It really surprised me that all y'all had versions of "Steptoe and Son" and "Till Death Us Do Part". I wouldn't have thought that they would have travelled at all, and I also assumed that "The Office" was too insular to be exported. I guess that's why I'm not a TV executive.
I never knew that Norman Lear based
All in the Family on a British show. Archie Bunker was super popular as was Red Foxx's Fred Sanford in
Sanford and Son. The latter was previously known for raunchy standup routines that were circulated on LP recordings, like those of Moms Mabley and other comedians.
The American
Office ended up being sweet and syrupy with successful office romances and less of the biting satire that Gervais succeeded in achieving in his painfully self-effacing version. I always found
Coupling funnier than its American-based
Friends -- a show that ran on far longer than necessary. Sadly, after Richard Coyle left the show, it took a nose dive and became unwatchable.