Actor Ricky Gervais starred in, co-wrote and co-directed the hit BBC sitcom, The Office, with his partner Stephen Merchant. It was their BBC series from which the hit NBC series drew much inspiration.

Ricky Gervais ... of The Office than the original British version. After all, the American version was far more successful. This raises an interesting question: What does Gervais think of the ...

The American version of The Office started as almost a shot-for-shot remake of the UK version, but one scene proved that was ...

By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent Twelve years after the BBC aired the final episode of The Office, the U.K. comedy series that would propel Ricky Gervais to stardom and launch a hugely successful ...

It’s been 20 years since The Office premiered on BBC Two, and its star said in an interview this week that the original British series “would be canceled now.” Ricky Gervais now has walked ...

Gervais is best known as the annoying boss on the acclaimed BBC series The Office. This is DAY TO DAY from NPR News. I'm Noah Adams. Comedian Ricky Gervais first became known to American audiences ...

Ricky Gervais has said that he turned down being cast as Michael Scott in the US series of The Office because he didn’t want to move to America. When the show was picked up for American TV and ...

A remake of The Office is set to launch with a female lead for the first time, and Ricky Gervais has thrown his support behind the update. Ever since the original iteration of the show launched in ...

Ricky Gervais as David Brent in the UK version of 'The Office'; Steve Carell as Michael Scott in the US version. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo. Ricky Gervais has responded to The Office fans joking ...

Ricky Gervais’ career-launching mockumentary series “The Office” is getting a Mexican remake with Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios and Gary “Gaz” Alazraki’s Máquina Vega leading the ...

Felicity Ward, star of Australia’s forthcoming “The Office” adaptation, has reassured any concerned fans that Ricky Gervais personally approved her casting. “Ricky Gervais has approved a ...

"The very funny and very lovely Ewen Macintosh, known to many as 'Big Keith' from The Office, has passed away," show creator Ricky Gervais wrote on X. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor Ewen ...