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The Office opening credits building demolished Ricky Gervais 'sad' at Wernham Hogg demise in Slough
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The Slough building featured in the opening credits of Ricky Gervais' worldwide hit TV show The Office is being demolished. Ricky Gervais has lamented the demise of the building that featured in the opening credits of his hit TV show The Office.
The offices shown as the Slough Trading Estate branch of the fictional Wernham Hogg Paper Company will be completely gone by January. Builders have moved into demolish Crossbow House in Slough, depicted in the comedy as the home of Wernham Hogg Paper Company.
The Liverpool Road building will be replaced with a new office block. The star, who played the middle manager David Brent, said on Twitter it was "sad news".
Slough's 1970s bus station, which also featured in the opening credits of the show, was replaced in 2011. The Office became a worldwide hit and launched Gervais's career.
Emma Hammond, a spokeswoman for Segro, which owns Crossbow House, said the offices were currently cordoned off while construction workers stripped down the building. A spokeswoman for Segro, which owns Crossbow House, said the offices were currently cordoned off while construction workers stripped down the building.
She said several Office fans had made pilgrimages to the site, including a journalist from the States. She said several fans of the show had made pilgrimages to the site, including a journalist from the US.
As well as The Office, the Thunderbirds series was also filmed on the Slough Trading Estate. Slough's bus station, which also featured in the show's opening credits, was replaced in 2011.
In July, Gervais dedicated a song to Slough in the guise of Brent, in which he paid homage to the Berkshire town.
The song, which includes the lyric "And you know just where you'll be heading, it's equidistant 'tween London and Reading," has been described by Gervais as Brent's love letter to the town.