The Office Christmas specials The Office Christmas specials "The Office" Christmas Specials are the two-part final episode of the British mockumentary comedy television series "The Office". The specials were commissioned after the series' creators, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, announced that they would not write a full third series of the show. The first 45-minute part was broadcast on BBC One on 26 December 2003, and the second 50-minute part was shown the following evening. The episodes are presented in the style of "revisited" documentaries common on British television, in which popular "docusoaps" (e.g. "Airport"), are brought back for one-off specials several years after
Doctor Who (2008–2010 specials) "The Next Doctor" was the first special to be accompanied by its own "Confidential" episode, and was considered part of the fourth "Confidential" series. Alongside the accompanying episodes for each of the specials, three additional "Confidential" episodes alongside the specials' episodes: one for the past five Christmas specials, one for the 2008 "Doctor Who" prom, and one for the revealing of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. Preliminary figures show that "The Next Doctor" had a viewing audience of 11.71 million during its original airing, with a peak at 12.58 million viewers. It was the second most watched programme of