Episode Four (The Office, Series One)

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Episode Four

Episode No.	4
Airdate	July 30, 2001
The Office Series 1 July 2001 - August 2001
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Episode Four is the fourth episode of the first series of The Office. "Training" is an alternate title for the episode. It originally aired on July 30, 2001.

1 Synopsis
2 Free Love Freeway
- 2.1 Free Love Feeway
3 External links

[edit] Synopsis

It's staff training day at Wernham Hogg, and an outside facilitator has come in to educate the Slough branch about customer care. David Brent, naturally, is determined to undermine him at every opportunity. Meanwhile, Dawn Tinsley and her fiancé Lee are having trouble in their relationship. Is this Tim Canterbury's moment to make his move? The answer is tragically inevitable. During the training session, Brent breaks into song, singing self-penned titles such as "Freelove Freeway". He also comforts Dawn with a composition about Princess Diana.

[edit] Free Love Freeway

During the employee training seminar, Brent's singing/songwriting in rock and roll band Foregone Conclusion years ago becomes the focus of attention. Brent brings in his guitar to sing several songs, which were actually written by Gervais, including "Free Love Freeway".

In 2004, Noel Gallagher, the lead songwriter and guitarist for the rock group Oasis, recorded the song with Gervais in a professional studio. The new full band recording, which has an added verse, is available as a special feature of the Christmas Special DVD of The Office. A longer, one take version of the song is also available as an easter egg on the series one DVD.

[edit] Free Love Feeway

In 2006, a number of Cardiff University's Student's Union officers Joe Al-Khayat, Ed Jones and James Woodroof recorded a version of the song to protest against the government increasing university top-up fees, under the banner of Admission Impossible. They later played the song in front of 10,000 students at Trafalgar Square, London in October 2006. The lyrics can be found here.