Tim and Dawn repeatedly insinuate homosexuality through questioning him about his military experience using double entendres.

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.

Gervais also stars in the series, playing the central character David Brent.

When it was first shown on BBC Two, ratings were relatively low, but it has since become one of the most successful of all British comedy exports.

As well as being shown internationally on BBC Worldwide, channels such as BBC Prime, BBC America, and BBC Canada, the series has been sold to broadcasters in over 80 countries, including ABC1 in Australia, The Comedy Network in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand, and the pan-Asian satellite channel Star World, based in Hong Kong.

The show was first shown in the United States on BBC America in 2003, and later on Cartoon Network s late night programming block Adult Swim from 2009 to 2012.

The success of The Office led to a number of localised adaptations (based upon its basic story and themes) being produced for the television markets of other nations, resulting in an international Office franchise, including the successful and Emmy-winning American remake starring Steve Carell as David Brents counterpart, Michael Scott.

Slough is a large town immortalised for its lack of appeal by John Betjeman in his poem Slough (Come, friendly bombs and fall on SloughIt isnt fit for humans now.).

Much of the series comedic success stems from Brent, who frequently makes attempts to win favour with his employees and peers with embarrassing or disastrous results.

Brents character flaws are used to comic effect, including numerous verbal gaffes, inadvertent racism and sexism, and other social faux pas.

Their flirtation soon builds to a mutual romantic attraction, despite her engagement to dour and laddish warehouse worker Lee ( Joel Beckett ).

Insecure, and totally narcissistic, he believes he is a successful maverick in the business world and a Renaissance man, talented in philosophy, music and comedy.

Although he thinks he is patient, funny and popular, others perceive him as annoying, rude and selfish.

His immature behaviour comes across as he bumbles around the office always hovering around the camera telling unfunny jokes, performing hackneyed impressions, and generally getting into trouble by talking before thinking.

Brent thinks he is a kind, politically correct man, but his preoccupation with this position, and the discrepancy between it and his often patronising (and at times offensive) jokes, gets him into trouble.

His cluelessness regarding his awkwardness, his lack of empathy, his unquenchable thirst for gratification, and his ridiculous way of trying to save face are the driving comical forces of this show.

His humour and kindness make him one of the most likeable employees in the office, but at 30 he still lives with his parents and works at a job he believes to be completely pointless.

He maintains his sanity by pursuing an improbable romance with receptionist Dawn Tinsley and by playing practical jokes on Gareth.

Chosen as Davids successor at the end of series 2, he declines and lets Gareth take the position, which, however, does not keep him from playing pranks on Gareth.

Gareth is a humourless jobsworth with few good personality traits.

He is obsessed with his military service in the Territorial Army and annoys Tim with his pretentious comments.

He takes pride in being Team Leader, not realising his title is mostly meaningless, and he imposes the little authority he has on his co-workers.

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