I know that a few British shows are broadcast in the US, but I'm guessing they are on cable channels that nobody watches or something. I'm thinking series like the original version of 'The Office' and 'Spooks' which I think is broadcast in the US as 'MI-5'. So if you're American, tell me, are there any British shows you enjoy? Have you ever heard of any British shows on tv in the US or is it pretty rare? Just wondering really.
Oh yeah and please don't mention stupid comedy shows from like 500 years ago like Monty Python or something. I'm talking recent stuff.
2006-09-18 14:53:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Hi molly - I can't help you with 'gilly' I'm afraid, it must be a Scottish word and I'm English. :)
2006-09-18 14:59:29 · update #1
Sorry, I didn't mean any offence with the Monty Python comment. I was just worried that I'd get loads of replies from people just saying Benny Hill and that kind of thing, which nobody in the UK actually watches anymore. Monty Python were good and a bad example for me to choose.
2006-09-18 16:11:57 · update #2
I've seen the Office, and my new favorite show is British. Somehow I was changing channels one day and I ran across
"Monarch of the Glen". I"ve rented season 1 and part of season 2, and I love it so far. Archie is great!
By the way, what's a gilly? Is it a term for grounds keeper or something? Is gilly short for something?
2006-09-18 14:57:16 · answer #1 · answered by mollyneville 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Public Broadcast System (PBS), regularly broadcasts "stupid comedy shows from like 500 years ago" so those are the ones I am most familiar with. Of course I must disclose that I am one of those ultra-rabid Monty Python fans, so hearing you group Python in with those other stupid shows is deeply hurtful to me, on the order of a a catholic hearing someone belittle the pope;) I guess the world needs the concept of comedic tolerance, in addition to religious tolerance.
To answer your question: Unfortunately there isn't much else that we get over here besides the "stupid comedy shows from 500 years ago" and the Office (I like the British version better than the American). I with there was more choice, hopefully with shows starting to be broadcast over the Internet we will begin to have more options. You see, our government does a great job of protecting its citizenry from the dangers of inadvertent exposer to nipples and other politically incorrect anatomy. However we are allowed to watch programming containing sexual innuendos: My guess is that censors are so literal minded that they are unable to detect it, and so it slips under the radar. And it goes without saying that violence is the bread and butter of American entertainment, so we already have a cornucopia of that .
Anyway, I look forward to exploring British television, once it arrives on the Net.
CR
2006-09-18 16:07:01 · answer #2 · answered by CriticalRationalist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Public Broadcasting Station in New York City shows "Keeping Up Appearances", "As Time Goes By" "BBC World News" and "Inspector Lynley". Can't say I am a big fan of any of those and PBS isn't that popular. Seems pretty rare.
Cheers.
2006-09-18 15:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have satellite TV like Dishnetwork, they have a channel BBC, channel 135, that shows all of the British stuff. Like Cash in the Attic, Footballers Wives, BBC World News, The Office, etc. Most of the stuff that is on there is so racy, it's great. Stuff that you would not see on any other channel.
2006-09-18 15:27:04 · answer #4 · answered by TOWERTAZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Faulty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances, (miss Two Fat Ladies), BBC, Are You Being Served, that's about all I can remember for now. There would be more if I had cable. I live in the U.S. in New Mexico, and my mother's family was from Wales.
Great question.
2006-09-18 15:15:56 · answer #5 · answered by Rhonda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BBC is on some cable networks and many of the British sitcoms are on the PBS channel system. Thats about it.
2006-09-18 15:03:06 · answer #6 · answered by Michael S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canada gets several programmes. We have our own BBC - BBC Canada. It shows programmes like "EastEnders" (2 years+), dramas like "Casualty", "Dalziel and Pascoe" and "Monarch of the Glen", comedies like "The Kumars", "Coupling" and "Little Britain", and lifestyle shows like "Top gear" and "What not to wear".
CBC shows a ton of British shows - "Coronation Street" (9 months behind; we've just seen Christmas!), "Emmerdale" (which I believe is 2 or 3 years behind). They will air the second series of "Doctor Who" in October, and just recently aired the first two series of "Hustle".
Showcase is another channel which shows lots of programmes. They used to air "Footballers wives". I know they air "Silent witness", and will air "Life on Mars" in November.
2006-09-18 17:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by Rachel O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually American networks copy a british sitcom, in Canada we get the old one on CBC, Canadian Broadcast Channel.
2006-09-18 14:55:55 · answer #8 · answered by CLARABELLE 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I extremely have stumbled on - i'm in South Africa - that human beings who visit our united states of america are loud and tutor offy and brash. They brag lots approximately being American. that's the only journey I extremely have with human beings.
2016-10-15 03:48:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh.. sorry,......
I think you're talking about "The Holy Grail" movie which was pictured around 500 years ago
2006-09-18 15:04:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