The Office PL premieres on Canal+ Poland with Adam Woronowicz

The Office PL, the Polish adaptation of the mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, debuted on the Canal+ streaming service in Poland on 1 November 2021. It joined a long line of national versions of the format, which began in Britain in 2001 and later spread to the United States and many other countries.

The series moved the story to a company in Siedlce, a town in eastern Poland. Its central figure is the boss, Darek Wasiak, played by Adam Woronowicz, a well-known Polish stage and screen actor. Like the original, the show follows the everyday life of office workers through a documentary-style camera, mixing awkward humour with small human dramas.

The premiere mattered because it brought a globally recognised comedy format into a distinctly Polish setting, with local workplace habits and language. It also marked a notable move by Canal+ into original comedy, and it set up the characters and relationships, including Darek's bond with younger colleagues, that later seasons would develop.