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The Office: Czechs and (bank) balances

Brno The Office new location
The Office is moving to the Czech Republic; and you can instantly see the similarities between Slough and the new setting, Brno. Photograph: Robert Harding/Alamy

In a move that could have been made with headline writers in mind (more on that later), broadcasting rights have been sold to a Czech company to produce its own version of The Office. With the action transferring from Slough to Brno, Ricky Gervais's comedy creation David Brent will be called Marek Chvala in the Czech version, reports the Sun. Gervais is cock-a-hoop about the deal, saying: "Prague was the first place in the world to do a stage version, so I'm very glad a local adaptation is coming to TV too." He then went on to say: "Cue jokes about Gervais and another fat cheque." Monkey will leave you to guess what the Sun's headline was.

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