The Office

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The Office on NBC

Modèle:This The Office is the title of multiple television situation comedy shows.

The first was the UK version, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Initially broadcast on BBC Two on 9 July 2001, it ran for two series plus a two-part Christmas special.

The show's success prompted NBC to create an American version, which premiered on 24 March, 2005, two years after the original ended. Other than the Pilot episode, the scripts for the US version are original, and not adaptations from the UK, although some scenes and some general story ideas are based on the original.

A French adaptation of the series, titled Le Bureau, aired in Spring 2006 on [[Canal+]].<ref>The Office remade for French TV</ref> A Québécois version of the show, produced by Anne-Marie Losique and called La Job, premiered on January 11, 2007. (The lead character in this version is called David Gervais, a cross of Ricky Gervais, and his character, David Brent.)

The German series Stromberg (first aired in 2004) also used The Office as a basis, but did not secure official rights; the German creators later on were made to add Ricky Gervais in the credits as having "inspired" the series. (Ricky Gervais additionally said he "can't go into details but, yes, there was an agreement reached and we are very happy with it").<ref>Ricky Gervais Answers Your Questions</ref>

The German version, Stromberg, was spoofed in the TV series Switch Reloaded (aired November/December 2007) in a segment called "Obersalzberg" (the name of Hitler's mountain retreat), in which Adolf Hitler is the Regional Manager. The segment uses the same stylistic elements as The Office.

In July 2006 it was reported in the Hollywood Reporter that BBC Films was considering a feature length version of The Office for cinematic release.<ref>"The Office heading for big screen?", Radio Telefís Éireann, July 6, 2006, retrieved September 11, 2006.</ref>

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Cast and character counterparts

Occupation	Original British version (Wernham Hogg Slough branch)	American NBC version (Dunder Mifflin<p>Scranton branch)	French version (Le Bureau)<p>(Cogirep Villepinte branch)	German version (Stromberg)<p>(Capitol-Versicherung)	French Canadian version (La Job)<p>(Les Papiers Jennings Côte-de-Liesse, Saint-Laurent, branch)
Regional Manager	David Brent (Ricky Gervais)	Michael Scott (Steve Carell)	Gilles Triquet (François Berléand)	Bernd Stromberg (Christoph Maria Herbst)	David Gervais (Antoine Vézina)
Sales Representative	Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman)	Jim Halpert (John Krasinski)	Paul Delorme (Jérémie Elkaïm)	Ulf Steinke (Oliver Wnuk)	Louis Tremblay (Sébastien Huberdeau)
Receptionist	Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis)	Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer)	Laetitia Kadiri (Anne-Laure Balbir)	Tanja Seifert (co-worker, not receptionist) (Diana Staehly)	Anne Viens (Sophie Cadieux)
Assistant (to the) Regional Manager	Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook)	Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson)	Joël Liotard (Benoît Carré)	Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp (Bjarne I. Mädel)	Sam Bisaillon (Paul Ahmarani)
Dock Worker and Receptionist's (Former) Fiancé	Lee (Joel Beckett)	Roy Anderson (fired at the end of Season 3) (David Denman)	Ludovic Correia (Julien Favart)	Roland (never shown on camera, broken up in second episode) (N/A)	Luc (Martin Tremblay)
Travelling Sales Representative	Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson)	Todd Packer (David Koechner)	Didier Leguelec (Jean-Pierre Loustau)	Theo (friend, not co-worker) (Andreas Schmidt)	Rocky Larocque (Yves Amyot)
Corporate Supervisor	Jennifer Taylor-Clarke (Stirling Gallacher)	Jan Levinson (fired at the end of Season 3) (Melora Hardin) Ryan Howard (promoted at the end of Season 3) (B.J. Novak)	Juliette Lebrac (Astrid Bas)	Tatjana Berkel (left the company at the end of Season 1) (Tatjana Alexander) Timo Becker (Berkel's replacement in Season 2) (Lars Gärtner)	Emmanuelle Sirois-Keaton (Nathalie Coupal)
New employee	Ricky Howard (temp) (Oliver Chris)	Ryan Howard (promoted to Corporate Supervisor at the end of Season 3) (B.J. Novak)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Accountant	Keith Bishop (Ewen Macintosh)	Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Regional Manager of rival branch	Neil Godwin (Patrick Baladi)	Josh Porter (left the company in the middle of Season 3) (Charles Esten)	N/A	Sinan Turculu (left the company at the end of Season 1) (Sinan Akkus)	N/A
Sales Representative's girlfriend	Rachel (Stacey Roca)	Karen Filippelli (left the Scranton branch, promoted to Regional Manager of the Utica branch at the beginning of Season 4) (Rashida Jones)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Not all corresponding characters have equivalent prominence across all versions of the programme. For example, the charismatic manager of a rival branch has a significantly greater role in the UK version than in the US version, and the attractive girlfriend of the sales representative has a significantly greater role in the US version than the UK version. The US version also has several characters, such as Stanley Hudson, for which the UK version has no counterpart. (This could be due to the US version running over several seasons and many episodes, while the UK version ran for only 14 episodes).

Phyllis Smith, who portrays Phyllis Lapin Vance on the American show, was originally casting the show. She had to step in for an actress and read a few lines and impressed everyone. The part was created just for her.

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Key awards won

Selected major awards won only

UK version: 2004 Golden Globes for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Ricky Gervais); 2002, 2003 and 2004 BAFTA TV awards for Situation Comedy and Best Comedy Performance (Ricky Gervais)
US version: 2006 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Steve Carell); 2006 Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series; 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
German version: 2006 Adolf Grimme Award for Fiction/Entertainment - Series/Miniseries

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