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Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, film producer, director and musician. He is perhaps best known for creating, writing and acting in the British television series The Office (2001–2003). He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019), as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and at No. 3 on the updated 2010 list. In 2010, he was named on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.
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British shows remade for American audiences - hits and misses from The Office to Skins

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British TV has given us some absolute corkers over the years, entertaining audiences all over the world. Slough-based mockumentary The Office made a global superstar out of its writer Ricky Gervais while teen drama Skins propelled actors such as Dev Patel and Kaya Scodelario all the way to Hollywood.

Inevitably, production companies in the US wanted the same hits on their hands and went about remaking some of the most popular programmes in British television.

However, some are much better than others. We take a look at which shows give the original a run for its money and which simply got lost in translation. The Office When The Office first burst on to our screens in the UK in 2001, Ricky Gervais' David Brent made us cringe with

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