@@ricey23 that was crazy, you also had TFI Friday and don’t forget your toothbrush on channel 4, I was only a kid at the time, but it was definitely post pub tv.
@@AdventuresAndNaps I detest Mrs Brown's boys but men dressing up as women is part of English theatre. See pantomimes, the ugly sisters are always played by men. They wouldn't be pantomimes without it. In Shakespeare's plays, the women were always played by men.
Good to see Alanna is no exception to the rule that you never hear anyone say they intentionally tuned into Naked Attraction. The TV always just happened to be on that channel one night when the programme started without warning.
i knew a guy that was on Embarassing Bodies, it was a bit of a shock flicking through the tv -as you do - then spotting someone you see fairly regularly.
2:30 What is good about the Naked Attraction series is that it shows peoples real bodies instead of the usual plastic surgery/airbrushed images given in magazines! People come in all shapes and sizes and it's all perfectly natural!
When they announced that another symptom of Covid 19 was 'loss of taste', I instructed my wife to call the Covid emergency line if I ever started watching Mrs Brown's Boys!
Yeah.. but that’s because she’s not local, there was nothing for her there (not to mention she’s only been here four’ish years.. might not feel like it, but other than Inside No. 9, they were all on long before she got here)
I've had a friend, who culled her FB friends list based upon whether they liked Mrs. Brown's Boys. I totally agree. I'd Rather gouge my eyes out that watch that muck, and it makes me embarassed to be Irish. I'm suprised Peep Show didn't make the list, but if you suffer like myself from absolutely cringing watching people doing embarassing things it might not be your cup of tea lol. Sitcom based around two socially disfunctional lads ending up in ridiculous situations, but done via the inner monologue of the characters. Pure Car crash telly.
Peadar Ruane don’t like Mrs. Browns’ boys at all, but the guy (can’t remember his name) was on an episode of QI, and he was funny and interesting. Weird how likeable he was compared to his creation.
Funny tidbit about Mrs Brown's boys. They're was a movie in the 90s about THE SAME MRS BROWN, in which she was played by.... Angelica Houston. The movie is called Agnes Brown, look it up.
I'd gladly watch 10 years of Trainspotting Live, taking great interest in what the squares have to say, rather than watch one more episode with vile individuals in Big Brother...if that shit still is on.
Not a British TV show but "The singing ringing tree " a kids show from the 1960 s , bizarre doesn't even come close , I'm still traumatized by it to this day , try and catch it on the internet and wonder , what were they thinking ?
I remember a Canadian cartoon called the Raccoons that was shown in the UK. It was on CBBC, Saturday mornings during the '90s. It had characters like Burt Raccoon and Cyril Sneer not to mention a cracking end credits theme also.
Oh god, I saw naked jungle initially, the sight of Keith Chegwin scarred me for life. I think it’s older than 2000 though, I seem to remember a one off episode on a themed ‘nudist’ night that channel 4 did. They did those various themed nights every so often
This was awesome! Can't wait for part 2...I also thought all English people were posh aristocrats, When I got there it was in the middle of a heatwave. Lots of puffy, tomato red English people soaking up the sun in their front yards. I then realized lots of Englishmen look like Onslow from "Keeping Up Appearances."
"A 1928 Porter, that's my mother dear. She helps me through everything I do and I'm so glad she's here. My mother the car.... - This was preceded by Mr Ed the Taking Horse. Very silly shows.
My Mother the Car was shown here in Australia, along with Mr Ed, The Beverly Hillbillies and My Favorite Martian, but that was the 60's.....and my childhood :-)
Sony Channel is currently showing "Due South" reruns. I'd forgotten how funny it was, especially Gordon Pinsent. "Banzai" is worth a look - deliberately weird, but fun, rather than ill conceived. Best culture shock show I've seen though was the Icelandic version of "Blind Date", so much more wholesome than the British version: the contestants had clipboards with their (very serious) questions on, and the date was pony trekking and a paint your own pottery session.
When it was on originally I thought Banzai was downright incredible. One of the first ever shows on E4 I think. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't get aired nowadays because with hindsight it's kind of racist.
i first found Mrs Browns Boys whilst sat next to my Mother! oops!. i didn;t like the bad language but it can be extremely funny . it can also be extremely awful . its by far no were near the worst on tv .
