Freeman and Crook Reunite for Office Anniversary Special

The Office is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a reunion between its warring colleagues Tim Canterbury and Gareth Keenan.

To mark the milestone anniversary of the comedy's debut, the broadcaster will air a special episode of Remembers featuring  and Mackenzie Crook.

Originally airing for only two seasons between 2001 and 2003, the mockumentary was created by and and follows life in the offices of Slough paper merchant Wernham-Hogg. 

The series has gone down in comedy history, creating the innovative mockumentary style which has influenced an entire generation of comedy.

Martin and Mackenzie will come face to face for the first time in 15 years to share their memories of the show.

The BBC have revealed the pair will be 'sharing their memories of working, and laughing, alongside Ricky Gervais, co-writer Stephen Merchant, and their other leading office colleague Lucy Davis, who played the object of Tim's affections, Dawn.'

'Amongst the anecdotes are the tale of how Martin initially auditioned to play Gareth, how Mackenzie embraced one of TV's worst-ever haircuts, how Ricky came close to ruining filming on a daily basis, and what it was like to be at the heart of 'Office-mania' when the show was at its peak.'

'On top of all that, Mackenzie and Martin share their views on the American version of the show and some of their personal favourite Wernham Hogg moments.'

Earlier this year Merchant insisted he and Gervais would never revive the comedy, which has been adapted in 13 countries, but did not rule out working together again. 

He told The Times: 'After we ended The Office, Ricky and I realised that we couldn’t compete with it and so we had to do something completely different. Would we work together again? Well, never say never, but we wouldn’t revive The Office.' 

On their relationship at the time and now, Merchant, who had a fleeting cameo in the show as The Oggmonster, detailed: 'We’re not in touch a great deal these days but even at our closest we were living quite separate lives...

'Ricky used to joke that he was 13 or 14 years older than me, just as I was discovering my favourite nightclub, he was discovering his favourite comfortable chair.'

The duo, who are producers on the US version of The Office, also worked together on The Ricky Gervais Show podcast and created further comedy shows Life's Too Short, An Idiot Abroad and Extras, much to fans' delight.

The Office has had versions in countries including Sweden, France, Germany, Quebec, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, India, Israel, Poland and the US. 

Speaking about the cultural impact of the programme, which featured two six-episode series and a two-part Christmas special, he said: 'After the early success of The Office I was competing with myself for a while...

'It had such an impact and afterlife, with all the remakes around the world. I’ve seen the US version and a bit of the Australian one but not the others. Lots of people are doing covers of Wonderwall but Noel Gallagher isn’t listening to them all, is he?'

Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember...The Office will be broadcast on Wednesday July 8 at 10pm on BBC Two and iPlayer.