Keith Bishop (The Office)
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Keith Bishop is a fictional character
in BBC
's The Office
, played by Ewen MacIntosh. He works as an accountant for the fictional paper merchants Wernham Hogg, as run by David Brent
. An overweight man, his nickname is appropriately 'Big Keith'.
A rather dry and emotionless man, Keith rarely (if ever) speaks in any tone other than a flat, monotone voice. His trademark is sitting in the coffee room and making blunt and alarmingly disturbing comments to people whilst they are taking a break. Most notably he commented that in America, "Fanny means your arse over there, not your minge
" to character Dawn Tinsley
, who was planning to move to America. Upon making his inappropriate comments, he is seen to bite into a large Scotch egg
.
Keith seems to have little concern for his career at Wernham Hogg, which he considers a "stopgap". When filling out an employee evaluation form, under "Strengths", he simply put "Accounts" (his job title) and under "Weaknesses", he put "Eczema
". He left the rest of the form blank. Keith would also appear to have short-term memory problems, judging by his inability to remember questions asked of him during his employee evaluation immediately after they had been asked.
Keith enjoys spending his life staying at home and watching Peak Practice
and apparently likes the British talk show host Ali G
, as he dresses up as him during Comic Relief. Keith has aspirations of entering the music business as a DJ
. He claims to be using his job at Wernham-Hogg to fund these aspirations. He has DJ'd various occasions in the office, most notably the Christmas party and claims to be a hit with the ladies despite his size.
His counterpart in the American version of The Office
is Kevin Malone
.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's The Office
The Office (UK TV series)
The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
, played by Ewen MacIntosh. He works as an accountant for the fictional paper merchants Wernham Hogg, as run by David Brent
David Brent
David Brent is a fictional character in the BBC television mockumentary The Office, as well as a recurring character in the NBC series of the same name, portrayed by co-writer and director Ricky Gervais. Brent is a white-collar office middle-manager and the principal character of the BBC series...
. An overweight man, his nickname is appropriately 'Big Keith'.
A rather dry and emotionless man, Keith rarely (if ever) speaks in any tone other than a flat, monotone voice. His trademark is sitting in the coffee room and making blunt and alarmingly disturbing comments to people whilst they are taking a break. Most notably he commented that in America, "Fanny means your arse over there, not your minge
Vulva
The vulva consists of the external genital organs of the female mammal. This article deals with the vulva of the human being, although the structures are similar for other mammals....
" to character Dawn Tinsley
Dawn Tinsley
Dawn Tinsley is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom The Office, played by Lucy Davis. She is a receptionist for paper merchants Wernham Hogg and is engaged to warehouse worker Lee. Her American The Office equivalent is Pam Beesly...
, who was planning to move to America. Upon making his inappropriate comments, he is seen to bite into a large Scotch egg
Scotch egg
A Scotch egg consists of a hard-boiled egg wrapped in a sausage meat mixture, coated in breadcrumbs or rolled oats, and deep-fried...
.
Keith seems to have little concern for his career at Wernham Hogg, which he considers a "stopgap". When filling out an employee evaluation form, under "Strengths", he simply put "Accounts" (his job title) and under "Weaknesses", he put "Eczema
Eczema
Eczema is a form of dermatitis, or inflammation of the epidermis . In England, an estimated 5.7 million or about one in every nine people have been diagnosed with the disease by a clinician at some point in their lives.The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions...
". He left the rest of the form blank. Keith would also appear to have short-term memory problems, judging by his inability to remember questions asked of him during his employee evaluation immediately after they had been asked.
Keith enjoys spending his life staying at home and watching Peak Practice
Peak Practice
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time...
and apparently likes the British talk show host Ali G
Ali G
Ali G is a satirical fictional character invented and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Originally appearing on Channel 4's Eleven O'Clock show, Ali G is the title character of Channel 4's Da Ali G Show, original episodes of which aired in 2000 and on HBO in 2003–2004, and is the...
, as he dresses up as him during Comic Relief. Keith has aspirations of entering the music business as a DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
. He claims to be using his job at Wernham-Hogg to fund these aspirations. He has DJ'd various occasions in the office, most notably the Christmas party and claims to be a hit with the ladies despite his size.
His counterpart in the American version of The Office
The Office (US TV series)
The Office is an American comedy television series broadcast by NBC. An adaptation of the original BBC series of the same name, it depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company...
is Kevin Malone
Kevin Malone
Kevin Jaye Malone is a character in the United States television series The Office. He is played by Brian Baumgartner. Kevin's counterpart in the UK series is Keith Bishop.-Biography:...
.