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 ...

It works because it's done." Every episode of the British Office is currently streaming on Hulu. Related content: Ricky Gervais 'shocked and appalled' following misconduct allegations against ...

Most people know Ricky Gervais for playing David Brent, the boss of the British version of The Office. But before he became a writer and actor, Gervais had another career in the spotlight that ...

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 ...

The cancellation has been canceled. Funnyman Ricky Gervais set the record straight Friday after internet hysteria had fans of “The Office” thinking it was his opinion that the hit sitcom ...

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 ...