The Office

British sitcom television series
TVSeries television_series Q23829
The Office
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Summary

The Office is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,861 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Ricky Gervais[3], Stephen Merchant[4]
  • Genre: sitcom[5], mockumentary[6], pseudo-documentary[7]
  • Cast member: Ricky Gervais[8], Martin Freeman[9], Mackenzie Crook[10], Lucy Davis[11], Oliver Chris[12], Patrick Baladi[13], Stacey Roca[14], Ralph Ineson[15], Stirling Gallacher[16]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[17]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[18]
  • Original broadcaster: BBC Two[19], BBC One[20]
  • Color: color[21]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[22]
  • Has part(s): The Office, season 1[23], The Office, season 2[24], The Office, season 3[25]
  • Start time: July 9, 2001[26]
  • End time: December 27, 2003[27]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[28], Hulu[29]
  • Official website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Office (British TV series)[31]
  • Number of episodes: 14[32]
  • Has characteristic: breaking the fourth wall[33]
  • List of episodes: list of The Office episodes[34]
  • Different from: The Office[35]
  • Duration: 30[36]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 16:9[37]
  • Number of seasons: 2[38]
  • Has part(s) of the class: two-part episode[39]
  • Filmiroda rating: Category II[40]
  • Derivative work: The Office[41], La Job[42], La Ofis chile[43], Le Bureau[44], HaMisrad[45], Stromberg[46]

Why It Matters

The Office has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 290978
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  2. 6w ago · BoneheadElsewhere · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color → color
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 10w ago · Chalmd · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 11w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com drama id → The_Office
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  6. 22w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
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    Derivative work → The Office, La Job, La Ofis chile +8
    Distributed by → Netflix, Hulu
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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