The IT Crowd
2006 British sitcom
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Data sheet
| Type | TV show |
| Genre | TV show#Sitcom Comedy |
| Creator | Graham Linehan |
| Cast | Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Matt Berry |
| Theme music composer | Neil Hannon |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Executive producer | Ash Atalla |
| Editor | Paul Machliss |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 24 minutes (special approx 47 minutes) |
| Production company | Talkback Thames, Delightful Industries, Distributor Fremantle |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) (2006–10) 1080i (HDTV) (2013) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 2006-02-03 – 2013-09-27 |
Description
The IT Crowd is a British sitcom originally broadcast by Channel 4, written by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, and Matt Berry. Set in the offices of the fictional Reynholm Industries in London, revolves around the three staff members of its IT (Information Technology) department: computer programmer Maurice Moss (Richard Ayoade), work-shy Roy Trenneman (Chris O'Dowd), and Jen Barber (Katherine 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). Goth IT technician Richmond Avenal (Noel Fielding), who resides in the dark server room, also appears in a number of episodes.
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 not produced. The programme was concluded with a special "farewell" episode that aired on 27 September 2013. The programme was critically acclaimed and has a cult following.