BBC and Dubai-Based MBC Announce First Arabic ‘The Office’ Redo
BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning British comedy seriesEgypt’s Hisham Fathi will direct with Italy’s Alessandro Martella serving a director of photography and Ryad-based AFLAM Productions’ Shadi Mcdad handling line producer duties.BBC Studios international production team, who have licensed the format, will also have input.
In the Saudi adaptation, “Al Maktab” is set in a courier services company, with the main character played by Saleh Abuamrh who plays Malik Al-Tuwaifi, the company’s self-absorbed yet lovable boss. “Although office working may look slightly different for many of us in 2022, the familiarity of these well-observed characters as they navigate petty rivalries, moments of friendship and humour, and a boss that sometimes makes a fool of themselves, still rings just as true,” said André Renaud, SVP format sales for BBC Studios in a statement.
“Audiences around the world, including in the MENA region, are no strangers to ‘The Office’, and given its huge success over the past two decades, it’s incredibly exciting for us to now be bringing the very first Arabic version of the comedy to MBC’s screens very soon,” said Zeinab Abul Alsamh, general manager of MBC Studios KSA.
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