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'The IT Crowd' UK Sit-com

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the waiting-for-the-torrent dept.

Nigsy writes "The Register reports that "A new sitcom - set among IT workers in the dingy basement of a glamorous company - is due to arrive on the UK's Channel 4 next month. The IT Crowd, written by Graham Linehan (the scribe behind Father Ted, Black Books), will debut on the internet on 27 January, a week before its terrestrial broadcast on Friday, 3 February at 9.30pm."" Here's hoping that they have a consultant on the show to make it technically accurate.

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  1. Re:Black Books? Father Ted? HELLS YES by FatRatBastard · · Score: 2, Informative

    Black Books has been on BBC America and, at one point, Comedy Central (I believe). Loved the show, but it seems to have never gotten past season 1.

  2. Re:Didn't CBS try this somewhat? by no_pets · · Score: 2, Informative

    Perhaps you're referring to Dweebs.

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  3. There's more info on the Cook'd and Bomb'd forums by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Possible spoilers in this thread... http://chilled.cream.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=94 35 Seen a few ads on Channel 4 - should be good.

  4. Re:Simon won't like this. Not one bit. by The+One+and+Only · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think he was playing into the stereotype.

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  5. Re:Black Books? Father Ted? HELLS YES by Cally · · Score: 3, Informative

    Black Books is absolutely totally fucking brilliant. The three main leads are awesome actors and comedians in their own rights and just fit the parts beautifully, and, well, the script... look, if you are the sort of person who generally likes British comedy you'll love this. Especially the Irish half.

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  6. Re:Earlier British sitcom/drama about people in IT by Tim+Browse · · Score: 2, Informative
    You're probably thinking of Attachments, which was more of a comedy drama.

    The web/internet side of it all was usually painfully inaccurate or pantomimed (and timeless romantic dialogue like "Thanks for showing me how to rocket jump - I really owned that level" didn't help), but there were some genuinely good moments in there too. There was a memorable scene where they all arrive in dribs and drabs the morning after the office party, only to find that they've all got an email with a video attachment from the office cctv camera that shows two of the characters having sex the previous night. The sequence of shots around the office as people logged in, reacted to what they saw, then carefully looked around at the others to see if they'd seen it yet was a wonderful piece of acting and directing, and had me cringing and giggling at the same time (rather like The Office).

    And I don't think James Lance was in it - possibly you're confusing him with David Walliams, who was, and did play a similar slimy character to the one in Absolute Power (although probably much less of a moral sewer).