Scripted series · Channel 4
The IT Crowd
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Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Chris O'Dowd
Roy Trenneman
24 eps
Richard Ayoade
Maurice Moss
24 eps
Katherine Parkinson
Jen Barber
24 eps
Chris Morris
Denholm Reynholm
7 eps
Matt Berry
Douglas Reynholm
15 eps
Suzie Toase
Alison
1 eps
Lucy Montgomery
April
1 eps
Claudia Harrison
Delina
1 eps
James Tovell
Terry
1 eps
Rachel Bavidge
Stressed Woman
1 eps
Laura Pyper
Laura
1 eps
Pete Deagle
Office Worker
2 eps
Toby Longworth
Dr. Julian Holmes
1 eps
Pamela Lyne
Old Lady
1 eps
Katie Males
Shoe Shop Assistant
1 eps
Takatsuna Mukai
Translator
1 eps
Sarah Paul
Nurse
1 eps
Richard Pettyfer
Fireman
1 eps
Danny Wallace
Cultural Advisor
1 eps
Hannah Bourne
Rebecca
1 eps
Wendy Wason
Woman in Lift
1 eps
Nancy Lodder
Office Girl
2 eps
Oliver Chris
Daniel Carey
1 eps
Carsten Hayes
Waiter
1 eps
Alice Lowe
Patricia
1 eps
Chris Tarrant
Chris Tarrant (voice)
1 eps
Peter Serafinowicz
Newsreader (voice)
3 eps
Jim Alexander
Rupert
1 eps
Adam Buxton
Bill Crouse
1 eps
Cordelia Bugeja
Abi
2 eps
Susannah Wise
Samantha
1 eps
Bennet Thorpe
Clown
2 eps
Cheryl Fergison
Judy
1 eps
David Garfield
Small Paul
1 eps
Nathan Harmer
Sombre Guy
1 eps
Lucy Liemann
Julie
1 eps
Frances Barber
Doctor Mendall
1 eps
Jack Whitam
Awful Man
1 eps
Thaila Zucchi
Sophia
1 eps
Nigel Martin Davey
Doodles - the Cleaner
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The IT Crowd actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The IT Crowd reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss, and their grifting supervisor Jen, a 'motley crew' of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 24 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201325 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 The Internet Is Coming
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20066 episodes
7.6IMDbIn season one, Roy and Moss toil in the squalid basement of a huge company, fielding IT help-desk calls. Roy has a lousy attitude coupled with an eye for the ladies, while Moss is dressed by his mother and has an aerosol can of water clipped to his belt with which to spray his ear when it gets hot. Into their life of users, pizza, science fiction and firewalls comes middle manager Jen, a punky can-do career gal who doesn't know one end of laptop from the other.
Best episode · S01E05 The Haunting of Bill Crouse
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20076 episodes
7.9IMDbIn the second series, team cohesion in IT at Reynholm Industries is running at capacity, largely thanks to work outings, dinner parties and the manipulation of cannibals in order to watch pirate DVDs.
Best episode · S02E01 The Work Outing
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20086 episodes
7.9IMDbFor Moss, Roy and Jen, social networks and problems with naked calendars are welcome distractions from important duties, like protecting a certain little black box that's also known as 'the internet'.
Best episode · S03E04 The Speech
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20106 episodes
7.6IMDbAs Moss wins big on a quiz show and Roy frets about his reputation, Jen seeks a new job. Douglas' behavior continues to put the company in jeopardy.
Best episode · S04E05 Bad Boys
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E01
The Work Outing
Jen is asked out on a date by Philip, and Roy and Moss decide to tag along, which ruins any chance of romance Jen was hoping for.
- Directed by Graham Linehan
- Written by Graham Linehan
S03E04
The Speech
Jen makes enemies of Roy and Moss after trying to assert herself more after being named as Employee of the Month. Douglas discovers that the woman who he loves is not quite as she seems.
- Directed by Graham Linehan
- Written by Graham Linehan
S00E01
The Internet Is Coming
The reputation of Reynholm Industries is put at risk after an incident involving spilt coffee and a homeless person ends up being posted on the Internet. When Douglas shares the secret of his confidence, a newly transformed Moss comes up with a plan to help Jen and Roy but everything seems too good to be true.
- Directed by Graham Linehan
- Written by Graham Linehan
S03E05
Friendface
The boys are introduced to a social networking website by Jen. Through the site they get in touch with old acquaintances to which they brag a little bit too much, which leads to awkward situations.
- Directed by Graham Linehan
- Written by Graham Linehan
S02E04
The Dinner Party
Jen's attempt to throw a successful dinner party don't go exactly the way she was hoping. The evening isn't a total disaster for everyone, though, as Richmond meets the woman of his dreams.
- Directed by Graham Linehan
- Written by Graham Linehan
S04E05
Bad Boys
When Roy and Moss become juvenile delinquents for the day they end up having an uncomfortable experience at a local shopping centre.
- Directed by Graham Linehan
- Written by Graham Linehan
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Derrin SchlesingerProducer
- Jamie GlazebrookProducer
- Richard BodenProducer
- Ash AtallaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Graham LinehanWriter
Direction
- Graham LinehanDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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