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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 stars in the series, playing the central character David Brent.

Original Release

07/09/2001 on BBC

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Cast

Name	Character

Martin Freeman	Tim Canterbury
Patrick Baladi	Neil Godwin
Ricky Gervais	David Brent
Lucy Davis	Dawn Tinsley
Mackenzie Crook	Gareth Keenan
Joel Beckett	Lee
Sally Bretton
Jane Lucas	Sheila
Jamie Deeks	Jamie
Alexander Perkins	Ralph

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Christmas Special Part 1	Friday, 26 December 2003
2	Christmas Special Part 2	Saturday, 27 December 2003

Directors

Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

Writers

Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

Cast

Name	Character

Martin Freeman	Tim Canterbury
Patrick Baladi	Neil Godwin
Ricky Gervais	David Brent
Lucy Davis	Dawn Tinsley
Mackenzie Crook	Gareth Keenan
Joel Beckett	Lee
Sally Bretton
Jane Lucas	Sheila
Jamie Deeks	Jamie
Alexander Perkins	Ralph
Ewen Macintosh	Keith
Ben Bradshaw	Ben
Robin Hooper
Emma Manton	Emma
Stirling Gallacher	Jennifer Taylor-Clarke
Ralph Ineson	Chris Finch
Rachel Isaac	Trudy
Howard Saddler	Oliver
Julie Fernandez	Brenda
Philip Pickard	Phillip (as Phillip Pickard)

Producers

Name	Role

Jon Plowman	Executive Producer
Anil Gupta	Executive Producer
Ash Atalla	Producer

Editors

Nigel Williams

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Year	Type	Category	Won

2005	Emmy	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	Nominated
2005	Emmy	Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special	Nominated
2004	Golden Globe	Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical	Won
2004	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical	Won