Motivation

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy | 2002

Gareth catches Tim locking lips with Rachel and immediately grows jealous of them; David has his first public speaking engagement and manages to make a mess of the whole thing, thanks to a new earring, an undershirt and a boombox.

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Season 1

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Episode 1

Downsize

David’s superiors inform him that his branch could be absorbed which would lead to redundancies. He struggles to keep this information from his staff. Tim finds ways to amuse himself when he’s forced to share a space with the uptight Gareth.

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Episode 2

Work Experience

David is being shadowed by Donna, his friend’s daughter. He is embarrassed when he discovers a pornographic photo of himself is spreading around the office and appoints Gareth to find out who doctored it. The “invetigation” turns up unexpected leads.

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Episode 3

The Quiz

It’s Quiz Night in the office. On one side, there’s David and his obnoxious bestie Chris Finch. On the other side, there’s Tim (who is celebrating his 30th birthday) and Ricky. When David finds out Ricky was on a TV game show, his jealousy grows.

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Episode 4

Training

Rowan is brought in to train the staff but finds he’s constantly clashing with David, who wants to use the event to showcase his skills as a singer/songwriter; After Dawn’s engagement to Lee hits a bump in the road, Tim tries to cheer her up.

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Episode 5

New Girl

David tries to hire a new secretary to prove to management that his branch is still effective. Meanwhile, David discovers that Donna is sleeping with someone in the office, which leads to a confrontation when the employees party at a Slough nightclub.

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Episode 6

Judgement

As the redundancies begin and the staff at Wernham Hogg begins to fear for their jobs, Jennifer offers David an opportunity which will test his loyalty to his branch; Tim considers leaving Wernham Hogg on his own.

Season 2

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Episode 1

Merger

The Slough office takes on the employees from the Swindon branch and David immediately butts heads with his new boss, the charismatic Neil. When David tells a racist joke to ingratiate himself with the new staff, he ends up in hot water.

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Episode 2

Appraisals

At staff appraisal time, Tim reveals he wants to go back to school to study psychology, while Dawn dreams of becoming a children’s illustrator. Meanwhile, David takes the new employees out to lunch in an attempt to win them over.

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Episode 3

Interview

David tries to move on after being made redundant and gives a detailed interview to a magazine writer. Tim considers breaking things off with Rachel so that he can tell Dawn how he really feels; Neil and Jennifer look for David’s replacement.

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Episode 3

Party

The staff celebrates Trudy’s birthday with a raucous and ribald party. Meanwhile, David escalates his war with Neil, but gets an ego boost when headhunters from a public speaking agency arrive and for some inexplicable reason want to hire him.

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Episode 4

Motivation

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Episode 5

Charity

It’s Comic Relief Day in the office and everyone acts silly in the name of charity. Dawn sells kisses for money, which leads to a new development in her relationship with Tim. David performs the most awkward dance in television history.

Season 7

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Episode 3

The Christmas Specials Episode 1

It has been three years since the BBC documentary crew first turned up at the office. Back for one last visit, they find Gareth Keenan now in charge and, as the staff of Wernham Hogg know all too well, he runs the office with military precision.

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Episode 6

The Christmas Specials Episode 2

After the BBC camera crew offers to pay for Dawn and Lee to visit Slough, Tim's world is rocked. With the office holiday party approaching, everyone’s eyes are on the couple, but Gareth provides Tim with some tough love.

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Credits

Writer: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Editor: Nigel Williams
Cinematographer: Andy Hollis