huzefa

Anyone seen this British series called Office? From the reviews at Amazon.UK, it looks to be pretty good. I want some opinions on this if u guys have seen it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063W2U/

astrophore

I have the first season and while I have only seen the first two episodes, it is excellent. The reviews are on target.

It is both very funny and depressing at the same time. Many of the laughs will also make you cringe.

Hope that helps.

samuelowens

I am still trying to figure out whether this really is a comedy. A lot of the scenarios seem eerily like real life.

Still, it's quite good.

fnordboy

Office is one of the best Britcoms I have seen. I absolutely love this show. Can't get enough of it.

Can't wait for the next set of DVDs to be released. Definitely one of my favorite imports so far.

If you do or have ever worked in an office a lot of the scenarios are pretty realistic, which is pretty damn scary (or sad). I don't think there is a bad character in the show at all.

Sadly, I heard that they will be ending the show very soon since they don't want to burn out.

Definitely pick it up , worth the price.

huzefa

What's the cheapest place to get it? Amazon.uk?

huzefa

BTW, what is the name of that other british show (supposed to be a cross between friends and sex and the city)?

H

edit: NM, it's called Coupling.

RichDB10

Yep great series!!...and season 2 which has finished running here in the UK is every bit as good as the first series.
Along with 'Phoenix Nights' has to be the best British comedy in years.
Incidentally i believe there is a rumour here in the UK that a one off special will be aired around Easter time which may or may not be the end of this wonderful series.

benedict

TV Talk for further thoughts on both Coupling and The Office - among other Brit shows.

Phodg

If you want to see the Office before you buy it, BBC America is showing the first season on Thursday nights (and I'm sure also in reruns). Great series.
Another excellent series on DVD is "Phoenix Nights". Same kind of docu-comedy.

WITZnyc

The BBC just announced that the Office Season 2 will be released on DVD (Region 2, PAL) this fall. The first season DVD is great. It is being show right now on BBC America....

fnordboy

Great news! Wish it was sooner, but atleast it was announced.

Thanks.

huzefa

So I've seen the first two season of Coupling on dvd and now I'm hooked. It's really well done and the jokes always seem spot-on. I doubt an American cross-over would work since America seems a bit more prudish, and some of the language used on Coupling would never be allowed by the network censors. It's too bad though since I believe it's the edge that gives the show its personality.

mrwilson

I just finished watching The Office recently. Funny and depressing sums it up. Damn I want to smack David Brent! Great show.

fyi, The Office dvd was the highest selling non-film dvd. It sold 630,000 copies the first week.

WillyShatsWig

The second season has now been announced here.

fnordboy

Very cool! Thanks for the update. And it is being released on my birthday, I will accept a preorder as a gift

Is this the last season or is there a 3rd? And any word on that one off special that was supposed to be aired around easter time (mentioned earlier in this thread), is that included ... did it even happen?

RichDB10

Great news!......this is the last(??) series to have been aired here in the UK..as to whether there is going to be a 3rd etc? that's very much down to speculation and in all honesty would seem fairly unlikely.....as to that one-off special...no..it never happened at Easter..or if it did i missed it

WillyShatsWig

The creators have gone on record stating that they will make no more series of The Office, but there will be the occasional one-off specials for Xmas etc.

DonnachaOne

Thank God! No more Office. That's the BBC for you - kill the series before it kills itself. I'm glad they have the sense to pull the plug on a series before it becomes stale - go out on top.

RUN, don't walk, to amazon.co.uk t pick the sets up.

Ah, I see you're at your computer already! Well, what's your hold-up?

astrophore

I also second the recommendations of The Office -- truly a brilliant sitcom, although it will make you cringe. As much as I would like 100 episodes of this show, it is very cool that we'll only have 12. This will go down, along with Fawlty Towers, as an all-time classic series.

I recommend People Like Us for those who like The Office -- it has a lighter tone, but it is a fake documentary series that profiles different careers in each episode (realtor, policeman, photographer). The unseen narrator/documentarian is a complete incompetent. The humor is often very dry, but it reminded me of a cross between The Office (cringeworthy moments) and the movies of Christopher Guest.

Phodg

Anyone heard anything about the second series of "Phoenix Nights" being released on DVD ?