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Season 1 – The IT Crowd

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A three-person IT group keeps its company running with minimal effort or social contact.
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The IT Crowd — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

The frothy chemistry between The IT Crowd's triumvirate of misanthropes makes for a brainy riot, even if this sitcom feels constrained by its wearisome laugh track and occasional myopia.

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Nancy Banks-Smith Guardian 02/26/2020
It is engagingly old-fashioned. Go to Full Review Ginia Bellafante New York Times 01/30/2019
Everything on the show - props, lighting, costuming, grooming - is meant to be broadly inauthentic, as if the phoniness alleviated the writers of any further responsibility to be funny. Go to Full Review Brian Lowry Variety 01/30/2019
Their eccentricities also ensure the tone remains unrelentingly wacky, which is a tough energy level to maintain... There's certainly a seed of an idea here - just one in need of tech support. Go to Full Review Alex Diedrick Uproxx 11/11/2021
The series comes to life from its ridiculous yet relatable humor and its endearing tech team. Go to Full Review Will Wade Common Sense Media 03/24/2020
4/5
It's fertile ground for comedy, and some of the situations are quite funny. Go to Full Review Ryan Seager What Culture 01/30/2019
It might be something to do with the millennial comedy that we've developed in Britain but for some reason The I.T Crowd hits all the right notes, and is the perfect combination of everything you've come to expect from this type of show. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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James N @JamN1985 Dec 23 Graham Linehan created something deceptively simple with The IT Crowd: three misfits stuck in a basement, answering phones. But the writing is so sharp, so meticulously crafted, that what could have been a one-joke premise becomes one of the tightest sitcoms ever made. The genius is in the structure. The characters are also perfectly calibrated. Roy is aggressively lazy but endearing. Moss is so literal-minded he becomes a chaos agent despite his best intentions. Jen knows nothing about computers but carries on with unearned confidence. Douglas, the company head, elevates every scene with his bizarre schemes. What sets it apart is its willingness to go absurd while staying grounded in character. And the callbacks "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" becomes a running gag with infinite variations. It’s sitcom writing as precision engineering.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ See more D3Z 1 @RT51637195 01/27/2025 The IT Crowd is certainly packed with a load of laughter and entertainment delivered by its cast and episodes. See more babarizam D @RT59932316 12/03/2024 Season 1 is the best. See more Free S @FreeStalker 07/14/2024 It's brilliant! I wish they did more seasons! See more Susan A @RT98467730 07/04/2024 Typical loony Brit humour done super super well. See more Matt O @RT52976930 06/17/2024 It still makes me laugh after all these years. Too many scenes to recall. The first 15 minutes of the first episode is top class and never fails to make me laugh. See more Read all reviews
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Chris O'Dowd

Actor

Richard Ayoade

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Katherine Parkinson

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Christopher Morris

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Noel Fielding

Guest Star

Adam Buxton

Guest Star

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 3, 2006 Yesterday's Jam Jen gets a job at Reynholm Industries and the boss decides to place her in the I.T. department in the basement. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 3, 2006 Calamity Jen Denholm declares war on stress and threatens to fire anyone who is under stress by the end of the day; to help the company win the war, Denholm hires a stress expert. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 10, 2006 Fifty-Fifty Roy learns that he had something stuck on his forehead during a date; Jen has a crush on a security guard; Moss and Roy create an online-dating profile. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 17, 2006 The Red Door Everyone wonders what is behind the mysterious red door in the I.T. department; Richmond Avenal falls from grace. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 24, 2006 The Haunting of Bill Crouse Jen goes on a date with Bill Crouse, who she finds really offensive; due to a lie that Moss tells, everyone at Reynholm Industries thinks that Jen is dead. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 3, 2006 Aunt Irma Visits Jen's menstrual cycle has unexpected consequences for the office and causes her colleagues to suffer sympathetic effects. Details

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The IT Crowd — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Graham Linehan, Ben Fuller
Executive Producer
Ash Atalla
Screenwriter
Graham Linehan
Network
Channel 4
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Feb 3, 2006