One thing I do love about British television are the movie length quiz shows like Big Fat Quiz and 8 Out of 10 Cats. Both hosted by Jimmy Carr but an episode is absolute gold if Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding are panelists.
Very fun video. I'm convinced. I'll have to check out some of these strange British shows. There are some Canadian gems that aren't well known because a lot of content is never aired on broadcast TV any more. I really enjoy Wynonna Earp, and the Corner Gas Animated series is pretty fun, too.
The Canadian version of Nikita (with Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis) was easily the best. It surpassed the original film concept, and the US version didn't even come close to it.
As for great Canadian TV shows, Dark Matter is an awesome Canadian sci-fi show. Such a shame it was cancelled, but totally worth watching all the same. Love Due South too, not only was it funny and hugely entertaining, it also set me off on a voyage of discovery of Canadian music through its soundtracks. A large section of my music collection remains Canadian to this day 🇨🇦🎧🎶
Hi Alanna, this is my second time watching this video!!! When I was working, one of my colleagues, originally from Italy, said "Your quiz shows are so strange here in Australia, no one ever takes off their clothes!!!". I really couldn't work out an answer to that one!!! Did you ever hear about the Japanese game show called "Gannon"? On one episode, they made all their contestants drink several buckets of water, then locked up all the rest rooms. You can imagine what happened!!! Talking about UK train TV shows; there was a show based on the life of the railway workers on a particular railways station in London. On one occasion, after a power blackout, they "lost" three suburban trains full of peak hour passengers. They eventually found the missing trains stuck in the tunnel near London Bridge Station. Without any power, they had no way to contact their base and the map showing the trains also went blank. Anyway, take care. Robert.
Good choices Alanna, and there's probably enough material out there for a couple of sequels too. To my absolute shame, I actually did watch a few episodes of Mrs Brown's boys until it all got too much for me!
I can remember when we had just 2 channels and by the time we got to 4 the VCR had been invented and it transformed our viewing as you could watch one thing and record another. That was great till Christmas when there was on occasion more than 2 things on at the same time that you wanted to watch so then you were into swapping tapes with neighbours. Now we have so many free to air channels I can't count them all, but I struggle to find one thing that's worth watching. Hence I'm on RUclips!
When I was in the States I watched a Canadian program parodying US talk shows. It was hilarious because it really captured the cringiness of US daytime talk shows. One of my favourite programs on Netflix was Schitts Creek (A Canadian produced comedy). They did a behind the scenes episode after it finished. It was really moving.
Hi Alanna, I was also cheered when you mentioned Mrs Brown's Boys - what an abomination. I must apologise for all those terrible programmes, though as you say, we make enough that you can find a few good ones. I haven't come across My Mother The Car, which I'll give a swerve, but I'll try to find Dogs Might Fly. You didn't make that up, did you ?
"My Mother The Car" also played in the US in the 1960s. I believe it was even filmed and produced in LA. I recall it starred Jerry Van Dyke (Dick Van Dyke's brother) with Ann Southern giving voice to that antique auto. Yeah, it was weird. No doubt about it.
I had a great idea for something to include during the next Comic Relief. It would involve 4 or 5 lady comics, each taking turns to cook the others a meal. They could call it "Comedienne With Me"!
You've got Letterkenny which can have some comical moments. I remember back in the '70s a sit-com called King of Kensington though it probably hasn't aged well. I haven't been in the UK for 18 years, so most of your choices I've never heard of, but I have seen a few hilarious clips of Mrs Brown's Boys ... found here on YT.
Naked attraction with Bob Mortimer: Barrier rises to reveal neatly maintained pubic hair. Bob: "Ahh, very neat, reminds of the time I decided to cut my beard with a chainsaw while jumping on a trampoline". And being Bob, you can't be sure if he's lying or not, because you can believe he might have tried this at some point 😄.
