List of The Office (British TV series) episodes

Wernham Hogg, a paper distribution company based in the towns of Slough and Swindon intends to downsize one of its branches in order to raise efficiency. David Brent, manager of the Slough branch is informed of this, who in turn informs his staff but recklessly promises them that nobody is going to lose their jobs.

New employee Donna, who is also temporarily staying with David as a favour to her parents, is introduced to the Slough branch. A pornographic image with David's face is circulated across the office, much to his embarrassment which he disguises as anger because it "offends women".

Tim's 30th birthday conflicts with a pub quiz night, which David and Chris have won consecutively for the past six years. David hires Ricky, a temporary employee despite the recent news of downsizing. Ricky is shown to be quite intelligent, resulting in an increasingly frustrated David attempting but failing to prove he is more intelligent.

Jennifer returns to the Slough branch to announce her partnership to Wernham Hogg, meaning that her job is available if David wants it and adds that he has the majority support of the board. David accepts the position, despite knowing that it will mean that Slough will close down and its resources amalgamated with Swindon, and will also mean his some of his staff will be made redundant, contravening his earlier promise that it won't happen. David breaks the news including his promotion to the staff, which is universally received as unnecessary information and just serves as another reason to dislike David even more.

Neil Godwin as well as several Swindon employees arrive at the Slough branch, Neil taking over as Jennifer's replacement. Neil is shown to be instantly likable by David's staff, who in turn begins to dislike his new boss. Tim, now a Senior Sales Clerk begins to take his job much more seriously in his new role, though Gareth disputes Tim's legitimate authority over him as the non-official "Assistant to the Regional Manager". Furthermore, Tim's authority begins to alienate Dawn, upsetting her when he returns her to her desk.

Swindon branch employee Trudy is celebrating her birthday, but David's total lack of social skills dampens the spirit of the event. Rachel, another Swindon employee becomes the competitive rivalry between Gareth and Tim, though Rachel is shown to clearly be more interested in Tim. Rachel dares Tim to put Trudy's dildo in David's office, Dawn watches from her desk with clear jealousy in feeling left out.

Simon the office computer technician arrives to install a new firewall on the staff computers. Friends with Gareth, the two talk about Simon's exaggerated and fantastical tales of go-karting, which Tim overhears and mocks. Noticing his involvement with Rachel, Simon retorts with knowledge about his prior interest in Dawn which leaves Tim speechless.

As part of the effort for Red Nose Day, Wernham Hogg's employees come up with various means of raising money. Tim pledges to raise money by hiding as many of Gareth's possessions throughout the day. Dawn sells kisses at her desk, but Neil steals the show disco dancing with Rachel, before performing an impressive solo rendition of John Travolta's dance from Saturday Night Fever. David also performs his own dance, but it is only performed out of his need to out do Neil.

Some time after the previous series, the BBC returns to several individuals who were made famous by the documentary. David is revealed to have squandered his generous redundancy package on a music career, but finds that other personalities like Howard Brown prove to be more popular and liked than him. At Wernham Hogg, Gareth is made General Manager and has also introduced sweeping changes that finally replace David's methods, which Gareth admits were unprofessional. Tim still works there, but has an annoying pregnant desk mate as his only company. David constantly visits the office uninvited in what he believes is a "morale boost" for his former staff, Neil eventually bans David from returning.