The IT Crowd

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Title: The IT Crowd

Genre: Situational Comedy
Created By: Graham Linehan
Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Matt Berry
TV Run: February 2004 - July 2010 (Channel 4)
Seasons: 4 Episodes: 26 





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Full disclosure again, I have a thing for British comedies. I don't know why, I think the dry wit just works for me. The IT Crowd is a brilliant show, the characters are loveable, and it is one of the few shows that I have been able to watch multiple times without getting sick of it.

Characters:

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Roy Trenneman (Played by Chris O'Dowd)

One of the two IT professionals at Reynholm Industries. He is Irish and generally a slacker. He is often seen as less naive than his counterpart Maurice Moss. Doesn't seem to particularly enjoy his job in IT.

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Maurice Moss (Played by Richard Ayoade)

The other IT professional in the series. He is your socially awkward, incredibly intelligent, incredibly geeky, and relatively naive individual. He plays a brilliant counterpoint to Chris O'Dowds character Roy. Also probably my favorite character in this series.




  

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Jen Barber (Played by Katherine Parkinson)

The new "relationship manager" of the IT department. She is definitely a people person, but lacks any sort of computer knowledge. She lies on her CV to get the job and is placed as the manager of the IT department. Her lack of knowledge is a common joke point during the series.

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Denholm Reynholm (Played by Chris Morris)

The founder of Reynholm Industries. A bombastic, boisterous, no-nonsense kind of guy that expects to get everything he wants. His character is one of the most absurd of the series.



  

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Douglas Reynholm (Played by Matt Berry)

The son of Denholm Reynholm and somewhat has a similar feeling to Austin Powers. He is driven by sexual innuendo, is incredibly personable, and is also quite naive.







This show definitely has a bit of a computer geek slant to it, and while you don't have to be a computer geek to find it funny, I think it definitely helps to be one. If you are employed as an IT person you'll probably find this show even more identifiable. I don't often consider shows as part of a "favorite show of all time" list, but if I did have one this would certainly be on there.

If you're worried that it'll be too geeky for you, don't worry about that. The introduction of Katherine Parkinson's character "Jen" will even out those feelings for you, her character "degeekifies" things during the show quite a bit, and the common clash between the geeks (Roy and Moss) and the non-geek (Jen) is something that makes the show quite entertaining to watch.

So enjoy, and happy watching!