What was the name of the fictional paper company whose offices provide the setting for the British sit-com 'The Office'?
"The Office (UK TV series) The Office is a British television mockumentary sitcom, first broadcast in the UK on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the program is about 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. Two six-episode series were made, along with a pair of 58-minute Christmas specials. When it was first shown on BBC Two, it was nearly cancelled due to low ratings, but it has"
"Dunder Mifflin Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. is a fictional paper sales company featured in the American television series ""The Office"". It is analogous to Wernham Hogg in the British original of the series, and Papiers Jennings and Cogirep in the French Canadian and French adaptations respectively. Originally, the company was completely fictitious, but eventually, the brand was used to sell products at Staples and other office supply outlets. Two websites were created to support the fictional company, one with the image of a public website, and one meant to look like the corporation's intranet. NBC sold branded merchandise at"
"on “permanent vacation.“ Dunder Mifflin Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. is a fictional paper sales company featured in the American television series ""The Office"". It is analogous to Wernham Hogg in the British original of the series, and Papiers Jennings and Cogirep in the French Canadian and French adaptations respectively. Originally, the company was completely fictitious, but eventually, the brand was used to sell products at Staples and other office supply outlets. Two websites were created to support the fictional company, one with the image of a public website, and one meant to look like the corporation's intranet. NBC sold"
"human behaviour, self-importance and conceit, frustration, desperation and fame. The success of the show 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. The show is a mockumentary based in a branch of a large paper company called Wernham Hogg (where ""life is stationery""), in the Slough Trading Estate in Berkshire. Slough is a large town immortalised for its lack of appeal by John Betjeman in his poem ""Slough"" (""Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough/It isn't fit for humans"
"The Office The Office is a mockumentary sitcom that was first made in the United Kingdom and has now been remade in many other countries. The total overall viewership is in the hundreds of millions worldwide. The original United Kingdom TV series was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It starred Gervais as the boss and main character of the show. The first broadcast on BBC Two on 9 July 2001, the show ran for 14 episodes – two series of six episodes and a two-part Christmas special. The longest running version is the United States adaptation, which ran"
"Jennifer Taylor-Clarke Jennifer Taylor-Clarke is a fictional character on the BBC2 comedy television series ""The Office (UK TV series)"". She is the UK Manager overseeing the Slough and Swindon branches of the fictitious paper merchant, Wernham-Hogg. She is portrayed by Stirling Gallacher. Taylor-Clarke, like Neil Godwin, is seen as a sharp contrast to the lead character of the series, David Brent. She is a competent executive who is often bewildered by the half-witted antics of Brent, who nicknames her Camilla Parker-Bowles. Unlike her subordinate, she appears to be well respected by the majority of the staff at Wernham-Hogg (with the"
"being promoted in later seasons. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. To simulate the look of an actual documentary, it was filmed in a single-camera setup, without a studio audience or a laugh track. The series debuted on NBC as a midseason replacement and aired 201 episodes over the course of its run. ""The Office"" initially featured Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and B. J. Novak as the main cast; the series experienced numerous changes to its ensemble cast during its run."
