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Ricky Gervais Celebrates 25 Years of The Office, Dance Improvised

7/11/2026

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Ricky Gervais marked the 25th anniversary of The Office with a TV special.
He revealed that the iconic dance scene was completely improvised and assembled from three takes.
Gervais said he feared a heart failure episode because he weighed 14 stone during filming.
He explained that cast scripts were transcriptions of aired episodes, keeping the show loose but not fully improvised, a point Martin Freeman later disputed.

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Story summary

Ricky Gervais marked the 25th anniversary of The Office with a TV special.
He revealed that the iconic dance scene was completely improvised and assembled from three takes.
Gervais said he feared a heart failure episode because he weighed 14 stone during filming.
He explained that cast scripts were transcriptions of aired episodes, keeping the show loose but not fully improvised, a point Martin Freeman later disputed.