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    The Office - US style

    It's on BBC3 at the moment. Exact same storylines as the classic Stephen Merchant/Ricky Geravais version - they wrote the script. Bit strange. The american accents and characters have lost a bit of the translation of the british humour. Anyone else see it?

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    I watch it over here and like you said, it's very odd with the accents, not to mention the Yank actors are sh**e IMO.
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    The first episode of the NBC version was an exact copy of the first BBC one. But the show did improve after the first on NBC. Still not as good as the BBC one but it does have some merit.
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    Watched it last night.
    Honestly don't see the point of watching it again, easier to put on the original on DVD.
    Something definitely got lost in the translation, don't know what it was though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tiktok
    Watched it last night.
    Honestly don't see the point of watching it again, easier to put on the original on DVD.
    Something definitely got lost in the translation, don't know what it was though.
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    i dont know about that one things for sure though the guy that does the david brent character in it , steve carell , is a comic genius . any one that has seen anchorman will testify to that!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavo
    i dont know about that one things for sure though the guy that does the david brent character in it , steve carell , is a comic genius . any one that has seen anchorman will testify to that!
    .......or anyone who's seen him on 'The Daily Show' for that matter , I'm a big fan of his too, main reason I watched it tbh.
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    what channel is that on?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tiktok
    .......or anyone who's seen him on 'The Daily Show' for that matter , I'm a big fan of his too, main reason I watched it tbh.
    stephen colbert from daily show very funny too, get 'strangers with candy' if you can

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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavo
    what channel is that on?
    CNN (channel 513 on ''evil'' Sky) Sunday mornings at 11.30
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    Quote Originally Posted by tiktok
    CNN (channel 513 on ''evil'' Sky) Sunday mornings at 11.30
    CNN Free To Air, so you don't need give sky anything, don't even need a sky dodgybox
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    Quote Originally Posted by tiktok
    CNN (channel 513 on ''evil'' Sky) Sunday mornings at 11.30
    I think its repeats some evening during the week at 8.30pm sometimes. Time slot seems to move around a bit...
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