Jim Halpert vs. Tim Canterbury (The Office-UK)
Jim Halpert‘s character is based off of the character of Tim Canterbury from the UK version of The Office. If you’d like to learn more about Tim Canterbury and the BBC show, read this Wikipedia article and watch this short YouTube video. We were shocked by the countless similarities between Jim Halpert and Tim Canterbury and decided to outline three that simply could not be ignored.
- UK: Tim Canterbury has strong feelings towards his colleague, Dawn Tinsley, who was engaged to a worker named Lee.
- US: Jim Halpert has strong feelings (and eventually marries) towards his colleague, Pam Beesly, who was once engaged to a worked named Roy. Pam Beesly officially became Pam Halpert in the episode, Niagra.
- UK: Tim Canterbury spends his office free time “winding up” colleague Gareth Keenan.
- US: Jim Halpert spends his office free time playing pranks on co-worker Dwight Schrute.
- UK and US: Their infamous facial expressions.
We’d love to hear from you to see who you like better – Jim Halpert or Tim Canterbury. Leave a comment below!
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JIM HALPERT!!! i love him
Tim Canterbury for me. Jim’s great, but Tim’s story was more sympathetic: he was 30, stuck at home with his parents, and pretty much the only thing that made him happy was Dawn. Jim and Pam were great together, but Jim had more confidence, had more of a fulfilling life on his own.
Or maybe I just prefer Tim because I was a fan of the original first!
Tim wins every time, by a long shot the, original version is genius, the US version is gobsh*te compared with the UK version.