The Office Breaks Records for The Most Successful Australian Amazon Original Launch – Amazon Original series The Office is the most successful Australian Prime Video Original locally with the biggest opening weekend viewership for any Australian title.
The series, which is still the #1 TV Show in Australia on Prime Video, has also reached #1 in four countries, including New Zealand and Singapore, top 3 in 37 countries, including Canada, top 5 in 65 countries, including Germany and top 10 is 102 countries, including the UK, since launching on Friday, October 18.
Sarah Christie, head of Australian Originals Amazon MGM Studios said,
“Since 2019 Prime Video has commissioned 30 local originals, building a reputation for delivering an entertaining and diverse catalogue of Aussie shows. We are so proud of The Office and thrilled to see Hannah Howard and her team at Flinley Craddick resonate so strongly with Australian and international audiences”
The series has also received critical acclaim locally and internationally, including from:
“Sorry, online haters, but The Office Australia is genuinely fun”
– smh.com.au
“…laugh-out-loud funny, quirky and oddly touching.”
– mamamia.com.au
“The Office Australia review: Everyone calm down, it is not a catastrophe”
– TheNightly.com.au
‘The Office’ Australia Review: Sorry Haters, This Prime Video Series Is Downright Funny”
– collider.com
“The defiantly Aussie version of The Office is worth clocking in for“
– flicks.com.au
All eight episodes are available to stream on Prime Video now worldwide (excluding the U.S.).
About The Office:
Series Synopsis: The highly-anticipated Australian version of The Office is the thirteenth adaptation of the global hit franchise and follows the employees at a packaging company, Flinley Craddick in Sydney. The series stars Felicity Ward as Hannah Howard, managing director, Flinley Craddick, Sydney; Edith Poor as Lizze Moyle, receptionist, front desk executive and productivity manager; Steen Raskopoulos as Nick Fletcher, sales representative; Shari Sebbens as Greta King, sales representative; Josh Thomson as Martin Katavake, head of human resources; Jonny Brugh as Lloyd Kneath, head of IT; Susan Ling Young as Tina Kwong, sales representative; Raj Labade as Sebastian Roy, intern; Lucy Schmidt as Deborah Leonard, head of finance; Zoe Terakes as Stevie Jones, head of the warehouse; Pallavi Sharda as Alisha Khanna, regional director, Flinley Craddick Australia; Claude Jabbour as Mason, Greta’s boyfriend and Jason Perini as Johnny, warehouse staff. Guest stars include Susie Youssef, Justin Rosniiak, Carlo Ritchie, Rick Donald, and Chris Bunton.
When Hannah gets news from the Head Office that they will be shutting down her branch and making everyone work from home, she goes into survival mode, making promises she can’t keep in order to keep her “work family” together. The staff of Flinley Craddick indulge her and must endure Hannah’s outlandish plots as they work toward the impossible targets that have been set for them.
The eight-part Australian Amazon Original series The Office is co-produced by BBC Studios Australia & New Zealand, Bunya Entertainment, and Amazon MGM Studios, and is based on a BBC Studios format.
The Office was developed for Australia by writers Julie De Fina (Aftertaste) and Jackie van Beek (The Breaker Upperers, Nude Tuesday) with the pair also serving as executive producers. Kylie Washington (Return to Paradise) is executive producer with lead producer Sophia Zachariou (Ladies in Black, The Moth Effect) and producer Linda Micsko (The Letdown, Laid). Van Beek also serves as set-up director (Time Bandits, What We Do in the Shadows, Wellington Paranormal) alongside directors Christiaan Van Vuuren (Bondi Hipsters, A Sunburnt Christmas) and Jesse Griffin (Educators) who is also a writer on the series.
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The Office Breaks Records for The Most Successful Australian Amazon Original Launch
