This article is about the various versions of the television series The Office, comparing UK, US, French, German, Canadian (Quebec), and Chilean versions. This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the Le Bureau is a French Television show that airs Thursday nights on Canal+. Stromberg is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben La Job is a Quebec comedy television series set in Montreal. It is an adaptation of the British show The Office of the For other uses, see Office (disambiguation).
The title card for the UK (upper image) and US versions of The Office.
The Office is the title of multiple television situation comedy shows.
The first was the UK version, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, starring Gervais as the main character. This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the Ricky Dene Gervais (dʒɜːˈveɪz born 25 June 1961 is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer, director, Producer and former Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974 is a British Comedy Award - BAFTA - Emmy - and Golden Globe -award winning British writer Initially broadcast on BBC Two on 9 July 2001, it ran for two series plus a two-part Christmas special. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
The show's success prompted NBC to create an American version, which premiered on 24 March 2005. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Other than the Pilot episode, the scripts for the US version are original, and not adaptations from the UK, although some scenes, general story ideas, and characters are based on the original.
A French adaptation of the series, titled Le Bureau, aired in Spring 2006 on Canal+. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Le Bureau is a French Television show that airs Thursday nights on Canal+. Canal+ ("Canal Plus" "C+" meaning "Channel Plus/More" in French is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984 [1] A Quebecois version of the show, produced by Anne-Marie Losique and called La Job, premiered on January 11, 2007. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Anne-Marie Losique (also known by the stage name AML) is a Television producer, Television host and Singer in Quebec, Canada La Job is a Quebec comedy television series set in Montreal. It is an adaptation of the British show The Office of the Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. (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 and Stephen Merchant in the credits as having "inspired" the series. Stromberg is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben (Ricky Gervais additionally said that he "can't go into details but, yes, there was an agreement reached and we are very happy with it. ")[2]
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. The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. [3]
In 2007 the office format has been licenced to MumboJumbo [1]a computer game company. Headquartered in Dallas Texas, MumboJumbo LLC is a publisher developer and mass marketer of Casual games for PCs and game consoles including those manufactured by They released in October 2007 a game based on the characters from the USA version of the TV series.
In January 2008, Variety reported[4] that the BBC had licensed a remake of The Office for Chilean television with a premiere in May. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman
Contents |
Cast and character counterparts
| Occupation | Original British version (Wernham Hogg Slough branch) |
American NBC version (Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch) |
French version (Le Bureau) (Cogirep Villepinte branch) |
German version (Stromberg) | Quebec version (La Job) (Les Papiers Jennings Côte-de-Liesse, Saint-Laurent, branch) |
Chilean version (La Ofis) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Manager | David Brent (Ricky Gervais) |
Michael Scott (Steve Carell) |
Gilles Triquet (François Berléand) |
Bernd Stromberg (Christoph Maria Herbst) |
David Gervais (Antoine Vézina) |
Manuel Cerda (Luis Gnecco) |
| Sales Representative | Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman) |
Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) |
Paul Delorme (Jérémie Elkaïm) |
Ulf Steinke (Oliver Wnuk) |
Louis Tremblay (Sébastien Huberdeau) |
N/A |
| 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) |
N/A |
| Assistant (to the) Regional Manager | Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) |
Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) |
Joël Liotard (Benoît Carré) |
Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp (Bjarne I. This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the Slough ( ˈslaʊ is a Borough and Unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Dunder Mifflin Paper Company Inc is a fictional Paper company featured in the United States television series ''The Office''. Le Bureau is a French Television show that airs Thursday nights on Canal+. Stromberg is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben La Job is a Quebec comedy television series set in Montreal. It is an adaptation of the British show The Office of the David Brent is a fictional White-collar office middle-manager and one of the principal characters from the BBC television comedy The Office Ricky Dene Gervais (dʒɜːˈveɪz born 25 June 1961 is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer, director, Producer and former Michael Gary Scott (born March 15, 1964) is a Fictional character on NBC 's The Office portrayed by Steve Carell Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American François Berléand (born 22 April 1952 is a French actor He plays Gilles Triquet the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in Le Bureau, Christoph Maria Herbst (born February 9, 1966 in Wuppertal) is a German Actor and Comedian. Antoine Vézina (born in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Québécois actor Tim Canterbury is a main character in the BBC Sitcom The Office, played by Martin Freeman. Martin Freeman ( September 8 1971) is an English Actor. He is most famous for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC 's Jim Halpert is a Fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American Actor, Film director and Writer. Jérémie Elkaïm (date of birth unstated is a French Actor best known for his role in Presque rien (English language Sébastien Huberdeau (born in 1979 is a Quebec actor He studied Political science at university N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing Dawn Tinsley is a character in the BBC sitcom The Office, played by Lucy Davis. Lucy Clare Davis (born 2 January 1973) is an English actress. Pamela "Pam" Morgan Beesly is a Fictional character on the U Jenna Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an Emmy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her role as Pam Beesly in the Sophie Cadieux (born August 25, 1977) is a Quebec actress She studied theater at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal from 1998 to N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing Gareth Keenan is a fictional paper salesman on BBC 's Comedy The Office. Paul Mackenzie Crook (born September 29, 1971) is an English Actor and Comedian, best known for playing Gareth Keenan in Dwight Kurt Schrute III is a Fictional character on NBC 's The Office portrayed by Rainn Wilson. Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20 1966) is an Emmy -nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American actor Mädel) |
