Bad days at the office: fiction about modern work

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The Office - Complete Series One & Two and The Christmas Specials [2001] [DVD]
1.  The Office - Complete Series One & Two and The Christmas Specials [2001] [DVD] DVD ~ Ricky Gervais
The list author says:
  "Where else to begin? The master of modern management techniques, David Brent, and his juvenile underlings."
£24.99   Used & New from: £3.99
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews) | 3 customer discussions

Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
2.  Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert by Scott Adams
The list author says:
  "Everyone's favorite cog-in-the-wheel gets his own Box Set."
£32.50   Used & New from: £29.04
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Glengarry Glen Ross (Modern Plays) (Modern Classics)
3.  Glengarry Glen Ross (Modern Plays) (Modern Classics) by David Mamet
The list author says:
  "Mamet's drama lays bare the excesses of competitive capitalism in the form of a cut-throat competition between macho real-estate salesmen."
£9.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Mad Men - Complete Season 1 [DVD]
4.  Mad Men - Complete Season 1 [DVD] DVD ~ Jon Hamm
The list author says:
  "Anti-nostalgic drama centered around an advertising agency: its chauvinistic, clubby, chain-smoking male executives and their status-obsessed wives, secretaries and mistresses."
£9.99   Used & New from: £7.95
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (119 customer reviews) | 6 customer discussions

The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin : The Complete BBC Series Collection [1976] [DVD]
5.  The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin : The Complete BBC Series Collection [1976] [DVD] DVD ~ David Warwick
The list author says:
  "Intimidated by his boss, bored by his son-in-law, fed up with his job, the regional sales manager of Sunshine Desserts deals with his midlife crisis by faking suicide: only to return to the same life!"
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)

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Mr Phillips
6.  Mr Phillips by John Lanchester
The list author says:
  "An accountant at a sandwich-making company cannot tell the truth to his wife: he has been made redundant. So he pretends to go to work."
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)

Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics) by Evelyn Waugh
The list author says:
  "Country diary hack William Boot is mistakenly sent off to Ishmaelia to report on a civil war for the Daily Beast in this satire of the mid-century newspaper industry."
£6.99   Used & New from: £1.14
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)

Morte D'Urban (NYRB Classics)
8.  Morte D'Urban (NYRB Classics) by J. F. Powers
The list author says:
  "A trendy young priest is posted to smalltown Minnesota in the 1960s. He discovers the church is a business, and an invitation to play golf with the bishop is a moral minefield."
£8.09   Used & New from: £2.46
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

The IT Crowd: Series 1-3 Box Set - Limited Internet in a Box Edition [DVD]
9.  The IT Crowd: Series 1-3 Box Set - Limited Internet in a Box Edition [DVD] DVD ~ Chris O'Dowd
The list author says:
  "Deep in the basement of a shifty corporation lie a pair of socially-challenged computer specialists and their gaffe-prone, technically-illiterate manager. A Whitehall farce with extra RAM."
Used & New from: £22.95
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews) | 5 customer discussions

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Class, The
10.  Class, The by Francois Begaudeau
The list author says:
  "Semi-fictional account of an inner-city schoolteacher and his daily battles with pupils, parents and colleagues."
£11.69   Used & New from: £1.69
1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

His Girl Friday [1940] [DVD]
11.  His Girl Friday [1940] [DVD] DVD ~ Cary Grant
The list author says:
  "Cary Grant as a newspaper editor who won't give the big story to the best reporter - because she's his estranged wife."
£2.99   Used & New from: £0.84
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Navigators [2001] [DVD]
12.  The Navigators [2001] [DVD] DVD ~ Dean Andrews
The list author says:
  "Bitter lament, infused with humor, for the fate of workers in a privatized rail industry."
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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All The Names (Panther)
13.  All The Names (Panther) by Jose Saramago
The list author says:
  "From the bare facts on the index cards at the registry office where he works, Jose attempts to breathe life into the thousands of births and deaths he files away each day."
£6.39   Used & New from: £3.58
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Carry on at Your Convenience [DVD] [1971]
14.  Carry on at Your Convenience [DVD] [1971] DVD ~ Kenneth Williams
The list author says:
  "Ridiculously camp satire of corporatism in a factory making toilet seats."
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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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The Complete Open All Hours - Series One-Four [1976]
15.  The Complete Open All Hours - Series One-Four [1976] DVD ~ Ronnie Barker
The list author says:
  "A shopkeeper and his assistant: hierarchy, exploitation, low-risk management ... and a lot of stuttering."
£11.99   Used & New from: £7.76
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Does it have subtitles ? 3 7 Dec 2011
Greatest Sitcom Character 3 26 Jun 2011
Does this boxset offer any extras not on the previous single series releases? 0 19 Jun 2011
English subtitles?? 7 7 Nov 2010
Subtitles? 2 18 Apr 2010
Subtitles ? 2 5 Sep 2009
anyone know a good dvd version of ' HIS GIRL FRIDAY ' 3 25 Aug 2009
What's the difference? 2 29 Jul 2009
Any extras? 2 18 Jul 2009
The IT Crowd 1 8 Jul 2009
Is this region free? 0 2 Jun 2009
Will this play on my PS3? 3 18 Apr 2009
 
   

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