Kabul, July 28 (Newswire): The Office has been adapted for an Afghanistan television audience.
The sitcom, written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, has previously had foreign versions set in France, Montreal, Germany, Chile, Israel and Brazil, as well as the long-running US version starring Steve Carell.
A trailer for The Ministry has been uploaded to Afghanistan's Tolo TV YouTube channel, featuring a character resembling Gervais's David Brent and similar scenes from the original series.
Gervais said: "They found a fat annoying middle aged bloke with a beard. That bit was easy.
"The difficult part was finding a town in Afghanistan as grim as Slough. Calm down, I'm joking. It's not quite as grim as Slough obviously."
The Ministry revolves around workers in the Ministry of Garbage, and retains the traditional fly-on-the-wall style.
Gervais has previously said that he is developing a Chinese version of the sitcom.
The sitcom, written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, has previously had foreign versions set in France, Montreal, Germany, Chile, Israel and Brazil, as well as the long-running US version starring Steve Carell.
A trailer for The Ministry has been uploaded to Afghanistan's Tolo TV YouTube channel, featuring a character resembling Gervais's David Brent and similar scenes from the original series.
Gervais said: "They found a fat annoying middle aged bloke with a beard. That bit was easy.
"The difficult part was finding a town in Afghanistan as grim as Slough. Calm down, I'm joking. It's not quite as grim as Slough obviously."
The Ministry revolves around workers in the Ministry of Garbage, and retains the traditional fly-on-the-wall style.
Gervais has previously said that he is developing a Chinese version of the sitcom.
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