"The Stationery Office The Stationery Office (TSO) is a British publishing company created in 1996 when the publishing arm of Her Majesty's Stationery Office was privatised. It is the official publisher and the distributor for legislation, command and house papers, select committee reports, ""Hansard"", and the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, the UK government's three official journals of record. With more than 9,000 titles in print and digital formats published every year, it is one of the UK's largest publishers by volume. TSO provides services, consultancy, and infrastructure to deliver all aspects of the information lifecycle. TSO developed the website"
"Michael Scott (The Office) Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character on NBC's ""The Office"", portrayed by Steve Carell and based on David Brent from the British version of the program. Michael is the central character of the series, serving as the Regional Manager of the Scranton branch of a paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin Inc. from seasons 1 through 7. However, he leaves Dunder Mifflin temporarily to form the Michael Scott Paper Company with Pam and Ryan toward the end of the 5th season and shares a co-managerial position with Jim Halpert during a 6th season arc from ""The"
"for 9 seasons from 2005 to 2013. Germany's ""Stromberg"" has seen 46 episodes over five seasons and a movie aired 2014 in German cinemas. ""Selected major awards won only"" The Office The Office is a mockumentary sitcom that was first made in the United Kingdom and has now been remade in many other countries. The total overall viewership is in the hundreds of millions worldwide. The original United Kingdom TV series was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It starred Gervais as the boss and main character of the show. The first broadcast on BBC Two on 9 July"
"for at least one more, it would have a suitable heir to John Krasinski’s deadpan throne."" Clark Green Clark Green is a fictional character on the U.S. comedy television series ""The Office"". Clark is portrayed by Clark Duke. He is an original character and has no counterpart in the British version of the series. Clark, along with Pete Miller, is one of two staff members hired as customer service representatives at the Scranton branch of fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin, replacing the outgoing Kelly Kapoor and Ryan Howard at the start of the show's ninth and final season. Little has"
"The Paper Cup Company The Paper Company is a European consumer products manufacturing organisation based in Clitheroe, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The company specialises in the printing and distribution of disposable paper cups operating out of its manufacturing facility in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China and also Lancashire, England. The company was founded in March 2005, initially distributing within the United Kingdom from the home of managing director Mark Woodward. Despite the onset of the global recession in late 2007, the company has sustained a fifty percent growth in trade year-on-year since its foundation, resulting in the creation of its European sales office"
"British sitcom The Office. As Monkey was created and owned by advertising agency Mother rather than by ITV Digital itself, he was the subject of a legal dispute as both claimed the rights to the character. This prevented his use for some time, despite many organisations being keen to acquire the rights. The dispute was eventually resolved by both parties agreeing to donate the intellectual property rights for Monkey to Comic Relief. Following the resolution of the dispute, Monkey appeared in a few TV shows, with the BBC using him for 2001's Comic Relief, as well as making a guest"
"the office about who has been writing fake diseases on their health forms. Rainn Wilson kept improvising new fake diseases, and we didn't know what he would say next."" Fischer notes that several of the scenes that involved laughing were not scripted and were in fact the casts genuine reaction to Wilson's fake diseases. The episode was rebroadcast on March 29, 2007 as part of a ""Human resources Nightmares"" marathon hosted by Paul Lieberstein. Lieberstein's character Toby Flenderson is the Human Resources Representative for the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, where ""The Office"" is set. ""Health"
"on to her dream of becoming an illustrator, she returns to the Christmas party without Lee, where she and Tim kiss and finally become a couple. Tim Canterbury Timothy ""Tim"" Canterbury is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom ""The Office"", portrayed by Martin Freeman. He is a 30-year-old sales representative for the paper merchants, Wernham Hogg. He has a self-deprecating and ironic sense of humour. Tim flirts with, and feels great attraction to, the receptionist Dawn Tinsley. His office nemesis is Gareth Keenan, with whom he regularly exchanges insults and on whom he frequently plays practical jokes. His relationship"
