogg. This is a paper manufacturing industry, and although the majority of it is in fact based within the office department/s of the organisation there are in fact a number of pieces that are based within the warehouse department. There are in fact four main characters within the series, who are as follows: David Brent (Ricky ...

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...character when he was on the show, but my overall impression was "fat, racist git". I didn't find him particularly hilarious. When I heard about "The Office", the comedy set in the office of a Slough-based paper merchants, I wasn't particularly interested in ever watching it. Co-written by Gervais and Stephen Marchant, and co-starring Gervais, I just didn't expect much from it. Then, one night, there was nothing else on tv apart from an episode ...
...that it is one of the funniest comedies to emerge in recent years. And most of its humour lies in the fact it is so damn TRUE, as anyone who has ever worked in an office can testify. Why do I think its so true to life? Well, I can take the various elements of "The Office" and apply them to my own experience . . . ~ REAL LIFE ELEMENT # 1 - THE BOSS WHO THINKS HE'S GREAT (BUT REALLY ISN'T) David Brent (Gervais) thinks he is the bees knees. He does ...

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The Office is a situation comedy set mainly in the fictional Wernham Hogg Paper Merchant's Office of Slough. Although the program may look like a typical day in a typical office, the sort of things that happen there could not be more surreal or unusual! The series is done in an unusual style: a fictional documentary crew are filming the so-called typical day-to-day workings of the office to give the inside story of the Paper Merchant trade, and ...
...Brent (Ricky Gervais)- Brent is the manager of the Wernham Hogg Paper Merchant's in Slough. He attempts to be a good manager by cracking bad jokes and generally trying to be funny around the workplace, whilst motivating the staff as best as he can. It never works properly, as he is mainly putting on a show for the documentary crew! Gareth (Mackenzie Crook)- Gareth is an ex-Territorial Army member and he fully respects Brent's authority and believes ...

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Following hot on the heels of the repeat series on BBC2 comes this fantastic 2 DVD set. If you have not sampled the genius that is David Brent, or are part of the ever dwindling group of people who have only seen one episode, where have you been? David Brent is the utterly hapless branch manager of a paper merchants in Slough. He attempts to laugh his way through the day, but his humour invariably falls upon deaf ears - watching him try to be 'one ...
...first DVD takes us through the first series, as the title suggests, with only a couple of add ons, which I'll come back to later. Episode 1 introduces us all to the unhappy paper workers, most notably David Brent, his assistant Gareth - who is obsessed with his territorial army training, and a couple of other characters who, at this stage, appear to be only 'bit parts'. It quickly becomes apparent that all is not well at The Office and David is fighting ...

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The first series of The Office was an enormous cult hit originally and soon became THE comedy show of the time, getting a rerun which hoisted it right up there. In fact, so enormous was the show's popularity that the pressure came on for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to create a follow up series, and there were significant questions around whether the pair could possibly repeat the success, so quirky and unusual was the concept, and so wonderful ...
...Series 2 could possibly match the shock value and uniqueness of the original, as there is only so much that can be achieved with that format and those characters. And lo and behold, it was but a shallow retread of its predecessor, struggling to achieve much more than parody the first in the line. That said, it was still probably 100% better than most of the other stuff which passes for TV comedy these days and will still be treasured by those who ...

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...fit for humans now...." The poem "Slough" by John Betjeman was arguably the only thing the town was ever famous for, until one man decided to come up with an idea to situate a comedy there. That man was Ricky Gervais, and along with good friend Stephen Merchant, they came up with "The Office", a programme that would soon become a cult showing. Based around paper merchants Werham Hogg and their Slough branch, this docu-type comedy, which is intentionally ...
...of working life...particularly due to the branch's boss, Mr David Brent. For those aware, and I'm sure nearly all of you are, you all know who David Brent is, so no description is really necessary. Played brilliantly by Gervais himself, he is the definition of cringe-worthy, pompous and embarrassing...and a down-right idiot of a boss. Other characters include Tim (Martin Freeman) - a man stuck in a dead-end job, bored of life at Wernham Hogg, and ...

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...BAFTA award winning comedy is the genius creation of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The basic concept of this comedy, is that a film crew is filming an ordinary office whilst they work, however of course we know that its not real, but I must admit when your watching it you do forget that its just a comedy and not a real office. The main character to this must be David Brent, played by Ricky Gervais he is the boss at the slough paper merchant ...
...than a bit sorry for the guy. The only guy that seems to think David Brent is funny, is a character called Gareth, this is a character that is defiantly fun to laugh at, and trust me, you will defiantly do some laughing at. Two other main characters in this sit com are Tim, and dawn. These two are obviously in love and its fun to see how their relationship develops as the series goes on. So there’s many storylines happening in this first ...

