Le Bureau

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The cast of Le Bureau.
The cast of Le Bureau.

Le Bureau is a French television show that airs Thursday nights on Canal+.

It is a French version of the popular British television series The Office. In 2005, an American version of the series was launched and has since achieved success. So far, Le Bureau has essentially adapted the scripts of the original British series, with proper names and cultural references appropriately changed. This approach had been used by the producers of the American series for its pilot episode (all subsequent episodes have featured original scripts).

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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 May 25. A second season is already in the works and the writer-director duo of Nicholas and Bruno say at least one show will focus on a French perennial: strikes.

It is the first foreign-language remake of the show, although the German series Stromberg used the 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.

[edit] Season schedule

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

[edit] DVD

The DVD was released on 28 August 2006.

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