The Office

The Office is my favourite British comedy starring Ricky Gervais. It’s a popular situation comedy all over the world and it has a lot of versions in every country; American, French, Canadian and German, other than the British version. Though I think The Office British version is the best because it's original, I’m interested in other versions.

After the original British series won two Golden Globes, a U.S. version of The Office was commissioned by NBC. After that I wanted to watch the U.S. version.
Thanks to a friend of mine who has DVD boxes of both series, I could watch the U.S. version. When watching it, I recognized that though it retained the title and premise of the original, the U.S. version of the show had a different cast and crew and took place in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Compared to the British version, all the characters are less unique and normal in the U.S. version. That’s why I missed the British version’s characters while watching the U.S. version.

In return I lent him my DVDs of the British version. We talked about The Office U.K. version and U.S. version with each other after he watched it. He told me that in the British one it's difficult for him to understand the gags and the U.S. version was better comedy. I was disappointed to hear that. I told him that the important point was that the British Office is a story set in “Slough”.