Hi Alanna, Wow!! I had no clue that UK had shows like "Naked Attraction". We certainly don't have that one here. We did have a show sometime back called "Naked and Afraid", where they put contestants into the wilderness without any clothes....too weird!!! Now, if they can get dogs to fly passenger jets, it will definitely save a fortune on wages!!! Years ago, I saw a British train TV show about the life and times of staff on a London Tube railway station. During the show, they "lost' three packed trains during rush hour in the London Tube. The trains were eventually found near London Bridge Station. I remember "My Mother the Car" shown on TV here. We had a medical show here called "When Operations Go Wrong". I don't even want to describe that one. We also have "Mrs Brown's Boys" here, though we have never watched it. We have Aussie versions of "Catch Phrase" and "Gogglebox". Have you ever seen "Monte Python's Flying Circus"? Now that is definitely a strange British show. Finally, here is an old weird Australian TV show called "The Auntie Jack Show". The main star is a huge fat man with a mustache wearing a dress, while riding a motor bike. The there song "Farewell Auntie Jack" was very popular over the radio at the time as well. One of Auntie Jack's famous phrases was "Goodbye me little lovelies"!!! (See link below). Anyway, take care and all the best. Robert. ruclips.net/video/unNSTBx0uok/видео.html
Hey Alanna, there is a lot of weird stuff on British TV and Channels 4 and 5 are good for that kind of stuff but you still have to love it although we can't take credit for My Mother the Car, it's even to strange for us. It was made in America by NBC in 1965. One of the oddest British programmes shown in recent years for me was The Autopsy which showed a human dissection anatomist Gunther Von Hagens, even for channel 4 it was a bit out there. By the way, nice work with the video editing, it's looking very professional.
I am one of those people that loves Gogglebox, but I've only mostly seen the Irish Version. Also I agree with you about Mr Browns Boys, it's been awful recently.
That't the first time (to my understanding) that you've used the word 'maybe' in regard to coming back home.... as to this video happy to say that I've never had the misfortune to have wasted any of my life watching any of the programmes you mention in your list! Truth is, I've never heard of most of them! :-) Stay safe Alanna x
As an Englishman who has lived in England for over fifty years I feel like I've been living elsewhere as I haven't even heard of most of these shows, let aone watched any of them. As the yoof of today might say, #Baffled!
Another total gem of a video, Alanna. Thank you so much for doing this. I agree with you, someone in a boardroom authorised these shows! “Yes I agree we should in vest $500,000 in that show. That’ll rate its head off!” You are highly entertaining even when you’re talking about my number 1 worst show - embarrassing bodies. That even made it to Australia for a couple of seasons
Yes look up Splash with Olympian diver Tom Daley, where celebrities try and master the art of diving, almost as good as The Jump.... Eddie the Eagle did win this contest ....
Canadian TV Shows. Orphan Black, Kim's Convenience, Primeval: New World, The Handmaid's Tale, Trailer Park Boys, Murdoch Mysteries, The Next Step, Continuum, Corner Gas, Schitt's Creek, Naked and Afraid, Ice Road Truckers just to name a few!
So glad you brought up Naked Jungle it was possibly the most disturbing thing that ever happened while channel hopping. For the next one a show called JAM
You’re right about Mrs.Browns boys it like something out of the 1970’s it’s garbage. A lot of these shows are aimed at a youth audience, which explains a lot.
Since it's like something out of the 70's, it's more likely that its appeal is to those who remember that time. Certainly the only people I've ever met who liked it are 65+
@@hairyairey Friday night dinner; Derry Girls, 8 out of 10 cats does countdown, man down, toast of london, year of the rabbit, flowers, wasted, dectorists, travel man, Peter kays car share, cunk on Britian ,windsors, episodes (joint with Americans), the wrong mans, Peep show, motherland Not all of those are sitcoms and account for personal taste. But I'd rate all of them. Some have finished but they're all fairly recent
Hey Alanna.Yet another delightful vid. I'm with Secret Guy and many others when I say Mr's Brown's Boys has to be 'the' unfunniest thing I've ever had the misfortune to watch, never seen a whole show, 2min was my limit when I accidentally tuned in. Once. 😱. My! You have some load buzzy things over there, 🦟 🐝. Cool editing Miss. I trust all's well, as always. Greetings from Liverpool. ✌️ 🐝.
Bless you for mentioning second hand embarrassment! I've often cringed, looked away, and sometimes left the room when anything embarrassing is clearly going to happen. And yes, I know it's not real( tv/movie). I like to think we're empathetic!
I have a very low cringe threshold, I just can't watch a load of stuff. Sitcoms are pretty much out, I watch them and I can feel my intestines crawling up my neck and strangling my brain.
