Subscribe for more exclusive clips, trailers and more. Timothy canterbury is a fictional character in the bbc sitcom the office, portrayed by martin freeman. Even gareth the most lackadaisical character in the office finds himself in situations that force him to confront the fundamentally deluded opinion he has of himself. However, this year, she doesnt wait until the end of the night to seek out a kiss. Screamed tim canterbury before shooting dawn off her seat at the reception desk. This is one of the more openly comic episodes of the series, highlights including a monty python spoof and, for those who love dirty jokes, a conversation between brent, tim and gareth over who invented certain politically incorrect catchphrases. If his branch is eliminated, some people will be downsized, and others relocated. Downsize is the first episode of the british sitcom the office. The key characteristic of the office is its unfiltered analysis of workplace dynamics, both good and bad, and this episode deserves a special mention for being less openly comic than those before it or after, for that matter and focusing almost completely on the coldness and cynicism that permeate the area in times of crisis.
Martin freeman solves the same logic problem as two different characters in two separate series duration. He is portrayed in the series by mackenzie crook as a selfimportant team leader proud of his alleged lieutenant status in the territorial army. Judgement was the sixth episode of the first series of the british office. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. The specials were commissioned after the series creators, ricky gervais and stephen merchant, announced that they would not write a full third series of the show. Tim is a salesman at the wernham hogg paper company. Gareth keenan is loudly shredding paper, and ignores tim when he asks him to lower. 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 is about the daytoday lives of office employees in the slough, berkshire branch of the fictitious wernham hogg paper company the office u. The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to.
Gareth keenan born 17 april 1971 is a fictional paper salesman on bbcs comedy the office. The office uk quiz master gareths war plan youtube. He amuses himself by flirting with the lovely blond receptionist, dawn tinsley, and playing constant pranks on his office nemesis, gareth keenan. New girl rachel immediately ignites the flames of desire in tim and gareth and the latters pulling technique reveals itself to be as subtle as a sledgehammer. His office nemesis is gareth keenan, with whom he regularly exchanges insults. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible.
It was a young greek guy, first job in the country, hardly spoke a word of english, but he came to me and he went mr. This story is about the uk office aka the best office. Near the end of the christmas episode, david, tim, and gareth are having their first friendly conversation of the entire series. Gareth catches tim and rachel kissing in the corridor. My proudest moment here wasnt when i increased profits by 17%, or cut expenditure without losing a single member of staff. Gareth is still patrolling the office like he expects chaos could break loose at any second.
Office, the this category is for questions and answers related to the office uk, as asked by users of. Dawn wants to organise afterwork drinks for him but its. The television programme was created and written by ricky gervais and stephen merchant. It is no more and the american version will not hold a candle on this. David brents music, and particularly his cover of if you dont know me by now. Gareth is the victim of stapler based practical joke, fortunately boss david brent is on hand to smooth things over. New girl rachel immediately ignites the flames of desire in tim and gareth and the latters pulling. The office is a british television mockumentary sitcom first broadcast in the uk on bbc two on. Gareth their dwight now has davids job, much like how dwight has ascended to michaels job by the finale of the us office. Unlike the remake that ran a whopping 201 episodes, this product of the british television model aired only two six episode seasons and a twohour christmas special finale. Gareth is very anal about his office supplies, and has made the mistake of telling tim that he doesnt like jelly. Tim flirts with, and feels great attraction to, the receptionist dawn tinsley.
Dawn leaves the christmas party with her fiance but after opening her secret santa present will she change her mind. If a good man comes to me and says thank you david for the opportunity and continued support in the work related arena, but ive done that. The series is set in the slough office of a fictional paper merchant, wernham hogg, and is presented in a mockumentary format. In the season two finale, dawn rejects tim and, when david is fired, gareth becomes. He has a selfdeprecating and ironic sense of humour. Shortly after dawn tinsley arrives at the wernham hogg slough office for the first time in several years, anne, the pregnant woman who now sits in gareth s chair across from tim, tells her that a coworker only recently realized that the new receptionist, mel, wasnt. Tims world is rocked when dawn turns up at the office to say hello. The office is a british television comedy that was first broadcast in the united kingdom on bbc two on 9 july 2001.
During its episode run, the bbcs the office which predated the nineseason american version gave us some of the most memorable characters in the history of british television. Tim feels listless and uninspired at wernhamhogg, but is too afraid of failure to take action. Dawn is still late, missing the company dinner and arriving with the party in full swing. List of the office british tv series episodes wikipedia. Rachel was a love interest for both tim and gareth in the uk tv series the office rachel transferred to slough after the swindon branch was shut down. He is a sales representative at the slough branch of wernham hogg paper merchants. It had twelve episodes with two christmas specials. And in a war situation, if you want your platoon to go over the top with you to certain death, its no good saying to them please come with me lads, ill tell you a joke. Gervais also stars in the series, playing the central.
Tim and dawn tease gareth, asking him questions about the military, insinuating that hes gay. Tim annoys gareth by putting his stapler inside a jelly, and later dropping it out of a window. Before americans swooned over jim and pam, viewers in the uk fell in love with the office s tim and dawn, laughed at the decidedly odd gareth, and cringed at the odious david brent. Created, written, and directed by ricky gervais and stephen merchant, and produced by ash atalla, the programme follows the daytoday lives of office employees in the slough branch of the fictional wernham hogg paper company. The employees including tim and dawn reexamine their lives as they struggle to survive in the daytoday chaos, including a web porn scandal, a quiz competition, giant inflatable genitals, drunken carousing, inter office romances, and gareth playing detective. In total, there are fourteen episodes of the office.
The differences in the two shows also play out in their plot arcs. The cruel practical joke david makes at dawns expense is the perfect embodiment of the shows philosophy. Despite a stern warning from gareth and wise words from keith in accounts, tim cant help but get his hopes up again. The british office and the first four seasons of the american are love stories at their core. After being confronted about redundancies, david holds a meeting. She is a lot perkier than the other coworkers and enjoys playing pranks on both david brent and gareth. Gareth is essentially the managereven if the title and duties are slightly different to preserve the rationale for brents redundancyand he uses his power to create an office environment where things run rigidly, even when they probably shouldnt as in the meeting tim tries to. Ricky gervais reveals the story behind key characters on. The office drones began to scream as tim stormed the dull grey gulag with a sawnoff. On 9 july 2001, the pilot episode of a new sitcom aired on bbc two. The office is a british sitcom that was originally broadcast by the bbc in the united kingdom from 2001 to 2003. A hitherto unknown facet of gareths character is revealed when a woman caller asks him to come round and bring his toys much to the amusement of tim. Transcript opening credits regional manager david brent is in his office clicking a pen david.
With the swindon bunch introducing all this conflict and most of it entering organically, no less, its clear that somethings got to give, and the next four episodes. The office tv series 20012003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The office uk critics consensus ending the only way a show about an office really could with resignations and promotions the office concludes on a high note that remains utterly rewatchable. All jokes present are as dry and cynical as possible, save for a few mainstream spats between tim and gareth. The christmas episode was the best from the office. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. All i can say is make sure that if you havent seen the last episode of it, the christmas special, then watch it.