Two six-episode series were made, along with a two-part Christmas special. Gervais also stars in the series, playing the central character David Brent. Created, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and produced by Ash Atalla, the programme follows the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictional Wernham Hogg paper company. The Office is a British television mockumentary sitcom first broadcast in the UK on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. ' Handbags and Gladrags' arranged by Big George