My Mother the Car was actually an American comedy series. It aired in 1965-66, and lasted for one season, and 30 episodes. It starred Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick Van Dyke. The car was a 1928 Porter, a fictional make, and was assembled from the parts of several different real vintage cars. The voice of the car was provided by Ann Sothern, a Hollywood star from the 1940s. I watched this show in the 1960s, and enjoyed it.
I'm British and I haven't heard of half of these haha Naked Attraction is a strange one, I can't stand Mrs Brown's Boys but I do have a soft spot for Celebrity Juice.
Many of these were some of the reasons I have not had a TV in 6 years. I don't miss it at all! There is more than enough to legally watch online with out a TV licence, so I save a few bob as well!
You should check out Jam, a surrealist dark comedy horror programme from 2000. It's pretty disturbing and almost definitely not for everyone, but just thought I'd suggest you something *really* odd to check out.
Mrs Brown's Boys feels like a naff 1970s sitcom to me - maybe that's why some people like it, but I don't. The humour is so clichéd and obvious, I find it a real chore to watch.
Can’t say I’m a massive fan, but it is the closest TV has got to capturing the spirit of Panto (let’s face it when TV has attempted to stage an actual panto it’s always dreadful)
22:34 Hmm yeah, I know what you mean about Gogglebox, some people love it, some people hate it. Personally, I love it, it's one of my favourite shows on TV. They also do a celebrity version now as well and that, imo, is just as good as the regular one. Love it.
Nobody's mentioned One Man and His Dog?! It was literally a shepherd herding sheep into a pen using a dog and seeing who could do it the quickest. It ran for well over 20 years...
Not sure if it aired anywhere outside of the Southern region, but how about Jack Hargreaves Out Of Town-basically an old fart sitting in a shed rambling about the old ways of life & showing rural life like trout fishing, chopping wood etc for 20 odd years until they lost the franchise to TVS in 1981-then Channel 4 decided to pick it up under a new name for several years!
Sadly you missed my childhood in The Magic Roundabout. I remember rewatching an episode where Dougal attended a party and had no memory of it. He was so stoned he was having a conversation with a banana and a pear. Or the classic innuendo of Captain Pugwash! Good old Seaman Stains and Master Bates and who can forget Roger the Cabin boy!
Gotta love the urban myths of our childhood. The reason the characters often “acted” weird in M R was that the BBCs English script bore little resemblance to the on-screen action, which was based upon the quite different original French TV script! It’s easy to forget Roger the Cabin Boy because his character name was Tom, not Roger!
@Ian Brown ...Seaman Stains didn't exist, and there was a 'Master Mate' but no 'Master Bates'. As has already been said: the cabin boy's name was Tom not Roger. All of this, that people claim to remember is a figment of their imagination, originally put about by pathetic little schoolboys with senses of humour about as inadequate as their intellect. But then there'll always be people who'll convince themselves that it's all true and be certain they remember it. (Perhaps YOU didn't "miss your childhood in The Magic Roundabout" but it would seem that you missed your childhood in Captain Pugwash... or perhaps never actually watched it, and just listened to all the crap you heard about it!)
Call me weird, but I LOVE watching RUclipss of train journeys around the UK or the world (mainly the UK). Living in the Midwest, there really aren't many trains so I miss them, a lot. Simple, mundane things you take for granted when you're growing up. Like your Hob Nobs in the last video I watched, I too am broken inside. :)
You should have included Big Brother, where people with nothing to do get to watch perfect strangers going to sleep, and wonder why nothing is happening..
Oh come on, you had Republic of Doyle - that was AWESOME!!!!! Caught one episode - ONE EPISODE - on telly in my hotel room on a ski holiday, and was hooked!! Couldn't find it at all in the UK, the lengths I had to go to to get it!
I haven’t seen ANY of these, or those mentioned (as a Brit) 😅 - rule of thumb is avoid Channel 4 😬👀. Definitely don’t feel like I’ve missed out or miss out on pop culture! We watch loads of US shows and BBC dramas for that in my circles (back to Class culture again 😅). As for Canada, loooads of the biggest US shows are all filmed there! Don’t sell yourselves short :P.
