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The Office (UK TV Series)
''The Office'' is a British television mockumentary sitcom first broadcast in the UK on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme follows the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictional Wernham Hogg paper company. Gervais also starred in the series, playing the central character David Brent. Two six-episode series were made, followed by a two-part Christmas special. When it was first shown on BBC Two, ratings were relatively low, but it has since become one of the most successful of all British comedy exports. 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. The show was shown in the United States on BBC Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockumentary
A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictional setting, or to parody the documentary form itself. While mockumentaries are usually comedic, pseudo-documentaries are their dramatic equivalents. However, pseudo-documentary should not be confused with docudrama, a fictional genre in which dramatic techniques are combined with documentary elements to depict real events. Also, docudrama is different from docufiction, a genre in which documentaries are contaminated with fictional elements. Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documentaries, with B roll and talking heads discussing past events, or as '' cinéma vérité'' pieces following people as they go through various events. Examples emerged during the 1950s when archival film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Berrington
Elizabeth Berrington (born 3 August 1970) is an English actress and graduate of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art; she is best known for her roles as Ruby Fry in '' Waterloo Road'', Paula Kosh in '' Stella'', Mel Debrou in ''Moving Wallpaper'', and Dawn Stevenson in '' The Syndicate''. She has also featured in British television series such as ''The Bill'', ''Doctor Who'', ''The Office'', '' Casualty'', '' The Lakes'', ''The Grimleys'', and ''Rose and Maloney''. Career From 1996 to 1999 Berrington appeared alongside Emma Wray and Tony Robinson in the ITV comedy-drama ''My Wonderful Life''. In 1999 she played Marie Antoinette in '' Let Them Eat Cake'', starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. In cinema Berrington has featured in many films, such as '' The Little Vampire'' and, more recently, '' Nanny McPhee'' with Emma Thompson and '' In Bruges'' alongside Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. In 2008 and 2009 she played Mel in ''Moving Wallpaper'', an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Office (Indian TV Series)
''The Office'' is an Indian television sitcom streaming on Hotstar. It is an adaptation of the original BBC series of the same name, although it follows the American remake more closely. It was co-produced by Applause Entertainment in association with BBC Studios India for Hotstar's new label Hotstar Specials. Plot The show is an adaptation of the original British sitcom, based in a branch of Wilkins Chawla. It depicts a 9 to 5 scenario where the boss, Jagdeep Chadda (played by Mukul), desperately tries to keep his employees' morale at an all-time high. He is an overly familiar boss who tells his employees to consider him one of their pals, but unfortunately his weak jokes and failed attempts at camaraderie fail to impress his colleagues, who are perennially bored. While he encourages them relentlessly, audiences get a peek into this quirky work-space. Production Development In January 2019, Applause Entertainment entered partnership in which they will develop the Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stromberg (TV Series)
''Stromberg'' () is a German mockumentary comedy television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben. The series stars Christoph Maria Herbst as Bernd Stromberg and is written mainly by Ralf Husmann. It has become one of the most popular comedy shows in German-speaking countries and was honored with many awards such as the Deutscher Fernsehpreis. Its success also spawned other media such as a book and a feature film. ''Stromberg'' marks one of the first international adaptations of the British TV series ''The Office'', preceding the American counterpart by a year while at the same time sparking a copyright dispute with the BBC. Furthermore, the German equivalent is a more loose adaptation than most other international versions of the show (e.g. it takes places at an insurance company). Synopsis The show takes place at the office of the fictional insurance company "Capitol Versicherung AG", (''Capitol Insurance PLC'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Os Aspones
