Do people still think it was cancelled?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Office
HelveticaFont — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 01:59 PM)
The show only ran for two series with two Christmas specials because the sort of docu-soap it was mimicking would've only ran that long too.
It just seems people think it finished because it was unsuccessful. For a show that was on Tuesday nights on BBC2 with no fanfare it didn't do too badly. -
greg-233 — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 10:26 PM)
As well as
Fawlty Towers
, another successful comedy that only ran for two seasons was
The Young Ones
. Mind you, it had a pretty definite ending for the final episode: the four main characters are in a bus that crashes through a Cliff Richard billboard, which then tumbles down a literal cliff. When it finally reaches the bottom of the cliff, we hear voices from the badly wrecked bus saying "Phew, that was close." Then the bus blows up. Doesn't really leave room for another season.
As you said, a real documentary about a sub-branch paper merchant's in Slough would not go on and on for several seasons.