The Office (2001)
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| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 9 July 2001 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 4 November 2002 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais |
| Starring | Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman and Mackenzie Crook |
| Seasons | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| Episode length | about 30 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 6 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.8/10 |
Where to watch The Office
The Office is streaming on Hulu ($21.49 a month) in the US. It is also on Max ($18.49 a month) and Peacock ($16.99 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Peacock, or $16.99 at list price.
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Where to watch The Office in 33 other countries
| Country | Streaming on (price a month) |
|---|---|
| Antigua & Barbuda | Max |
| Argentina | Max $9590 ARS |
| Australia | Binge $19.00 AUD, Foxtel, ARD/ZDF |
| Bahamas | Max |
| Barbados | Max |
| Belize | Max |
| Bolivia | Max |
| Brazil | Max R$34.90 |
| Chile | Max $9590 CLP |
| Colombia | Max $24900 COP |
| Costa Rica | Max |
| Denmark | Tv2dk |
| Dominican Republic | Max |
| Ecuador | Max $8.29 |
| El Salvador | Max |
| Guatemala | Max |
| Guyana | Max |
| Honduras | Max |
| Ireland | Skygo |
| Jamaica | Max |
| Japan | U-NEXT ¥2189 JPY |
| Mexico | Max $149 MXN |
| Nicaragua | Max |
| Panama | Max $8.29 |
| Paraguay | Max |
| Peru | Max S/35.90 |
| St. Lucia | Max |
| Sweden | TV4 Play free |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Max |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | Max |
| United Kingdom | Skygo, Now TV £9.99 GBP, BBC iPlayer free |
| Uruguay | Max $U399 |
| Venezuela | Max |
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What kind of watch this is
The Office is a 2001 British mockumentary that documents the daily misery of a paper company branch in Slough. Created by Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais, it runs 6 hours across 2 seasons. The camera lingers on David Brent, a general manager who tries to be cool and fails spectacularly. His blunders are the engine of the show. Next to him, Tim Canterbury quietly navigates his own quiet life and a complicated romance. The humor comes from the gap between how Brent sees himself and how everyone else sees him. It is dry, uncomfortable, and oddly human. Six hours is enough to see the damage.
What the critics said
Series one landed at 98 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 12 reviews. Series two followed closely with a 93 from 16 reviewers. The Christmas specials matched the first season at 98, drawing from 19 reviews. Across the board, the series holds a 97 based on 47 critic reviews, earning a "Metacritic-Must Watch" label. The series is considered one of the greatest British sitcoms of all time. The scores are high enough to suggest the office is not merely a workplace, but a stage for a very specific kind of chaos.
How it did with audiences
No box office figures exist for this production, which keeps the financial conversation strictly hypothetical. Instead, the metric that matters is how people rate what they actually watched. On TMDB, users assign it a 7.8 out of 10. That number suggests a solid, if not universally adored, viewing experience. It is the kind of score that implies you enjoyed it, but probably did not immediately tell your mother about it.
Where it left its mark
The format traveled. What started in a Slough office became a global template, spawning local adaptations. The American version on NBC, starring Steve Carell, won a Primetime Emmy and kept the creators involved as executive producers. Critics have since ranked it highly. The Telegraph calls it one of the ten best sitcoms ever. The Writers Guild of America placed it at 51st in 2013, oddly ahead of its American cousin. The Guardian put it at 6th in 2019. The original also got a 2016 movie, David Brent: Life on the Road. It seems the joke travels better than the accent.
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Sources
- The Office on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q23829 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Office (British TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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