‘The Office’ Australia Drops First Trailer, Launching Next Month

We hope you’re ready to relive the glory days of one of the best comedies of all time in a (probably) worse way: an Australian version of The Office will be launching on Prime Video on October 18, 2024.

The Office is one of the most adapted TV shows in history at this point, surely, with the original British version, helmed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, launching in 2001. Beyond the Steve Carell-led U.S. version, the new Australian version will be the 13th adaptation overall.

Prime Video finally dropped some details about what we can expect from the show down under, including a look at comedian and actor Felicity Ward as the office’s managing director, Hannah Howard.

The Inbetweeners 2 star is renowned for her off-brand of awkward humour, and with a background in improv and stand-up, Ward does make for an ideal Michael Scott-like character.

Check out the show’s first trailer below:

“We are thrilled to be bringing one of the biggest comedy franchises ever made to Prime Video customers in Australia and around the world,” Sarah Christie, senior development executive at Prime Video Australia said.

“It is an honour to continue the international comedy legacy of The Office locally while introducing new, quintessentially Australian characters. We can’t wait for audiences to meet Hannah Howard, the first female boss The Office format has explored.”

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What Will ‘The Office Australia’ Be About?

While The Office does feel a bit timeless, in the same way something like Seinfeld does, it’s hard not to watch the original now and reflect on how much our office culture has changed. The creators of the Australian version of the hit show seem to agree, and are updating the premise of The Office to be set in a more modern workplace.

The show will grapple with the efforts of Hannah Howard, managing director of packaging company Flinley Craddick, after she gets word from head office that their local branch will be shut down and her team members will be forced to work from home. In an effort to keep her “work family” together, Howard will seemingly do anything to avoid the closure, including making promises she can’t keep and working herself and her staff toward “impossible targets” in order to keep everyone together under one roof.

We’re sure the show will be light-hearted, with a dash of dark comedy for good measure, but that sure does sound like a toxic workplace to us.

Beyond that, we’re not really sure what will happen throughout the show, though the basic premise is clearly lifted from the US adaptations’ first few seasons – in fact, Ward told The Project that the show will be a “female-led remake” of the original. Will there be a ‘will-they-won’t-they’ relationship between two main characters? Will there be an awkward but loveable ‘assistant to the general manager’? Probably, but we’ll see in a few months.

‘The Office Australia’s Confirmed Cast

While we don’t much much of an idea of what will be happening in the show, we actually already know quite a few cast members:

• Felicity Ward as Hannah Howard
• Shari Sebbens as Greta King
• Edith Poor as Lizzie Moyle
• Steen Raskopoulos as Nick Fletcher
• Josh Thomson as Martin Katavake
• Jonny Brugh as Lloyd Kneath
• Susan Ling Young as Tina Kwong
• Raj Labade as Sebastian Roy
• Lucy Schmidt as Deborah Leonard
• Zoe Terakes as Stevie Jonbes
• Pallavi Sharda as Alisha Khanna
• Claude Jabbour as Mason
• Susie Youssef
• Justin Rosniiak
• Carlo Ritchie
• Rick Donald
• Chris Bunton

Do I Need an Amazon Prime Account to Watch ‘The Office Australia’?

Yeah, you will. The Office Australia will be an Amazon Australian Original, which means it will be launched exclusively on Amazon’s Prime Video. This means that, in order to watch the show you’ll need an Amazon Prime Subscription.

If you are wondering how much Prime Video costs in Australia, then we have you covered. Prime Video costs AUD$9.99 a month in Australia. However, it is cheaper to sign up for a year with the annual price listed at AUD$79, or to get it as part of an Amazon Prime membership, which costs AUD$9.99 per month and also gives you access to Amazon Music, hundreds of books through Prime Reading, and free delivery on certain products.

On its own, a Prime Video subscription includes original content, offline downloading, 4K and HDR streaming for AUD$9.99 per month as a standalone service in Australia.

The Office Australia Release Date

Mark your calendars: The Office Australia will launch on October 18th, 2024.