Posted on 04/21/2014 8:26:59 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
Seems to be a general rule-of-thumb, if there are American and British versions of a show, the British one will be ten times better.
I visited Bletchley Park in 2007, so when the first season of this series aired, I watched it, and enjoyed it. I was hoping they would do a second series. I’m a female, but I don’t watch it because of that. I love British mysteries. Nobody does history documentaries, and mysteries like the Brits!
We’ve watched “Call the Midwife” and really enjoyed it. I love Miranda Hart...truly funny gal. Look for her own show “Miranda” - you’ll laugh until you wet yourself.
Downton Abbey is the very best, just excellent. Call The Midwife is good; Foyle’s War is too, but think that series has ended. I watched it on Netflix, so not sure about that.
Mr. Selfridge and The Paradise (series ended) are both good except for the occasional too-liberal bent.
British shows/movies are usually so well done. Great acting, script, production. First-rate.
Best British show is “The IT Crowd.”
Could use some more Benny Hill, or Mr. Bean :D
I enjoyed the geeky series, The I.T. Crowd. One has to be computer nerdy to understand, but some episodes had me in stiches.
I found a proposed American version pilot, but it apparently didn’t get sold to any network.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmjpk4_the-it-crowd-us-pilot_fun
Do they still show Fawlty Towers? Best comedy show, ever.
I gave up on Mr Selfridge because I did not care what happened to any of the characters. No matter how visually impressive a series is, the characters have to intrigue. You must care about some of them, and I found them all...yawn inducing.
Thanks for letting me know that Foyle’s War will be back. I had thought the last season was it’s finale, but just checked online, and found that because of high ratings it will continue, and the new series will be shown sometime in 2015.
Lol... no idea.. TV I still own here is unusable. They switched to digital several years ago, so my TV is a VERY BIG, VERY HEAVY paperweight ;) (BTW, in Japan, so, no idea about Brit shows anymore;))..
All of the good stuff is still down-loadable through torrent :D
I used to watch so much British TV growing up, it’s a wonder I didn’t wind up speaking with an English accent.
Yup...It’s a little tedious. But I do like ‘Foyle’w War’ and my new favorite is ‘Doc Martin’
I am a big fan of British shows. But lately, I have tried some other foreign shows. Once you get past the sub-titles, they are pretty good. Fave at the time is Maria Wren, a police procedural from Sweden.
The absolute funniest was ‘Red Dwarf’ and I wish it would be on again!
I like foyle’s war and inspector lewis
Black adder
Love Doc Martin, too.
I hear the plan is to cover one book per season.
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