The IT Crowd · Season 1 · Channel 4
The IT Crowd Season 1
The IT Crowd Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.2/10. 6 episodes on Channel 4 from 3 February 2006.
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The first series of The IT Crowd launched on Channel 4 in February 2006 to modest viewership, with 1.8 million at premiere, and the writing nonetheless recognized something genuinely original. Graham Linehan placed three socially mismatched characters in a hermetic basement world, mining that pressure cooker for increasingly absurdist comedy. The Metacritic score for Series 1 of 67 from eight reviews points to a divided initial response, yet the word-of-mouth trajectory built quickly. Chris O'Dowd's Roy and Richard Ayoade's Moss became a standout double act in British sitcom. The series went on to win the 2008 International Emmy for Comedy and the Rose d'Or for Best Sitcom.
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- E1Yesterday's Jam7.8
The pilot drops Jen Barber into the IT department she has lied her way into managing. The core dynamic between Roy, Moss, and their new clueless boss is established with precision - the comedy springs entirely from the gap between Jen's bravado and her total ignorance of technology.
The moment: Moss's answer to 'Have you tried turning it off and on again?' - the line that became a cultural shorthand.
Full review of E1 → - E6Aunt Irma Visits8.0
The series finale escalates the department's social dysfunction to full farce. The writing here demonstrates the show's willingness to commit fully to its most absurd premises, a hallmark that would define the best episodes across all four series.
The moment: The climactic sequence that builds the basement's internal mythology to breaking point.
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