Million copies sold on DVD and video

The Office set new records for DVD and video sales in the run-up to Christmas.

A total of 1,024,386 copies of the first series have been sold since its release on October 14 - 630,000 of them on DVD.

The figures make it the fastest selling non-film DVD, as well as the first such DVD to sell more than 500,000 copies.

The combined VHS and DVD sales also make it is the best-selling TV title in the UK ever.

BBC Worldwide's chief executive Rupert Gavin said Christmas sales had been "superb", with other best-sellers including I'm Alan Partridge, Delia's Vegetarian Collection and Life of Mammals.

He said: "The cross-format success of The Office is particularly stunning, surpassing even our own high expectations."

Published: 20 Jan 2003