Hidden Features on the The Office UK DVDs
If you know where to look the Office UK DVD easter eggs are quick to find. You can unlock a deleted scene, a training video parody, and a special version of one of David Brent’s songs.
Below is how to access all three hidden extras.
How to Fint the Office UK DVD Easter Eggs
Hidden Feature 1: The Full “Free Love Freeway” Performance
First, load Series One – Disc One and go to the main menu.
Now pretend you’re in a real British office and do absolutely nothing until the phone rings.
After a couple of minutes you’ll hear a loud phone ringing.
When you hear the phone ringing, press Enter on your remote.
This unlocks a deleted scene featuring Ricky Gervais as David Brent performing the full version of “Free Love Freeway.”
Hidden Feature 2: The “Who Cares Wins” Training Video
Next, insert Disc Two and go to Deleted Scenes.
Select “Slough by John Betjeman.”
The lights on the screen will flicker a few times. When the image starts to fade, press Enter.
This unlocks the full Who Cares Wins training video, featuring Peter Purves.
For anyone under the age of thirty reading this, corporate training videos like this were extremely common during the 1990s and early 2000s. In fact, both the Fox company in the United States and the Austin Rover Company in the UK released corporate training films called “Who Cares Wins.”
The Office version is a very accurate parody of that style.
Hidden Feature 3: The Christmas Special Music Video
Finally, load the Christmas Special DVD.
Go to Extra Features and highlight “If You Don’t Know Me By Now.”
Now wait until you hear the photocopier start running.
As soon as you hear the sound, press Left on your remote.
This unlocks a special version of the “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” music video where David Brent — played by Ricky Gervais — cannot stop laughing during the performance.
When Office Life Gets Uncomfortably Close to Reality
One of the reasons the David Brent character works so well is that almost everyone has encountered someone slightly like him in real life.
I certainly have.
Many years ago I was working in a temporary role within the Civil Service. I was about to leave the job to go travelling and had my final appraisal meeting scheduled with my manager.
He arrived carrying a Tesco bag.
Inside the bag was a portable CD player, a set of headphones, and his own self-produced ten-track album.
It would have been bad enough if he had simply asked my opinion on the cover artwork.
But no.
Instead I spent more than half an hour listening to each and every track while my manager watched me carefully, clearly hoping I would confirm that he was the next big thing in music.
At that moment, the character of David Brent suddenly felt far less fictional.