The Office switches from Slough to Tel Aviv

Ricky Gervais’s character of the hapless boss is reborn – with less hair – as Avi Meshulam, played by actor Dvir Benedek, as BBC sitcom The Office relocates for TV audiences in Israel.

The show, created by Gervais and Stephen Merchant, will be named Super Office.

Gareth becomes Yariv, Dawn is Dana and her love interest Tim becomes Yossi.

The show will also feature some new characters. They include Abed, described as “an intellectual Arab with a gentle soul”, and Abba, a softly-spoken accountant of Ethiopian origin. Another new office worker is Karol, a cynical accountant. Leah, a highly Orthodox Jewish woman who is “constantly pregnant”, is another addition.

The sitcom already has American Chilean, Canadian and French versions.