The IT Crowd (2006– )

The comedic adventures of a ragtag group of tech support workers at a large corporation.

Stars:

Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson

6 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Chris O'Dowd	...	Roy Trenneman (24 episodes, 2006-2010)
Richard Ayoade	...	Maurice Moss (24 episodes, 2006-2010)
Katherine Parkinson	...	Jen Barber (24 episodes, 2006-2010)
Matt Berry	...	Douglas Reynholm (16 episodes, 2007-2010)

Storyline

Deep in the sub basement of the ambiguous company of Reynholm Industries, are not one, but two socially awkward IT guys. Moss, an electronics wizard and overly naive man and Roy, a lazy disgruntled co-worker have to provide support for Reynholm Industries with their inept boss, Jen, that doesn't know the difference between hardware and software. The show revolves around Moss and Roy's antics both at work and out socially, which always ends badly.

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Plot Keywords:

information technology | london england | genius | geek | computer | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Channel 4 [United Kingdom]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 2006 (UK)

Also Known As:

Banda iz odeljenja informatike

Filming Locations:

Teddington Studios, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Talkback Thames, Channel 4 Television Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min 23 min (24 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Channel 4 put the episodes online one week before they were aired on TV.

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Quotes

Roy: [singing] We don't need no education.
Moss: Yes you do; you've just used a double negative

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Connections

Featured in Great TV Mistakes (2010)

User Reviews

Great Brit-com

The IT Crowd is an absurdist satire of office dramas, featuring those most indispensable of nerds, tech support geeks.

The first thing I noticed watching this series was director Ben Fuller's patience. He has a willingness to let a joke build that evades most television directors. Some jokes are set up in the opening scene and wait until the final segment for the payoff.

The show is further bolstered by great chemistry and timing between stars Richard Ayoade, Christopher Morris, Chris O'Dowd, and Katherine Parkinson. Each actor emits a brave willingness to take their characters to extremes for a laugh.

It's all helped a great deal, of course, if you have a vague notion computer technology and its various sub-cultures, but for the most part, the audience is along for clever dialogue-related humour, not in-jokes.