Sam Bisaillon (Paul Ahmarani) |
N/A |
| Dock Worker and Receptionist's (former) fiancé |
Lee (Joel Beckett) |
Roy Anderson (David Denman) |
Ludovic Correia (Julien Favart) |
Roland (never shown on camera) (N/A) |
Luc (Martin Tremblay) |
N/A |
| 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) |
N/A |
| Corporate Supervisor | Jennifer Taylor-Clarke (Stirling Gallacher) Neil Godwin (Patrick Baladi) |
Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak) |
Juliette Lebrac (Astrid Bas) |
Tatjana Berkel (Tatjana Alexander) Timo Becker (Lars Gärtner) |
Emmanuelle Sirois-Keaton (Nathalie Coupal) |
N/A |
| New employee | Ricky Howard (Oliver Chris) |
Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak) |
Felix Pradier (Xavier Robic) |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Accountant | Keith Bishop (Ewen Macintosh) |
Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) |
Daniel Gabarda (Frédéric Merlo) |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Sales Representative's girlfriend | Rachel (Stacey Roca) |
Karen Filippelli (Rashida Jones) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 Grimme Award for Fiction/Entertainment - Series/Miniseries
- GMAT Awards: 2008 for favorite basement television
See also
- The Office (UK TV series)
- The Office (U.S. TV series)
- Characters from The Office
- Extras (comedy program that is similarly written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant—a BBC/HBO co-production)
- List of British TV shows remade for the American market
- List of Quebec television series imports and exports
- People Like Us (previous BBC mockumentary with similar tone to The Office)
- The Newsroom (Canadian comedy show also set in an office milieu)
- Caméra Café (French comedy also showing a dysfunctional office)
- Het Eiland (Belgian show also showing a dysfunctional office)
References
- ^ The Office remade for French TV
- ^ Ricky Gervais Answers Your Questions
- ^ "The Office heading for big screen?", Radio Telefís Éireann, July 6, 2006, retrieved September 11, 2006. Paul Ahmarani is a Quebec actor He was born from the union of two teachers one from Cacouna, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec and another from the N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the Joel Beckett is an English Actor, best known for playing Jake Moon in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders Roy Anderson is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office, portrayed by David Denman. David Denman (born July 25, 1973) is an American actor whose feature film credits include Out Cold and Big Fish. N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing Chris Finch (often referred to as " Finchy " is a character in the BBC comedy show The Office. Ralph Ineson (born December 15, 1969 in Leeds) is an English actor best known for playing the character of Chris Finch on the The following is a list of characters from the US version of The Office. David Koechner (pronounced /'kɛknɚ/ born August 24, 1962) is an American Character actor (film television and stage Comedian and Andreas Schmidt was born March 28, 1961 in the small university town of Göttingen[http //www Yves Amyot (born September 25, 1969) is a Franco-Canadian actor N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing Jennifer Taylor-Clarke is a fictional character on the BBC2 comedy television series The Office. Stirling Gallagher (born 1971 in Bowden Cheshire) is an English Actress. Neil Godwin is a fictional character in the BBC Sitcom, The Office, played by Patrick Baladi. Patrick Baladi (born 1971 Birmingham, England is an English Actor. Janet "Jan" Levinson (formerly Levinson-Gould) is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office Melora Diane Hardin (born June 29, 1967) is an American Actress, Singer, and former child actress. Ryan Bailey Howard, played by B J Novak, is a Fictional character on the US television sitcom The Office. Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) better known as B N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing Oliver Chris ( November 2, 1978) is an English actor from Tunbridge Wells. Ryan Bailey Howard, played by B J Novak, is a Fictional character on the US television sitcom The Office. Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) better known as B N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing Ewen Macintosh (born 25 December, 1973) is an English Actor, known for the role of Keith the accountant in The Office (for Kevin Malone is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office. Brian Baumgartner (born November 29, 1972) is an Emmy Award -winning American film and television actor who plays Kevin Malone on N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing Stacey Roca is a British actress and performer best known for her role as "Rachel" in the British television comedy series The Office. Karen Filippelli is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office. Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25 1976 is an American actress, model, and Musician, best-known for her portrayal of Louisa Fenn N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing N/A or n/a is a common abbreviation for not available or not applicable, used to indicate the deliberate omission of information from a table or listing The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG to recognize outstanding performances by members This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the Extras is a British television sitcom about extras working on Film sets and in Theatre. Ricky Dene Gervais (dʒɜːˈveɪz born 25 June 1961 is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer, director, Producer and former Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974 is a British Comedy Award - BAFTA - Emmy - and Golden Globe -award winning British writer Many successful British TV shows (particularly sitcoms and reality shows have been remade for the American market This is a list of Quebec television series imports and exports. People Like Us is a British comedy programme a spoof on-location documentary (or Mockumentary) written by John Morton, and starring Chris Mockumentary (also known as a pseudo-documentary) a Portmanteau of Mock and documentary, is a film and TV Genre, or a single work The Newsroom is an award winning Canadian television Comedy series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996 - 1997, Caméra Café is a French-born concept of comedy Television series exported around the world Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Whiteman, Bobbie (January 14, 2008), “'Office' relocates to Latin America”, Variety, <http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978996.html>. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman Retrieved on 15 January 2008
External links
- Offthetelly.co.uk comparison of the UK and US versions
- A comparison of the US, UK, French, and German shows on Slate. Slate is an English-language online current affairs and culture Magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael
- Essay contrasting the US and UK shows in The New Yorker. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry
- USA Today article on real-life CEO lessons
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic