Far funnier than the UK version without a doubt.

I'm not a big fan of British accents.

Need the right sense of humour but sorry British show all the way!

Haha, I couldn't understand the british one when I first saw it.
Posting this one on the US version is most likely going to get the bigger US vote, lol.

ummm... I dont understand what the brit's are saying half the time. If i watch one twice i'll get it...lol. bias I kno... but both are deffinately funny!

ya the british accent really kills it for americans. its like "huh?" "what did he say?" get annoying after a while. but big ups cuz there wouldnt be a US version if it wasnt for UK ;)

I think the British Office is funnier, although the story line in the Office US will always keep me hooked.

I tried the Brit version, it's just not really my sense of humor.

No Contest!

its the original. how can you not pick it?

both are great but I started with the U.S. version first.

i would say the american version is better becasue even though the british version has a better boss... teh other characters are not as developed...there are more and better characters on the american office

british all the way, i like how the humour is more subtle and dry, i do like the american version thoigh

i couldnt even watch the UK one... so boring

UK was the original, and you can't top Ricky.

the U.S. Office just runs a little smoother. I respect the British version, though its just not my cup of tea (play on words intended).

Though I LOVE the UK series, I do like the US version better. They've had more time to develop the characters.

the union jack is a fag

or faggy i should say, love ya oscar

They're both great but nothing compares to JAM.

there is actually a french version now. theres videos on here for it.

The problem with the UK version is that you have to be British to get have of the Subtleties of it.

U.S.A.

british people are pretty cool, but it's the actual cast of the office USA that make it incredible, not just the punchlines.

the UK version sucks

the U.K. version is terrible. David Brent is everything that is wrong with the paper industry, and he is a terrible human being. I cannot watch him without getting really irritated or squeamish. What's more, the jokes aren't as funny, they're more cruel and unpleasant to watch. The U.K. version may have been original, but the parts that the U.S. version copied really sucked. the first couple episodes were terrible, then the U.S. version diverged from the U.K., and I'm really glad it did. I watched both all the way through, and it was painful to watch the U.K. version. And I don't like watching some one dimensional idiot like David Brent,

I just feel worse and worse for the people around them. Important note, when this happens, it isn't even funny; it feels like somebody took my heart, and dropped it into a bucket of boiling tears. And, at the same time, somebody else is hitting my soul in the crotch with a frozen sledgehammer. And then, a third guy walks in and starts punching me in the grief bone.

for me, watching the office U.K. is like that

You don't HAVE to be British to like the British version. I'm Australian and we have a very similar sense of humour which I like a bit more than American. It hurts so much when people bag the UK show because I love it SO much.

And although I adore Michael, I think David Brent is better. Ricky Gervais is just a genius. He is SO annoying but that's part of the reason why its funny! What's made the US show so good is they've made Jim and Pam's roles a lot bigger and they're such a huge part of the US show.

And in the UK show its more about David because he's just better. You have to admit you get sick of Michael after a while and you just want to go back to Jim and Pam. David is so interesting and embarrassing and hilarious. I have the first season DVD which is only 6 episodes and I can watch it over and over again because he is just so amazing!

Having said that I think Michael's way sweeter and he's more like a kid in a 45 year-old's body. Which makes him way more likeable so I see where everyone's coming from.

Sorry when there are so many people against a show I love I have a tendency to want to defend it.

americans have a long history of stealing things from other countries, and on many occasions they make those things better. this show is one of those things--particularly in character development and drama.

however, the UK version is outstanding, hysterical, captivating, etc etc and youre an IDIOT if you dont think the UK version is one of the greatest and most important shows in television history.

I'm not calling Americans stupid, because I wouldn't do that. But maybe the reason you don't "get" the British version is because the humour is slightly less obvious?

The American version is typically American, and yeah that type of humour can be funny (I love many American shows)

But the idea of the office is that it's subtle humour, which many of you don't seem to pick up on.

The person who said they're not a fan of british accents? How would you feel if I said I wasn't a fan of american ones? I'm sure they'd all switch their accents if they knew they were annoying you, I'm sure they don't know that their british accents offend. I'll promptly change my accent to suit the US. shall I?

Sorry, I'm sounding rude. I really don't mean to, But anyway, there are several different british accents!

At least in british shows we dont all have butlers and talk in a very snobby way like british characters in american shows.

The UK version is so much better, on so many levels that I can't be bothered to explain further.

xxx

im from england,
but i just prefer the US one,
i guess i don't have the 'british sense of humour' or something?
because when i watch our version, well actually, i can't watch it, without wanting to cry, and i realise that's half the point, but i don't like feeling like that lol.
whereas, as soon as i'd starting watching your version, i thought i was going to faint from laughing too much... i do like feeling like that lol
- i just realised how many times i used the word "as" lol

but i don't like the way that everyone on here is just completely gunning down everyone else.

ricky gervais and steve merchant produce both the programmes.

and they each to your own taste.

and also, the US office is obviously going to get more votes on the US office spot lol

The humor in the British version is funnier but I think the characters are way better developed in the US version. Watching the UK version, I'd find myself laughing constantly but not really caring at all about what happens to the people.

The storylines in the US version have me hooked. I think the producers have done an amazing job at using office politics to affect the relationships between the characters. And it's not often you can have a show with a cast of 15+ and find yourself wishing that everyone could get more screen-time.

Again, not everyone gets subtle humour, which the office does well and the office US doesn't.

The reason the characters are more developed is because it's a longer show. Plus, they're general office people, everyday guys. You're not supposed to relate to any of them but Tim and Dawn, who you empathise with.

xxx

Well I guess I just watched the American version first and I decided maybe I would like the UK version...it was okay. I got kind of bored and even the Dawn..Tim relationship didn't grab me like the Jim...Pam. I did like Gareth and David but Dwight and Michael just seem more well I think more funny. Actually I think the office US has subtle humor, I know alot of people who don't understand why I like it so much. The office US is one of the most well developed shows of our time.

the US version kicks ass compared to the crooked teeth, tea and crumpet UK version. except for tv editing american television is way better than english televison.

Oh my God, I have to laugh :D

When people get nasty on here it makes me laugh sooo much!

Crooked teeth and tea and crumpets? How could you stereotype so much? When does anyone on the Office eat crumpets, eh? And how many have bad teeth?

I'm British and I have perfectly straight teeth and haven't had a crumpet in forever. You wouldn't like it if I said all Americans were fat and stupid, would you?

I wouldn't say that, because I don't stereotype. :)

oh, and if American TV is better than English (Which I don't think it is), then why did they bother to steal our shows?

When do the British make versions of your shows?

Even if US TV was better, who cares? Not all life is about TV.

xxx

u actually cant even diss the english show otherwise u wudnt have your american show. most tv i watch is american but wen i comes don to a rickey gervais show u actually canot beat his talent, and this show was his u shud be lucky the english version is even around tbh!

I just started watching The Office UK. It's great I love it plus it puts a whole new perspective on the US version. Alot of episodes and relationships seem to have deeper meaning now that I have seen the UK counterpart. I just appreciate the US version that much more I guess.

I think the reason that there is less character development in the uk is that was rigorously restricted to its mockumentary basis. The american one isnt really a mockumentary anymore, just a sitcom.

It's hard to pick a favorite, they're both so different. I think America's Dwight Schrute beats the UK's Garreth Keenan, but I agree with shandhand, I love the dry mockumentary-style a tad more than the typical NBC sitcom.

I like both, but the US version is definitely funnier. JAM♥

both are great. but the UK version focuses only on four people. the US version is an ensemble cast. that's the main difference

I like the US better cuz Steve Carrall does such a good job!!

why cant we pick both! theyre both amazing! and both are unique!

well even though i'm british i really didn't like the uk version (probably cause i don't like ricky gervais) but i love the us office

amyfitz says [Oh my God, I have to laugh :D

When people get nasty on here it makes me laugh sooo much!

Crooked teeth and tea and crumpets? How could you stereotype so much? When does anyone on the Office eat crumpets, eh? And how many have bad teeth?

I'm British and I have perfectly straight teeth and haven't had a crumpet in forever. You wouldn't like it if I said all Americans were fat and stupid, would you?

I wouldn't say that, because I don't stereotype. :)

oh, and if American TV is better than English (Which I don't think it is), then why did they bother to steal our shows?

When do the British make versions of your shows?

Even if US TV was better, who cares? Not all life is about TV.

xxx]

please shut up, you really are making a fool out of yourself and you can call Americans fat and stupid as much as you want because we are, but you don't see us denying it. we accept our imperfections and frankly, the english should too. (nasty-ass, yellow, crooked teeth)

oh i forgot to xxxxxxxxx kiss you back

uk version sucks

the UK version was brilliant, the US is only a shadow of the original.

UK without hesitation... and I've only ever been there once.

I am an American ex-pat.

And oh yeah... I have no teeth.

I love the American version, and I'm a little sick of all these people who like the UK version saying that they have a more "sophisticated" sense of humor. Who are you to say what is sophisticated?

we got dwight, kelly AND jam

I'm American and live in England, but I watched the U.S. one first and... the first cut is the deepest. ;)

i like both but i fell in love with the us version first ( i know i know uk is the original) but it is interesting to watch the uk version and compare them and see how they deliver similar jokes.

everyone's contention seems to be that their countries version was better. Well i'm from neither america nor england. English by name and American by nature, I'm from Australia (so no bias).

Now, there's absolutely no even considering contesting the fact that...

Ricky Gervais is brilliant

and hilarious. And the uk version was brilliant of course, but the us version is better because it is able to continue its brilliance and maintain longevity. Uk couldn't keep up the humour and lost it all in only the second season. It ended up making weak jokes and sacrificing all the subtlety that made it so fantastic. The US version was more 'mainstream' but at least it could continue the hilarity after 3 seasons... and come out strong in the 4th.

Also Jim is better than Tim, and I'll tell you why. Because, while I love Martin Freeman far more than John Krasinski, Krasinski's character has a little more class to his humour than Tim's shouting 'cock' at gareth.

And of course, everyone loves a show more if the will-they?/wont-they? ends with the couple together!

I adore the US version I really do, it's funny and the storylines are great but the classic for me is and will always be the UK version.

The UK version did it's thing and then stopped, 2 series and a 2 part christmas special. And I love the series all the more for it. They quit while they were ahead. And I'm not saying the US version is dull because it isn't, by making more of them the US version has become more sitcom like but at the same time has developed it a lot more. That's fine, it's great, it's funny. But with that comes the danger of taking it too far.

They'll always try and get one more season out of it whether or not it needs one more season. Gervais had the good grace to step down, but will NBC?

I couldn't even make it throught the first episode of the UK one. I am going to try watching it again though.

i definitely appreciate and love the uk version
but at this point, even gervais agrees, the us version has surpassed it..

I've seen both. But I think the American is just a lttle bit beter because of the actors and the jokes.

I like both. ;)

wow, let's not diverge into name calling, it doesn't help you look any more intelligent, trust me. we all have valid points, and they should be treated with respect even if you don't happen to agree with them.

i watched the entire UK version before i even knew there *was* an American version, and i loved it. Ricky Gervais really is a genius. the style of humour is certainly very different, and it's understandable why a lot of Americans don't find it as funny. American television relies on obvious, slapstick humour whereas the British have always been about subtlety and dry wit.

the writers on both shows are brilliant, and it's really hard to choose between the two (for those of us who don't have any trouble understanding British accents). i had to go with the American version simply because of its sustainability. The Office UK worked for a couple of seasons, but i don't know if they could have kept it going; whereas the Office US still has plenty of workability left.

as much as i love the us version, this one isn't even a close contest. uk version works on SO many levels, and can be so bleak and downright realistic it's mesmerizing

I've never seen the british version.

i feel like if i got into the british version, i'd like it better. See, I watched it once or twice, and thought it was horrible a year or two ago. Then, I saw Flight of the Conchords, which has a similar dry wit to it. Learned to get into the humor. American humor is much more, in your face, sex humor, where british humor is more classier, think about it, its funny humor. I still go with the American version, because I am American and are used to it, so I laugh quite a bit from it, but I could see myself saying UK if i ever give it a chance.

i love both... but the whole jim and pam thing made me love the US mucch more. And brittish people and Australian people dont all have the same sort of humor. I am Aussie and me and my friends are nothing like brits.. lol we have a dirty sense of humor.

Hey AmyFitz is the steryotype for americans really fat and stupid...man well that suks

I love them both! I think the UK version had more LOL moments for me, but the US version gives me more laughs overall, even if I'm not LOLing. And I like that added "drama" element of the US version, too.

What killed the UK version for me was Ricky Gervais saying "Yeah" every other word. It just got on my nerves too much.

But I agree, the US version has expanded and developed the characters more. It's not just focused on the four main characters.

i know the uk version is the original but seriously
i dont get british humor
and the characters in the us version, you can relate to them better, and you can actually do nmore than hate them!

I Like them both , but i think the U.K version is funnier ^-^

I love the UK one, and feel like I'm betraying my country or something but the US version is so much more... watchable.

I do feel thast the UK version has much more intelligent humour and is more real, but that makes it so difficult to watch.

There's less of a feel-good factor and some of the things that happen are SO well written but can also be horribly depressing or cringeworthy.

I thought I'd hate the US version- I expected it to be all fake tan and fake smiles, but instead I loved it. Dwight is fantastic (not to mention hilarious), Jim is adorable and I'm seriously fascinated by Creed.

So although I think the UK version is better written and realistic, the US one is more enjoyable, and I suppose that's what counts.

i rekon they are both really good. but the USA vesion was the first one i watched and its kinda hard to get used to the Brittish version once you've seen the USA one. They are really different.

The Brit one is funny! but I just love Rainn and Steve on the show! lol

I genuinely think i am the only british person in the country who prefers the American version, its just so much better...It's probably because i watched the American one first.

DEFINITELY U.S. version.

hey but isn't that one dude from the british office the same guy who keeps losing his eye in Pirates of the Carribean? the guy middle left on the front row? I think it's him.

I think the British version is funnier because it better portrays the dry wit of office life. Perfect example is when they open a scene with the copier making collated copies.

My least favorite is how everyone seems to get sex toys for their birthday. What is that about?

i've seen both while i know what everyone's talking about by the 'subtle' and 'original' aspects of the UK version, the US is SO MUCH FUNNIER. its been on longer and JAM is the best. michael&dwight don't even compare to any other boss/employee relationship. kelly is insane. ryan and jan are too.

THE U.S. VERSION IS BETTER!

The US version is better without question.
I've seen both. They're BOTH good. But the fact that the UK one was the original doesn't mean anything.

They are an unbeatable all-star cast.

I understand those who picked The Office U.K. But I'll go for The Office U.S!

UK ALL THE WAYY BABYY

Eww, I HATE the British version.

the american version is way better i cant get hooked on the uk version the same way

Both are incredible shows in their own right, it all depends entirely on your sense of humour as to which one your prefer.
I just find the Brit one a little more relatable and Ricky Gervais is just immense.
It's just so excruciatingly cringey and you just feel so embarrassed for the guy, which I just adore. I don't get that with the US one. But thats just opinion and I do love them both.
I think it's also possiby the fact that I saw the Brit one first and therefore feel eternally loyal towards it.

They have better faces.

I haven't seen the UK version yet.

The British version is hard to understand, but with subtitles, it's HILARIOUS! I wouldn't say better than the US version, but it's just as good. I chose UK because you never asked anything about a quality...

U.S. definataly!! im sorry, the british one is just too dry for my taste.

I saw The UK version.... It seems boring...I guess. Sorry :/ Michael Scott is the Jerkiest yet Funny Boss :]

never seen the british one...

British one is way boring and all of ypu who are like "O... OK has more 'sophisticated' jokes" one word: Booooring

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH !

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH !

sorry the us series is way better

I enjoy the US version and delight in its long running storylines but you can't hide from the fact that the british version has supplied all the significant characters and situations on which the American version has relied on. Whats original? Erin? Sabre? All the weakest elements of series six I'm afraid

@ nobbysmiles: I agree and disagree with that. I do recognize that the UK version was the first to have all the ideas and characters, but why did the UK audience not like it as much? If it was any different the UK version would still be around. Even if the US version took the ideas from the UK's, Ricky was there for most of it, having written a few himself. I see the US version as a tribute out of respect for the UK's version, they just put in an American twist. I personally love the US version for a number of reasons mostly for how long they have succeeded. I did not see anything wrong with the 6th season, I just bone it up to everybody having to be a critic.

I've never seen the office UK but without michael scott there is no show....even though michael hates toby...why does he hate toby?????

Easy As Pie!

HAHA that was cute.

lol

I LIKE it more, basically because of the second season, but... the British one is brilliant, and a far better show.