Twenty years ago today, ‘The Office’ debuted in the US as a remake of the British hit co-created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. In a sea of abysmal American reboots, this one arguably ...

COUNCIL chiefs begged The Office director Stephen Merchant and co-writer Ricky Gervais to big up Slough. They thought the hit comedy, in which Ricky played central character David Brent ...

So when Gervais and The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant got a call from TV producer ... “He was quite cautious about not trying to replicate Ricky. The more he got into the role, the more ...

“I’d seen 30 years of every single remake failing,” says Gervais ... camera.” Merchant recalls similar worries. “He was quite cautious about not trying to replicate Ricky.

"People loved The Office, which was a big problem,” Ricky Gervais says, recalling the unusual but flattering issue facing its much-loved American counterpart, which turns 20 today. “All of the people ...

So when Gervais and The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant got a call from TV producer Ben Silverman ... “He was quite cautious about not trying to replicate Ricky. The more he got into the role, the ...