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...It is really funny. The head of the office is a sleazy prat. You should watch it." I thought that sounds really dull, no thank you. A few weeks later I was at my mums and she said she'd recorded this programme and how great it was. I laughed out loud all the way through and wished I'd watched it earlier A BBC production written and directed by Ricky Gervais, comedy award winner and Stephen Merchant. It is refreshing because of it's originality. ...
...a comedy. Even watching the chat about the show (in the extras) between the two writers is funny because they take the piss out of each other. They are very witty guys. 'The Office' is a hysterically funny comedy filmed in documentary format. The company is where the documentary is filmed is Wernham Hogg, a paper merchant where David Brent (Ricky Gervais)is the area manager. It is not the most exciting places you could work. Infact it's incredibly ...

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The Office... enough said really. A stroke of genius work from Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant that if you have not for some reason seen before, you must immediately do so. A comedy that stars Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook and Lucy Davis among other great names, you will never be disappointed with the frighteningly accurate, outstanding performances that will take you through a roller coaster of emotions based a good deal on recognition ...
...and again and again. The DVD was in my possession from the day it was released as there was just no way that I was waiting any longer to re watch the series that had caused me such side splitting pain. On it went and I sat through the entire series back to back and have done many times since. There is always something that you missed or see differently each time and of course the classic bits that well, you just have to watch over and over again. ...

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The Office not only a original but great piece of comedy writing, not only is it very poular in britain but he also made it very very big in America selling way over a million copies. He is also the only British comedy writer/actor to win a golden globe. The film is set in a paper merchant office in Slough where life is stationery david brent plays a very petty and pompous boss who thinks he is the funniest and most popular man alive with his jokes ...
...filmed, and making it obvious) The main 4 people who will be followed around will be as follows: Ricky Gervais .... David Brent Martin Freeman .... Tim Canterbury Mackenzie Crook .... Gareth Keenan Lucy Davis .... Dawn Tinsley Lucy Davis plays the receptionist, Martin plays the person who is way to smart to be here he knows everything about it and could be manager but he is stuck with the job he has got and puts up with it, The only person he does ...

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the office, is an absolutly hilarious situation comedy created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. it was actually broadcast on bb1 in 2001, and after only managing to see the last episode of series one, as soon as this came out on dvd i was one of the first to buy it. the main concept of the office is that it follows working people in their every day working life around the office. however they are all actors. david brent ( ricky gervais) is ...
...all of this just makes the office so good because doesnt everyone know sombody like this? and doesnt everyone hate working in an office? the office is definatly the funniest sitcom iv come across and proably will be for some time. so i advise all of you office newbies to go out an get this fantastic piece of comedy. the first series has 6 episodes on disk one, and on disk two there is an exclusive documentry and deleted scenes. it runs for aprox ...

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...Just another classic phrase of the Bernt Meister General "What you gunna do? Phone Me?" -Tim insulting Garath...again Well, these are just a few of the classic lines in the series. These are just the ones that come to mind. I am sat their laughing every single episode of the antics of David Brent (Ricky Gervais), Garath (Macenzie Crook) and Tim (Martin Freeman)as well as the others Well, David Brent is the manager of one of the Branches of Wornam ...
...is the best way to be succesful...Well, maybe not. He spends all his time arseing around and not doing his job.Thats what makes it so amusing! Garath, well what can i say. An ex Army member who is Brents right hand man. He totally Worships him! Their with his basin haircut and Hilarious lines he has got to be one of the stars of the episode. Tim, is the other top guy in the series. He spends most of his time taking the total piss out of Garath...Who ...

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...boss who actually thinks hes the funniest bloke in the world. This truely shows how much of a sad man David is, his aim is for everybody to like him. The Office is all about a documentary on what happens in a Slough, paper-merchant office. It really does make you feel like this actually is an documentary - by the way it is filmed and how interviews are given to by the cast. Tim (Martin Freeman) is a funny and popular bloke with the office, but ...
...Tim's feelings for her. The man who Dawn is seeing is a tough, strong bloke and Dawn doesnt want to tell him she likes Tim and Tim doesnt want to tell Dawn he likes her so everything is a muddle straight away. The odd look across the office and giggling at stupid jokes is also familiar in this show, David Brent really does show how lame a person can get to impress fellow workers. Gareth however, feels he can become in the MI6. Dawn and Tim continously ...

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