 The Office is expected to end for good at Christmas |
The Office's Ricky Gervais has appealed to the media not to reveal details of the show's Christmas episodes after scripts went astray in the post. An Essex woman claimed to have been mistakenly sent scripts for the show's final instalments and was reportedly considering selling them to a paper.
"I would say to the papers - don't publish it," Gervais told BBC Radio 1.
"Buy it and give it back as a little Christmas present for the nation," he said, adding they could "ruin it".
Joanne Hiley, from Saffron Walden, said the two 100-page scripts were meant to be sent to a health and safety technician in the town.
Souvenir
But she is now considering selling them to the highest bidder after they were delivered to her home instead.
Gervais said he would not beg for the scripts back and Ms Hiley should either "keep it as a souvenir or throw it away or give it back to the BBC".
"What she shouldn't do is sell it to a newspaper to publish the plot of a TV programme that is fun to watch when you don't know the outcome."
The Christmas specials are expected to be the last ever episodes of the hit sitcom, as creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant want the series to go out on a high.
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