"Paper Airplane (The Office) ""Paper Airplane"" is the twentieth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series ""The Office"". It originally aired on NBC on April 25, 2013. The episode features a guest appearance from Roseanne Barr as Andy's agent Carla Fern. It was also the final half-hour episode of the series, being the fourth-to-last episode aired. The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, the office staff compete against each other in a paper"
"where a driver hauling bananas lost control of his truck as it barreled down Moosic Street. The city is the setting for the Scranton branch of the fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin on NBC's ""The Office"". The Scranton branch is the setting for the majority of the episodes of the television show. The city is imagined as a member of the class of interstellar Okies in James Blish's 1962 novel, ""A Life for the Stars"", in which 2273 AD Scranton, equipped with a space drive, flies away and leaves an impoverished Earth behind. The main highways that serve Scranton are"
"generally nicer and less hard-edged in subsequent seasons. In the seventh-season episode ""The Seminar"", Michael in fact briefly meets David Brent in the lobby and they establish an immediate rapport, joking together and generally signalling that they would have been good friends. Michael Scott (The Office) Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character on NBC's ""The Office"", portrayed by Steve Carell and based on David Brent from the British version of the program. Michael is the central character of the series, serving as the Regional Manager of the Scranton branch of a paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin Inc. from seasons"
"Office"" for an ""Outstanding Guest Actor in Comedy Series"" Emmy consideration. Paper Airplane (The Office) ""Paper Airplane"" is the twentieth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series ""The Office"". It originally aired on NBC on April 25, 2013. The episode features a guest appearance from Roseanne Barr as Andy's agent Carla Fern. It was also the final half-hour episode of the series, being the fourth-to-last episode aired. The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the"
"only to Duff Beer from ""The Simpsons"" as the best fictional brand. At the first annual ""The Office"" convention in Scranton in 2007, fans who had paid for reserved seating at an ""uncommon stockholders meeting"" in the Mall at Steamtown received an annual report and complimentary ream of paper. A nearby elevator shaft is also decorated with the company logo. While the Scranton branch's address, 1725 Slough Avenue, does not actually exist (the street name was invented as a tribute to the original British version of the show, set in Slough, near London), the company logo can be seen two"
"office was like the Roman Empire, the Wild West, war-torn Poland, and Poland all at once. Andy vows to be Jim's ""traveling pants"", a reference to the young adult novel series ""The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"". Dwight describes Charles as ""Will Smith-esque"", a reference to the American film actor. Michael and Dwight both court HarperCollins, an American publishing company, as a prospective paper client. In its original American broadcast on April 16, 2009, ""Heavy Competition"" was watched by 8.24 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings. It captured a 5.5 rating/11 share among viewers aged between 18 and 49, making"
"Pete Miller Peter Zachary ""Plop"" Miller is a fictional character on the U.S. comedy television series ""The Office"". Pete is portrayed by Jake Lacy. He is an original character and has no counterpart in the British version of the series, though his character is noted as having several parallels to Jim Halpert, who in turn is based on Tim Canterbury on the British series. Pete, along with Clark Green, is one of two staff members hired as customer service representatives at the Scranton branch of fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin, replacing the outgoing Kelly Kapoor and Ryan Howard at the"
"he's been holding back all this time, leaving Amanda to wonder if professional success is worth the cost of friendship? And what's to become of the paper if its top brass cannot see eye to eye anymore? The Paper (TV series) The Paper is a reality television show on MTV. The show covers the lives of the Cypress Bay High School newspaper staff, focusing mostly on four senior editors. It is set in Weston, Florida. The series finale aired on May 26, 2008. The second season had been cast at a high school in Texas but midway into production the"
"is a kind of all-too-real-life version of The Office, set in Coventry. Ann is the more talkative of the two, a mixture of starry-eyed optimist and petty disciplinarian. John mostly just swears a lot and criticises Ann's schemes for improving the company - such as hiring a Zimbabwean motivational guru called Basil Mienie (pronounced 'meanie'). A film length special was made for Christmas in 2006. It was compiled from material from the series. The Armstrongs The Armstrongs was a British television drama/documentary series broadcast on the BBC in the UK. The Armstrongs was an access-all-areas insight into the unorthodox and"
