Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office UK might have lasted only two seasons, but it paved the way for Greg Daniels' US version, which ran for nine seasons and was immensely popular.

The Office is one of those shows you can watch clips of at any time of the day and still end up in splits. It gave us some of the most iconic characters in TV comedy.

The Office UK inspired the American version of the show, but one theory suggests the link bleeds into the fictional universes ...

The actors from The Officewere iconic in their own right, and whilst it seems that they were all meant for the show, one of ...