Rewind to 2005

TV – The Office (US)
The announcement of a Yank remake of The Office may have plastered sneers all over the faces of television purists, but this show defied history to be one of the few transatlantic “reimaginings” worth watching. It may have gone on a bit too long (it’s currently gearing up for an eighth season) and have become more like a regular sitcom than Ricky Gervais’ painful-to-watch mockumentary, but it’s funny – and that’s what really matters, isn’t it?