History YMMV / TheOfficeUK

** Keith.

** Along with Olivia Colman, who plays Harriet, Ricky and Donna later on went to play Boyce and Kim in ''Series/GreenWing'', with a very similar relationship to the one that have in The Office.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Ann getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when she complains about the warehouse employees smoking around her is supposed to be funny, but even though Ann has been unsympathetic to this point, at the end of the day, she is a pregnant women and is right to complain about people smoking around her. For that matter, even if she wasn't pregnant, she'd still be right to complain about them spreading second-hand smoke indoors. It doesn't help that the TheReasonYouSuckSpeech comes from the warehouse employees who have been completely loathsome in their previous appearances rather than Tim who she has been annoying throughout the Christmas special to this point.
** Although on the subject of spreading smoke indoors, the laws were incredibly lax about this in England until 2007.

** Dawn, to a point, since she's such a doormat when it comes to Lee that she rejects the much nicer Tim ''twice'' and ends up wasting three years in America being a glorified babysitter because she couldn't muster up the courage to leave him. Her situation sucks, yes, but she makes her own bed by refusing to stand up for what she really wants. It takes a very heartfelt present from Tim in the series finale for her to finally put her foot down and choose the guy who doesn't treat her like shit.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JitDWQI9qc&feature=related "Free Love Freeway"]]

* ValuesDissonance:
** The UK's more relaxed view of alcohol is apparent when comparing the two shows. One UK episode involves the boss David Brent taking all of his new employees out for quite a few beers in the middle of the workday, which wouldn't fly in most American companies. By contrast, nearly every time alcohol is introduced to the American office, there are serious consequences: Pam throws herself at Jim despite being engaged, Roy smashes up a bar, Michael and Jan get in a fight where the cops get called, and Meredith sets her hair on fire.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Ann getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when she complains about the warehouse employees smoking around her is supposed to be funny, but even though Ann has been unsympathetic to this point, at the end of the day, she is a pregnant women and is right to complain about people smoking around her. For that matter, even if she wasn't pregnant, she'd still right to complain about them spreading second-hand smoke indoors. It doesn't help that the TheReasonYouSuckSpeech comes from the warehouse employees who have been completely loathsome in their previous appearances rather than Tim who she has been annoying throughout the Christmas special to this point.

** Some of the bigoted jokes and comments made by the less evolved characters, particularly Brent, Gareth, Lee and Finch. A fair target for CringeComedy in 2001 but less acceptable in 2019. Arguably also a case of SeinfeldIsUnfunny, as "bigoted character says something bigoted, but we can still laugh at it because it's embarrassingly inappropriate" was new when ''The Office'' did it but has since become overplayed.

** Brent is either inherently a complete jackass with a few redeeming qualities or a decent bloke who lets the fact that he's being put on television go to his head with disastrous consequences.
** Or that he's right and the 'documentary' was edited to show his worst side.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Brent is either inherently a complete jackass with a few redeeming qualities or a decent bloke who lets the fact that he's being put on television go to his head with disastrous consequences.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Keith.

** The scouser getting fired by David Brent is JerkJock Jeff in ''Series/PeepShow''. Future Oscar winner and fellow ''Series/PeepShow''alumni Creator/OliviaColman appears in series 2 episode 6 as the journalist who interviews Brent.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Tim as the series wears on, particularly in the Christmas Specials, as his SnarkKnight tendencies [[{{Flanderisation}} become exaggerated]] and he starts sniping at Gareth over the tiniest thing. He actually behaves more like his new deskmate Anne, who is ''supposed'' to be irritating and unlikeable.

* ValuesDissonance: The UK's more relaxed view of alcohol is apparent when comparing the two shows. One UK episode involves the boss David Brent taking all of his new employees out for quite a few beers in the middle of the workday, which wouldn't fly in most American companies. By contrast, nearly every time alcohol is introduced to the American office, there are serious consequences: Pam throws herself at Jim despite being engaged, Roy smashes up a bar, Michael and Jan get in a fight where the cops get called, and Meredith sets her hair on fire.

** Ann getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when she complains about the warehouse employees smoking around her is supposed to be funny, but even though Ann has been unsympathetic to this point, at the end of the day, she is a pregnant women and is right to complain about people smoking around her. For that matter, even if she wasn't pregnant, she'd still right to complain about them spreading second-hand smoke indoors. It doesn't help that the TheReasonYouSuckSpeech come from the warehouse employees who have been completely loathsome in their previous appearances rather than Tim who she has been annoying throughout the Christmas special to this point.

** Ann getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when she complains about the warehouse employees smoking around her is supposed to be funny, but even though Ann has been unsympathetic to this point, at the end of the day, she is a pregnant women and is right to complain about people smoking around her. It doesn't help that the TheReasonYouSuckSpeech come from the warehouse employees who have been completely loathsome in there previous appearances rather than Tim who she has been annoying throughout the Christmas special to this point.

* Ann getting a ReasonYouSuck speech when she complains about the warehouse employees smoking around her is supposed to be funny, but even though Ann has been unsympathetic to this point, at the end of the day, she is a pregnant women and is right to complain about people smoking around her. It doesn't help that the ReasonYouSuck speech come from the warehouse employees who are completely loathsome in there previous appearances rather than Tim who she has been annoying throughout the Christmas special to this point.

** David often gets Dawn to act as his personal secretary. Lucy Davis would go on to play a secretary in ''Film/WonderWoman2017''.

** The scouser getting fired by David Brent is JerkJock Jeff in ''Series/PeepShow''.

** Creator/OliviaColman has a small role in series 2 as a journalist who interviews David for an article in a trade magazine. Seventeen years later she would win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Anne in Film/TheFavourite.
** Along with Olivia Colman, who plays Harriet, Ricky and Donna later on went to play Boyce and Kim in ''Series/GreenWing'', with a very similar relationship to the one that have in The Office.
* TakeThatScrappy: Anne gets a gloriously blunt TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when she bitches about people having the audacity to smoke near her at a party.

** The scouser getting fired by David Brent is JerkJock Jeff in ''Peep Show''.

** The working class warehouse employees are depicted as obnoxious sexist and homophobic brutes, and David is portrayed negatively for fraternizing with them.

** Some of the bigoted jokes / comments made by the less evolved characters, particularly Brent, Gareth, Lee and Finch. A fair target for CringeComedy in 2001 but less acceptable in 2019. Arguably also a case of SeinfeldIsUnfunny, as "bigoted character says something bigoted, but we can still laugh at it because it's embarrassingly inappropriate" was new when ''The Office'' did it but has since become overplayed.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Tim as the series wears on, particularly in the Christmas Specials, as his SnarkKnight tendencies [[Flanderization become exaggerated]] and he starts sniping at Gareth over the tiniest thing. He actually behaves more like his new deskmate Anne, who is ''supposed'' to be irritating and unlikeable.

** Oscar winner Creator/OliviaColman has a small role in series 2 as a journalist who interviews David for an article in a trade magazine.

** Creator/OliviaColman has a small role in series 2 as a journalist who interviews David for an article in a trade magazine.

* AcceptableTargets: The working class warehouse employees are depicted as obnoxious sexist and homophobic brutes, and David is portrayed negatively for fraternizing with them.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JitDWQI9qc&feature=related "Free Love Freeway"]]

** Or that he's right and the 'documentary' was edited to show his worst side