The Office (2001) (TV Show)

format_quote Gareth: I can read women. You've got to know their wants and their needs. And that can be anything from making sure she's got enough money to buy groceries each week to making sure she's gratified sexually after intercourse.

stars  Whenever the Oliver character is shown at his desk, a screen saver is always active on his monitor.

stars  At the beginning of the first episode in Series 1, David is seen hiring a man for a forklift drivers job. The same man is being fired by David at the beginning of episode 6.

stars  (Region 2 DVD) At the first menu let the DVD run for a few minutes until you can hear the phone, then press 'select/ok' on your controller to answer the phone. Then you can watch the full length version of David Brent playing and singing "free love on the free love freeway" featured in episode 4, series 1.

stars  In every episode, there is a shot, from the exact same angle, of the photocopier making multiple copies of a document.

stars  The series started as a small, home-made video by Stephen Merchant when he was trying to get a job at the BBC. He came up with the idea for making a documentary style format as it would be easier for him to film. He and his colleague Ricky Gervais came up with The Office idea and used a local University to film it. Upon seeing the short video the BBC requested that they make a series out of it. Many of the jokes from this original film are recycled during the Proper Series for example, David Brent's opening speech about making employee's dreams come true.