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Bad days at the office: fiction about modern work
The Office - Complete Series One & Two and The Christmas Specials [2001] [DVD]The Office - Complete Series One & Two and The Christmas Specials [2001] [DVD]
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Where else to begin? The master of modern management techniques, David Brent, and his juvenile underlings.
Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of DilbertDilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert by Scott Adams
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Everyone's favorite cog-in-the-wheel gets his own Box Set.
Glengarry Glen Ross (Modern Plays) (Modern Classics)Glengarry Glen Ross (Modern Plays) (Modern Classics) by David Mamet
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Mamet's drama lays bare the excesses of competitive capitalism in the form of a cut-throat competition between macho real-estate salesmen.
Mad Men - Complete Season 1 [DVD] [2007]Mad Men - Complete Season 1 [DVD] [2007]
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Anti-nostalgic drama centered around an advertising agency: its chauvinistic, clubby, chain-smoking male executives and their status-obsessed wives, secretaries and mistresses.
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin : The Complete BBC Series Collection [1976] [DVD]The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin : The Complete BBC Series Collection [1976] [DVD]
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Intimidated by his boss, bored by his son-in-law, fed up with his job, the regional sales manager of Sunshine Desserts deals with his midlife crisis by faking suicide: only to return to the same life!
Mr. PhillipsMr. Phillips by John Lanchester
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An accountant at a sandwich-making company cannot tell the truth to his wife: he has been made redundant. So he pretends to go to work.
Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics)Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics) by Evelyn Waugh
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Country diary hack William Boot is mistakenly sent off to Ishmaelia to report on a civil war for the Daily Beast in this satire of the mid-century newspaper industry.
Morte D'Urban (NYRB Classics)Morte D'Urban (NYRB Classics) by J.F. Powers
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A trendy young priest is posted to smalltown Minnesota in the 1960s. He discovers the church is a business, and an invitation to play golf with the bishop is a moral minefield.
The IT Crowd: Series 1-3 Box Set - Limited Internet in a Box Edition [DVD] [2005]The IT Crowd: Series 1-3 Box Set - Limited Internet in a Box Edition [DVD] [2005]
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Deep in the basement of a shifty corporation lie a pair of socially-challenged computer specialists and their gaffe-prone, technically-illiterate manager. A Whitehall farce with extra RAM.
Class, TheClass, The by Francois Begaudeau
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Semi-fictional account of an inner-city schoolteacher and his daily battles with pupils, parents and colleagues.
His Girl Friday [1940] [DVD]His Girl Friday [1940] [DVD]
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Cary Grant as a newspaper editor who won't give the big story to the best reporter - because she's his estranged wife.
The Navigators [2001] [DVD]The Navigators [2001] [DVD]
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Bitter lament, infused with humor, for the fate of workers in a privatized rail industry.
All the Names (Panther)All the Names (Panther) by Jose Saramago
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From the bare facts on the index cards at the registry office where he works, Jose attempts to breathe life into the thousands of births and deaths he files away each day.
Carry On At Your Convenience [DVD] [1971]Carry On At Your Convenience [DVD] [1971]
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Ridiculously camp satire of corporatism in a factory making toilet seats.
The Complete Open All Hours - Series One-Four [1976]The Complete Open All Hours - Series One-Four [1976]
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A shopkeeper and his assistant: hierarchy, exploitation, low-risk management ... and a lot of stuttering.