"instances are quickly overshadowed by more practical jokes thrown at him by Tim and Dawn. Gareth Keenan Gareth Keenan (born 17 April 1971) is a fictional paper salesman on BBC's comedy ""The Office"". He is portrayed in the series by Mackenzie Crook as a gaunt, self-important team leader proud of his alleged Lieutenant status in the Territorial Army. He spends his days annoying his co-workers at Wernham Hogg with his rigid enforcement of the rules and sycophantic attitude towards David Brent, whom he views as a friend. David Brent often has to correct Keenan over his apparent job title ""Assistant"
"Stanley Hudson Stanley James Hudson is a fictional character from the US television series ""The Office"". He is played by Leslie David Baker. Stanley has no direct counterpart in the UK series. His closest counterpart is Malcolm, as he is given some of Malcolm's lines in the pilot, and is frequently openly critical of Michael Scott throughout the series (as Malcolm was of David Brent). Stanley Hudson is a sales representative for the fictional paper distributor Dunder Mifflin. Stanley is a serious, hardworking, but a thoroughly grumpy and disgruntled employee so lacking in interest in his surroundings that in one"
"banjo? It's one of Andy's many mysteries, not all of which I even understand."" Prior to the episode's airing, NBC set up a web site for the new Michael Scott Paper Company at www.michaelscottpapercompany.com, which included a mission statement for the company, photos of the new office space and a downloadable copy of the coupon for ""unparalleled customer service"" featured in the episode. The official website for ""The Office"" included four cut scenes from ""Michael Scott Paper Company"" within a week of the episode's original release. In one 85-second clip, Dwight and Andy pretend to shoot, stab and throw grenades"
"Michael Scott Paper Company ""Michael Scott Paper Company"" is the twenty-third episode of the fifth season of the television series ""The Office"", and the 95th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 9, 2009. In the episode, Michael, Pam and Ryan try to get their new paper company off the ground, but end up bickering among themselves due to the stress and cramped office space. Meanwhile, Jim tries to do a ""rundown"" for new boss Charles Miner without admitting he does not know what a rundown is, while Dwight and Andy"
"Erin Hannon Kelly Erin Hannon (born May 1, 1986) is a fictional character from the U.S. comedy television series ""The Office"". She is the office receptionist for the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc., a position previously held by Pam Beesly before she quit to go work for the Michael Scott Paper Company. Erin is portrayed by Ellie Kemper. She is an original character, although her closest equivalent in the British version of the series would be Mel the receptionist, who appears briefly in ""The Office"" Christmas specials, as Dawn Tinsley's replacement. Erin Hannon is the receptionist"
"her contract with Dunder Mifflin altogether. In ""Finale"", it is mentioned that Dwight (who succeeded Andy as regional manager) managed to reacquire the White Pages' business by again offering the discounted price. Jan is not referenced over the course of the documentary's TV release and is not invited to any of the events connected to it. Jan Levinson Janet ""Jan"" Levinson (formerly Levinson-Gould) is a recurring fictional character from the US television series ""The Office"". Her counterpart in the UK version is Jennifer Taylor-Clarke. She is portrayed by Melora Hardin. She is the Vice President of Northeast Sales at the"
"Game,"" a psychological thriller. In 2015, it featured in Laurence Simpson's comic novel about the tabloid media, ""According to The Daily Mail."" And in 2017, a thinly-disguised version of the ""Daily Mail,"" called simply ""The Mail"" appears in Michael Paraskos's dark satire based on the Donald Trump presidency, ""Rabbitman"", in which the newspaper's fictional editor is subjected to a lobotomy in a dystopian post-Brexit Britain to try and cure him of ""nasty little paranoid thoughts about scroungers, traitors and foreigners."" Source: Daily Mail The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in London. Founded in 1896, it"
"due to challenging market conditions. J Salmon Ltd J Salmon Ltd, founded in 1880, is a UK-based printing and publishing firm, and is recognized as the oldest established postcard and calendar publisher in Britain. It is based in Sevenoaks, Kent. The current managing directors of the firm are Harry and Charles Salmon. Joseph Salmon was a bookseller in London that bought a stationer's store in 1880 aiming to establish a general printing business in Kent. He held the reins of the business until 1898 when his son also Joseph Salmon took over control. In July 2017, it was announced that"
"Gareth Keenan Gareth Keenan (born 17 April 1971) is a fictional paper salesman on BBC's comedy ""The Office"". He is portrayed in the series by Mackenzie Crook as a gaunt, self-important team leader proud of his alleged Lieutenant status in the Territorial Army. He spends his days annoying his co-workers at Wernham Hogg with his rigid enforcement of the rules and sycophantic attitude towards David Brent, whom he views as a friend. David Brent often has to correct Keenan over his apparent job title ""Assistant regional manager"" to ""Assistant to the regional manager"". His counterpart on the US series is"