A neighbor of mine tells me that all or most of the Hallmark made for TV movies are made in Canada. Among other interesting facts the leadtime for getting them on TV means that the winter episodes are filmed in the summer and the summer episodes are filmed in winter. I can't imagine that wearing winter sweaters and jackets to film in the summer and summer outfits to film in the winter are exactly fun.
Can’t argue with any of them. I’m told that I ruined Mrs. Brown’s Boys for my family by not finding any of it funny. They would send me away until it finished. I would love to learn about Canadian tv, the good and bad because I cannot name a single show. Thanks for the video I really enjoyed it, I hope you’re taking care of yourself.
“Naked men running around an assault course”. A sentence I have never heard before! You’ll have a million subs one day great to see your Chanel grow. My partner is not English and your perspective really helps me see things through her eyes sometimes. Keep going!!!!!
My Mother the Car. "The kids are riding mom". This is wrong on so many levels. A couple to add to your list. The Word a 1990's Channel4 music magazine show and Call My Bluff, a 1960's/1970's panel game show based on unusual words from the Oxford English Dictionary
The Kids in the Hall was the Canadian TV show that sprang to mind. They did a series called Death Comes to Town which was inspired by The League of Gentlemen, episodes on RUclips last time I checked.
You comment applies to the USA vs Canada. Most Canadians have no issue with nudity. And if you view most Canadian content, gratuitous violence is very rare.
@@chrisytfc879 I think she has a problem with nudity that seems out of place. I'm not sure if she would necessarily have the same reaction to something like nudity in a sex scene.
when you said Trainspotting live I thought "damn they had shooting up heroin on live tv," then you said bbc4 and i was like "ooooooooooooh actual trainspotting, gotcha."
The strangest thing about Naked Jungle was seeing a former Saturday Morning kids tv presenter (Keith Chegwin from Swapshop) running around naked - only just getting over it now!
There are also a few weird but good shows around, for example James May : The Reassembler where the presenter put things back together, including such highlights as a 1950's lawnmower, a 1960's food mixer and so on. The interest I suppose is whether you enjoy listening to James May talk about some of the social context or engineering ideas around the item being worked on. Also James May Toy stories, where you take a classic childrens favourite toy and see how far you can push the idea. So, building a full size house out of Lego, a bridge out of Meccano, a 10 mile long model railway track and so on. And then theres Time Team, after 20 seasons it had become well known and reasonably well respected, but it cant have been easy selling the idea of televising some archaeologists scraping away at dirt for three days with the risk of finding very little if anything. Or perhaps two of the series it inspired, Extreme Archaeology, similar to Time Team but smaller scale and much more dangerous locations, or Pub Dig, also smaller scale and as the name suggests looking for history underneath some of the UK's beer gardens. Initially it sounds daft, but some pubs have been at the same location for hundreds of years, protecting whats underneath them from later rebuilding etc. As for Mrs Browns Boys, I havent watched it, so I can only point to the UK's long tradition of Drag Queens and Pantomime Dames. As for the Trainspotting show, I flirted with the hobby very briefly as a child, (my older brother was a trainspotter,) but it was at one point very popular in this country. I guess it appeals to the collector in some people, and provides the opportunity to travel around the country and see different places, not just railway stations. Combine it with a visit to a museum or something if transpotting on its own sounds a bit dry. We're British, we love a bit of eccentricity, a bit of smut, maybe a laugh and maybe learn something, ideally all of them. Which is why I like QI XL so much I guess.
Hi, Alanna, that was brilkiant fun, I'd never heard of some of those, may have to look them up on line. Nothing can come close to Naked Attraction for strangeness, its in a class of its own. You must tell us how you think it would do in Canada. Looking forward to your next video soon.
Check out Euro trash it was on channel 4 during the 90s early 00s. Probably one of the weirdest shows I’ve seen.
Look at Lolo 😑
And hosted by Jean Paul Gaultier too... Yeah. THE Jean Paul Gaultier world famous fashion designer.
Channel 4 in the 90s was something. Remember Banzai?
@@ricey23 that was crazy, you also had TFI Friday and don’t forget your toothbrush on channel 4, I was only a kid at the time, but it was definitely post pub tv.
@@ricey23 i remember switching channel when that come on....
Due South was big in the UK in the 90's, fondly remembered from my childhood.
