I've been almost evangelical in trying to convert people into true believers of the BBC sitcom The Office. The show, which has won a passel of awards including 2004 Golden Globe for best comedy, is maddening because each of the quirky characters is hilarious and yet entirely true-to-life. The situations are not bizarre or Seinfeldian but the tension of walking the line of social graces in an office environment makes for some of the funniest comedy I've seen in a long time. It is more than worth renting the DVDs that have just been released.
If you're already an Office fan, you might enjoy knowing that Gervais (who plays David Brent and co-wrote the show) and Merchant (co-writer) are Saturday afternoon DJs on a London digital radio station. Luckily, the station has kept all of their bits alive and streamable, and the best of them are pointed to from this page. In addition to G&M, their producer Karl Pilkington is on the show and suffers great heaps of hilarious abuse at their hands. "Sharing advice on getting rid of worms" is a particularly good clip. 

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