The IT Crowd
| The IT Crowd | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Graham Linehan |
| Starring |
Chris O'Dowd Richard Ayoade Katherine Parkinson Matt Berry |
| Theme music composer | Neil Hannon |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (+1 special) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ash Atalla (2006–2008) |
| Producer(s) |
Talkback Thames (2006-2008) Retort (2013) |
| Editor(s) | Paul Machliss |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 24 minutes (special approx 47 minutes) |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) (2006–10) 1080i (HDTV) (2013) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 3 February 2006 – 27 September 2013 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
The IT Crowd is a British sitcom by Channel 4, written by Graham Linehan (who also created and wrote Father Ted), produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, and Matt Berry.
Set in the London offices of the fictional Reynholm Industries, the show revolves around the three staff members of its IT department: a geeky genius named Maurice Moss (Ayoade), the work-shy Roy Trenneman (O'Dowd), and Jen Barber (Parkinson), the department head/relationship manager, who knows nothing about IT. The show also focuses on the bosses of Reynholm Industries: Denholm Reynholm (Chris Morris) and later, his son Douglas (Matt Berry), as well as Gothic IT technician Richmond Avenal (Noel Fielding).
The comedy premiered on Channel 4 on 3 February 2006, and ran for four series of six episodes each. Although a fifth series was commissioned, it was never produced. The programme was concluded with a special, one-off episode, that aired on 27 September 2013. The show was critically acclaimed and has an 8.6 rating on IMDb.
The IT Crowd is set in the offices of Reynholm Industries, a fictional British corporation in central London, located at 123 Carenden Road. It focuses on the shenanigans of the three-strong IT support team located in a dingy, untidy, and unkempt basement – a great contrast to the shining modern architecture and stunning London views enjoyed by the rest of the organization. The obscurity surrounding what the company does serves as a running gag throughout the series – all that is known is that the company bought and sold ITV (a fact which Denholm Reynholm forgot completely), and once made part-year profits of "eighteen hundred billion billion". However; it is hinted that Reynholm Industries is a communications corporation, as Denholm Reynholm once claimed that the company, through buying mobile phone carriers and television stations, had created the largest communications empire in Great Britain. Douglas Reynholm claims his father Denholm Reynholm described the IT department as being run by "a dynamic go-getter, a genius and a man from Ireland".
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