Still on Alibi that's how I watched every episode!
Due South although Canadian was funded by the BBC or should I say the British TV licence payers
@@bobbyboko6317 only the later series were supported by BBC money.
It was must watch growing up in my house
Absolutely love Due South. Great show
I'm happy that my childhood had Father Ted rather than Mrs Browns Boys.
Father Ted could probably be on Part 2! lol
@@AdventuresAndNaps yeah you have to do comedy's 😉👍
Father Ted best comedy ever , Mrs Brown's Boys the exact opposite
Secret Guy Mrs browns boys is rubbish should have been taken off air ages ago
@@AdventuresAndNaps I detest Mrs Brown's boys but men dressing up as women is part of English theatre.
See pantomimes, the ugly sisters are always played by men.
They wouldn't be pantomimes without it.
In Shakespeare's plays, the women were always played by men.
I know it’s finished now, but “Cardinal” is an excellent Ontario based crime drama based on a book series. It’s all on bbc4 too
Good to see Alanna is no exception to the rule that you never hear anyone say they intentionally tuned into Naked Attraction. The TV always just happened to be on that channel one night when the programme started without warning.
Naked Attraction: the British television show which confirms that MOST of us look WAY better with our clothes on!
Nudity has never been less erotic.
That must be some kind of record.
i knew a guy that was on Embarassing Bodies, it was a bit of a shock flicking through the tv -as you do - then spotting someone you see fairly regularly.
Dogs might fly sounds like something Alan Partridge would pitch.
2:30 What is good about the Naked Attraction series is that it shows peoples real bodies instead of the usual plastic surgery/airbrushed images given in magazines! People come in all shapes and sizes and it's all perfectly natural!
Mrs Brown’s Boys is a tv show that you can dislike just by watching the trailer, and then avoid like the plague.
It's awesome. It's like the opposite of marmite - you either love it or you're wrong.
The first series was very funny.
I love it personally. But I wouldn't force anyone to watch it if they didn't want to.
I Like it, I did manage to be in the audiance for a taping years ago. gotta love BBC's discounted bar for pre-taping drinks!! :D
When they announced that another symptom of Covid 19 was 'loss of taste', I instructed my wife to call the Covid emergency line if I ever started watching Mrs Brown's Boys!
The League of Gentlemen didn't even get a mention? Good lord
My thoughts exactly.. plus psychoville, inside no.9 and The Mighty Boosh.
Yeah.. but that’s because she’s not local, there was nothing for her there (not to mention she’s only been here four’ish years.. might not feel like it, but other than Inside No. 9, they were all on long before she got here)
I've had a friend, who culled her FB friends list based upon whether they liked Mrs. Brown's Boys. I totally agree. I'd Rather gouge my eyes out that watch that muck, and it makes me embarassed to be Irish.
I'm suprised Peep Show didn't make the list, but if you suffer like myself from absolutely cringing watching people doing embarassing things it might not be your cup of tea lol. Sitcom based around two socially disfunctional lads ending up in ridiculous situations, but done via the inner monologue of the characters. Pure Car crash telly.
Peadar Ruane don’t like Mrs. Browns’ boys at all, but the guy (can’t remember his name) was on an episode of QI, and he was funny and interesting. Weird how likeable he was compared to his creation.
@@georgecaplin9075 Brendan O'Carroll can be funny enough... just not that work of his... its totally dated cringe
Mrs Brown's Boys seems to be one of those programmes that keeps getting made but no-one admits to watching. It's like something from the 70's
Funny tidbit about Mrs Brown's boys. They're was a movie in the 90s about THE SAME MRS BROWN, in which she was played by.... Angelica Houston. The movie is called Agnes Brown, look it up.
My parents love it. We've almost fallen out over that!
I'd gladly watch 10 years of Trainspotting Live, taking great interest in what the squares have to say, rather than watch one more episode with vile individuals in Big Brother...if that shit still is on.
Big Brother UK has finished. Though it's heyday was with Channel 4. On Channel 5 it was cheap and desperate.
Prime Big Brother was immense.
Loving the backdrop that the new editing software gives, it convincingly looks like you are outside as opposed to sitting in your bedroom.
