Money don make my world go round david brent

Friday 13 August Having exported The Office to six countries, including the US and Israel, Ricky Gervais has set himself an even bigger challenge: The UK version of the show introduced David Brent — a self-proclaimed philosopher, philanthropist and musical equal to Texas — to a worldwide audience, and he has since been reinvented as Michael Scott US , Gilles Triquet France and even David Gervais Canada as the sitcom spread across the globe. It appears the actor to play the Chinese Brent is yet to be chosen, but he will have his work cut out if he is to give the role the same resonance among the country's 1.

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The original sitcom, which was first broadcast in the UK in , has been sold to some 70 territories around the world by BBC Worldwide. In a blogpost yesterday , Gervais revealed that he had "amazing news". How cool is that?

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Given that media outlets in China operate under tight state control, the level of Gervais and Merchant's involvement could be smaller than that it has been in other incarnations, although one suspects David Brent's broad alignment with the philosophy of 90s pop artist Des'ree — "Money don't make my world go round, I'm reaching out to a higher ground" — would fit fairly well with the convictions of the Central People's Government.

It won numerous awards , including Baftas for best sitcom and best comedy performance for Gervais as Brent three years in a row and two Golden Globes in Gervais and Merchant went on to write and star in the sitcom Extras.

Earlier this year it was announced the pair had begun working on a new sitcom — a study of the day-to-day frustrations of a "showbiz dwarf" called Life's Too Short.

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The Guardian - Back to home. Gervais and Stephen Merchant face challenge in making story of Slough paper firm relevant to Chinese audience.

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