American 'Office' remake gets premiere date

The US version of The Office will premiere in March, it has been announced.

The remake, which sees Daily Show star Steve Carell in the Ricky Gervais role, debuts on NBC Tuesday, March 22 at 9.30pm.

In the show, Carell will play 'Michael Scott', regional manager at the Dunder-Mifflin paper-supply company in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Also on the cast are Jenna Fischer as Pam (Dawn), John Kasinski as Jim (Tim) and Rainn Wilson as Dwight (Gareth).

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have executive produced the US version.