The Office (DVD 2002) new -Ricky Gervais -first series

 A show of pure genius. Ricky Gervais and co must have been inspired. Take one overweight, very unfunny manager, a jobsworth and terminally depressed loser, add a weakminded secretary, throw in an obnoxious sales rep and a hard nosed, icey witch, set it all in the dullest place in one of the dullest towns on Earth, and what do you get? Laughs! How? I still don't know. Maybe it's the fact that there's a little of each character in all of us (hopefully only a little) but in truth you cannot say. Just sit back and watch in horror as the Office grinds from day to day, you won't know to laugh or cry, so you'll probably do both at some point. Enjoy!

• Number of discs: 2
• Classification:
• Studio: 2 Entertain Video
• DVD Release Date: 14 Oct 2002
• Run Time: 176 minutes

DVD Description
Contains all six episodes from Series 1:

• Episode 1 - David Brent learns that his branch of the paper merchants might be closed down. But he promises his staff that under his regime there will be no redundancies.
  
• Episode 2 - Donna arrives on work experience. But her first day at work is dominated by a dirty picture of her boss that's been e-mailed around the office.
  
• Episode 3 - It's Tim's birthday. But it's also the annual quiz night. Will Brent and Finchy be able to beat the young pretenders Tim & Ricky?
  
• Episode 4 - Rowan, a management consultant, has come to Wernham Hogg to give the staff a special training day.
  
• Episode 5 - Even though some of the staff may be made redundant, Brent decides to take on a new secretary. Naturally, he chooses the prettiest woman.
  
• Episode 6 - It's judgment day on whether the office is to be downsized.

very British - subtle, ironic and very funny