''Os Aspones'' is a Brazilian television sitcom that aired on Rede Globo from November 5 to December 17, 2004. It was created by Fernanda Young and Alexandre Machado. The series, which portrayed a group of white-collar workers at a governmental department lost in Brazilian bureaucracy in Brasília which actually has no function at all, starred Selton Mello, Andréa Beltrão, Pedro Paulo Rangel, Marisa Orth and Drica Moraes. The show's title is a Portuguese blend word formed from the phrase "assessor de porra 'or'' porcarianenhuma" (literally "assistant of fucking nothing"). Synopsis It featured a group of public officials, better known as aspones (Advisors of No Crap), who work at ''FMDO'' (Ministerial Binder of Mandatory Documents), a public office where you have nothing to do. Thus, they create the ''FMDO'' (Speaking Bad Of Others), which makes them ridicule among themselves and those who go there. Cast and characters * Selton Mello as Tales * Andréa Beltrão as Leda Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Job
''La Job'' is a Canadian French-language comedy television series set in Montreal, Quebec. It is an adaptation of the British show ''The Office''. Produced by Anne-Marie Losique's Image Diffusion International, it has been broadcast for a limited number of viewers on Bell Satellite TV satellite television, beginning on October 9, 2006. It was later seen by a wider audience on the public broadcaster Radio-Canada (starting in January 2007)"Les infos d'Anne-Marie Losique" , on the Anne-Marie Losique official website, retrieved August 28, 2006 and specialty channel (starting in the third quarter of the same year). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HaMisrad
''HaMisrad'' ( he, המשרד, "The Office") is an Israeli television sitcom, that aired on the Yes Comedy channel. It is a version of ''The Office'', a 2001-2003 British sitcom that had already been remade in nine other countries. ''HaMisrad'' is a mockumentary set in a branch of the fictional "Paper Office" (in English) office supplies company, in the industrial city of Yehud. The series stars Dvir Benedek as Avi Meshulam, the branch's regional manager, a character based heavily on the character of David Brent in the original series. It is co-produced by Yes and July August Productions. Like the original series and many of its spinoffs, ''HaMisrad'' lampoons office life as well as gender and ethnic relations. In the case of ''HaMisrad'', the office and warehouse include native-born secular Jews, Arabs, Orthodox Jews, and Russian and Ethiopian immigrants. The first season aired from August to November 2010. Most of the episodes in the first season were based on the 12 episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Bureau
''Le Bureau'' is a 2006 French television show written and directed by Nicolas & Bruno. It is a French adaptation of the popular British television series ''The Office''. ''Le Bureau'' adapted the scripts of the original British series, changing character names and many cultural references. Cast *François Berléand: Gilles Triquet, Regional Director of the Cogirep Villepinte branch. He is based on David Brent. *Xavier Robic: Félix Pradier, trainee. *Benoît Carré: Joel Liotard, Assistant to the Regional Director. * Jérémie Elkaïm: Paul Delorme, Sales Representative. *Alka-Laure Balbir: Laetitia Kadiri, Receptionist. *Frédéric Merlo: Daniel Gabarda, Chief Accountant. *Jean-Pierre Loustau: Didier Leguélec, Representative. *Astrid Bas: Juliette Lebrac, Manager of Cogirep France. *Solène Bouton: Jennifer Langlois. *Jacques-Yves Dorges as Giraud Bernard, Sales Representative. Summary It takes place in Villepinte, a business park in the northeast suburbs of Paris. The se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Office (American TV Series)
''The Office'' is an American mockumentary sitcom television series that depicts the everyday work lives of office employees at the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin, Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. It aired on NBC from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013, spanning a total of nine seasons. Based on the 2001–2003 BBC The Office (British TV series), series of the same name created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, it was Film adaptation, adapted for American television by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for ''Saturday Night Live'', ''King of the Hill'', and ''The Simpsons''. It was co-produced by Daniels's Deedle-Dee Productions and Endemol Shine North America, Reveille Productions (later Endemol Shine North America, Shine America), in association with Universal Television. The original executive producers were Daniels, Gervais, Merchant, Howard Klein, and Ben Silverman, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons. Like its British counterpar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence, and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded public-service network, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service networks worldwide. Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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