"The Office" Training (2001)

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Directors:

Ricky Gervais
Stephen Merchant

Writers:

Ricky Gervais (writer)
Stephen Merchant (writer)

TV Series:

"The Office" (2001)

Original Air Date:

30 July 2001 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

To fend off the increasing staff disillusionment a Training Day has been scheduled. Dawn's engagement to Lee is on the rocks and Tim begins to think that he may at last have a chance with her. |

Plot Keywords:

Sitcom | England | Mockumentary | Workplace | Boss

Cast

Ricky Gervais	...	David Brent
Martin Freeman	...	Tim Canterbury
Mackenzie Crook	...	Gareth Keenan
Lucy Davis	...	Dawn Tinsley
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joel Beckett	...	Lee
Ben Bradshaw	...	Ben
Sally Bretton	...	Donna
Oliver Chris	...	Ricky Howard
Angela Clerkin	...	Jackie
Jamie Deeks	...	Jamie
Vincent Franklin	...	Rowan
Richard Hollis	...	Man in Video
Robin Hooper	...	Malcolm
Jane Lucas	...	Sheila
Ewen MacIntosh	...	Keith
Emma Louise Manton	...	Emma (as Emma Manton)
Lucy O'Connell	...	Woman in Video (as Lucy O'Connel)
Alexander Perkins	...	Ralph
Philip Pickard	...	Phillip (as Phillip Pickard)
Peter Purves	...	Himself

Runtime:

29 min (12 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

Series producer Ash Atalla directed the training video from "Training Day" specially for "The Office" (2001), with presenter Peter Purves dying his hair to make himself appear younger. The video is presented in full on the DVD.

Quotes:

David Brent: We're both good in our own fields. I'm sure Texas couldn't run and manage a successful paper merchants. I couldn't do what-, well, I could do what they do, and I think they knew that, even back then. Probably what spurred them on.

Movie Connections:

References "Blue Peter" (1958)

Soundtrack:

Spaceman

Best Episode Of The Show

OK, English Office, as far as I've noticed its sort of put people off giving the U.S Office its proper chance. The U.S story as far as story is way more developed and Steve Carell, what a great great great cast.

But I sort of see the English Office like a full story all wrapped up and finished with a sweet storyline and a great lead in to the U.S Office if watched all the way through. This chapter has to be probley in my opinion the most full as in plot and character development, and the funniest.. gotta love Garrath's fantasy. I'd like to hear more from him too.

Best episode of the series and Ricky is brilliant. But lot's of Aussies just didn't get the English version cause they didn't get to see all the episodes and see the full story and perhaps missed an episode that gave a certain character major development. A few of my friends here from Melbourne reckon the series is just slow. But I consider myself quite a fan of this series for this is where it all begun for as far as seeing Ricky Gervais's work, and I've been a big fan ever since.

Go Get The Guitar....