Le Bureau is a 2006 French television show written and directed by Nicolas & Bruno. It is a French adaptation of the popular British television series The Office. Le Bureau adapted the scripts of the original British series, changing character names and many cultural references.[1]

Le Bureau
The cast of Le Bureau
GenreComedy
Created byRicky Gervais
Stephen Merchant
Directed byNicolas Charlet
StarringFrançois Berléand
Xavier Robic
Benoît Carré
Jérémie Elkaïm
Alka-Laure Balbir
Frédéric Merlo
Jean-Pierre Loustau
Astrid Bas
Solène Bouton
Jacques-Yves Dorges
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time26 minutes
Production companiesCapital United Nations Entertainment
The Identity Company
Original release
NetworkCanal+
Release25 May (2006-05-25) –
30 June 2006 (2006-06-30)

Cast

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  • François Berléand: Gilles Triquet, Regional Director of the Cogirep Villepinte branch. He is based on David Brent.
  • Xavier Robic: Félix Pradier, trainee.
  • Benoît Carré: Joel Liotard, Assistant to the Regional Director.
  • Jérémie Elkaïm: Paul Delorme, Sales Representative.
  • Alka-Laure Balbir: Laetitia Kadiri, Receptionist.
  • Frédéric Merlo: Daniel Gabarda, Chief Accountant.
  • Jean-Pierre Loustau: Didier Leguélec, Representative.
  • Astrid Bas: Juliette Lebrac, Manager of Cogirep France.
  • Solène Bouton: Jennifer Langlois.
  • Jacques-Yves Dorges as Giraud Bernard, Sales Representative.

Summary

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It takes place in Villepinte, a business park in the northeast suburbs of Paris.

The series stars François Berléand as Gilles Triquet, France's version of David Brent. Another notable actor, Jérémie Elkaïm of Presque rien fame, also stars in the series playing the French version of Tim Canterbury.

Filming with the French cast was completed in early February; the series began airing on 25 May 2006.

It is the first foreign-language remake of the show, although the German series Stromberg used The Office as a basis for its show format. A dubbed version of the first UK series that ran on cable in France in 2004 fared poorly.[clarification needed]

Season schedule

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Episode Number Canal+ Canal+ Décalé
Episode 1 25 May 2006 10:15 25 May 2006 10:40
Episode 2 1 June 2006 10:25 3 June 2006 8:15
Episode 3 8 June 2006 10:55 10 June 2006 8:10
Episode 4 22 June 2006 10:15 24 June 2006 8:15
Episodes 5 – 6 30 June 2006 10:15

Home release

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The DVD was released on 28 August 2006.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Paris, Angelique Chrisafis in (27 May 2006). "'Vulgar, bigoted, cynical': France warms to Le Bureau". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
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