The IT Crowd is a British sitcom by Channel 4, written by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry. The "IT" in the show's title can be pronounced as either , as in "the 'it' crowd", or as eye-tee, as in information technology (IT).
Set in the London offices of the fictional corporation Reynholm Industries, the show revolves around the three staff members of its IT department, comprising two geeky technicians, a genius named Maurice Moss (Ayoade) and the workshy Roy Trenneman (O'Dowd), headed by Jen Barber (Parkinson), the department's 'Relationship Manager' who knows nothing about IT. The show also focuses on the boss of Reynholm Industries, Douglas (Berry).
The comedy premiered on Channel 4 on 3 February 2006, and has run for four series of 6 episodes each. A fifth series has been commissioned.
The show was the third successful sitcom creation of Graham Linehan, following Father Ted (co-written with Arthur Mathews) and Black Books (co-written with Dylan Moran).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_IT_Crowd
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487831/
