HaikuHibee Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 According to you maybe, but millions have watched some of the dramas that the BBC have produced recently, which have been pretty good efforts for the most part. Series 2 of Broadchurch is on the way with big hype too, since the first one is very good. Utopia was excellent recently, as was Babylon. Utopia is another one being remade for US TV btw. By David Fincher though, which makes me happy. Our biggest success? Its TopGear: racists and cars. That's the sad truth mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Worth noting that there ARE exceptions to the rule in the US, with Sherlock and Downton Abbey doing pretty well over there. But the majority of the time, there's the need for a remake, with Broadchurch being the newest example. I think the shows (and films like James Bond) from here which evoke a certain image of England do well in American audiences. It's the more mundane normal series like The Inbetweeners, Skins or The Office which need translation for a US audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I think the shows (and films like James Bond) from here which evoke a certain image of England do well in American audiences. It's the more mundane normal series like The Inbetweeners, Skins or The Office which need translation for a US audience. Thing with The Office is it didn't really work in America at first even when remade. They had to massively tone down the awkwardness and bring in a more comfortable form of comedy before it seemed to take off. First series (first episode in particular) of the US office makes it seem very similar to the UK version, but series 2 onwards have that feel that American comedies tend to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubbs Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Adults speaking Tubbs. Go off and play with HB, a great day for it. Ok, can I guess them; are they Peppa Pig as your best one and Postman Pat as the on you are swithering about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The Inbetweeners, Skins or The Office which need translation for a US audience. They've versions of these. So someone might 'remake' them, that's a PR thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Our biggest success? Its TopGear: racists and cars. That's the sad truth mate. Success doesn't equal quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 State of Play, Edge of Darkness and House of Cards have all been remade in the States. All were fantastic BBC dramas that didn't quite hit it off across the pond in my opinion. So far they haven't taken up the option they have on Take The High Road. So far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Success doesn't equal quality. BBC has dosh. Still Comedy central's better. There's no real contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 State of Play, Edge of Darkness and House of Cards have all been remade in the States. All were fantastic BBC dramas that didn't quite hit it off across the pond in my opinion. So far they haven't taken up the option they have on Take The High Road. So far. http://io9.com/is-the-uk-missing-out-on-outlander-because-of-scottish-1636158008 The Outlander premiere broke ratings records for Starz when it premiered in the U.S. and was quickly renewed. It's premiered in Canada, Australia, Denmark, Japan, and has distribution deals with a number of other countries. It'll even air in Ireland this month. It's a show that Visit Scotland is using to market the country as a vacation spot/ And yet, there's been no word on the show making to British airwaves. Why is that? If you ask some people, the reason is that Outlander has been so conspicuously absent from the place in which it's set has to do with the referendum on Scottish independence. One of the major plotpoints of the book, and the show, is that it's set around the Jacobite rising of 1745. And its portrayal of British officers in Scotland at that time has them as dandies at best and sociopathic at worst. Last week even had our English heroine expressing sympathies for the Scottish cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Bull Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 TV programming totally caters for the English middle class. Thankyou No voters. For me most mainstream TV, this Christmas, was atrocious, but correlating TV programming with 'English middle class' is puerile xenophobic nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The bloated BBC should be forced to compete, scrap the licence fee for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The bloated BBC should be forced to compete, scrap the licence fee for me!Why should you get off with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Why should you get off with it? I think we should all 'get off' with it !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I think we should all 'get off' with it !!Oh right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Bull Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Just watched It'll be Alright on the Night.Brilliant, well done Griff Rhys Jones. Highlights:- Prince Philip, Jesus and the twa dugs. As for The areola, step forward Colkitto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Just watched It'll be Alright on the Night.Brilliant, well done Griff Rhys Jones. Highlights:- Prince Philip, Jesus and the twa dugs. As for The areola, step forward Colkitto. Oh gie it a rest. You're a BritNat, we get it. Enough with this shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Bull Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Oh gie it a rest. You're a BritNat, we get it. Enough with this shite. Perhaps you could take the accolade as the largest areola, then again you may have many ScotNatPrat contenders for the accolade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rider Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I smell Banterous...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Nope. It's Dee Gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Bull Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I smell Banterous...... your nose is to close to your arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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