Not a British TV show but "The singing ringing tree " a kids show from the 1960 s , bizarre doesn't even come close , I'm still traumatized by it to this day , try and catch it on the internet and wonder , what were they thinking ?
That terrified me to this day !
Yeah, I remember that, nightmare stuff for kids!! Yikes!
The Fast Show version was amazing though. ruclips.net/video/7XqMF5ou7hE/видео.html
I remember a Canadian cartoon called the Raccoons that was shown in the UK. It was on CBBC, Saturday mornings during the '90s. It had characters like Burt Raccoon and Cyril Sneer not to mention a cracking end credits theme also.
That show was awesome. Best Cartoon on Saturdays during my early childhood.
@@LonKirk 100% agree👍
HA YES!!! Every Saturday morning just before Live n Kicking started! I remember it like it was yesterday!
The outro, Run With Us by Lisa Lougheed, was incredible.
I loved the Raccoons.
Agree about Celebrity Juice - Lemon is very unfunny. Oh and please scrap I'm a Celebrity - utter tosh.
😱😱😱
I'd say Celebrity Juice has found it's own way for the past 8 years. But it did start of rubbish.
Celebrity SHIT
The Jump was cancelled after the number of injuries reach 34.
Canadian TV, we binge watched all 13 years of Heartland over a couple of months. Waiting for season 14.loved it.
Oh god, I saw naked jungle initially, the sight of Keith Chegwin scarred me for life. I think it’s older than 2000 though, I seem to remember a one off episode on a themed ‘nudist’ night that channel 4 did. They did those various themed nights every so often
It makes me happy that you think that _Mrs Brown's Boys_ "sucks". I find it revolting.
Yes, who the hell is watching that shite?
@@manfredwilliams9762 and why?
I love it
@@finleydavison5858 Me too! 😂
This was awesome! Can't wait for part 2...I also thought all English people were posh aristocrats, When I got there it was in the middle of a heatwave. Lots of puffy, tomato red English people soaking up the sun in their front yards. I then realized lots of Englishmen look like Onslow from "Keeping Up Appearances."
My Mother the Car was American i think, I definitely watched reruns of it as a small child in the early 90s
'Then all of a sudden, genitals' That must become a gif or whatever its called. Or a saying for 2020.
Meme it!
My Mother the Car was actually a U.S. show, but was shown in other countries.
"A 1928 Porter, that's my mother dear. She helps me through everything I do and I'm so glad she's here. My mother the car.... - This was preceded by Mr Ed the Taking Horse. Very silly shows.
A bit like, Mister Ed, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie or The Flying Nun! and run on NBC from Sept 1965 to Apr 1966
"My Mother The Car" was American starring Dick Van Dyke's brother Jerry
My Mother the Car was shown here in Australia, along with Mr Ed, The Beverly Hillbillies and My Favorite Martian, but that was the 60's.....and my childhood :-)
Your videos always lighten up my Tuesdays :). Thank you.
I'm watching two Canadian shows on Netflix now, Murdoch Mysteries and Heartland. Really good shows.
And both still running 13 seasons later 😄
M Atkins love Heartland. Try Republic of Doyle, a spoof on detective shows
Sony Channel is currently showing "Due South" reruns. I'd forgotten how funny it was, especially Gordon Pinsent. "Banzai" is worth a look - deliberately weird, but fun, rather than ill conceived. Best culture shock show I've seen though was the Icelandic version of "Blind Date", so much more wholesome than the British version: the contestants had clipboards with their (very serious) questions on, and the date was pony trekking and a paint your own pottery session.
Also very gratifying to see Pinsent pop up in "Private Eyes" the other week - I'd assumed he'd be dead by now.
When it was on originally I thought Banzai was downright incredible. One of the first ever shows on E4 I think. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't get aired nowadays because with hindsight it's kind of racist.
I’ve never met a single person who likes or even tolerates Mrs browns boys 😂 no idea how it’s still going - the same with celebrity juice 😂
Silver C Mrs Browns boys? Fabulous programme - great comedy and delivery. At last, a programme that shows how the Irish live! 😆
I dont like mrs browns boys but celebrity juice is hands down one of my favourite tv shows
i first found Mrs Browns Boys whilst sat next to my Mother! oops!. i didn;t like the bad language but it can be extremely funny . it can also be extremely awful . its by far no were near the worst on tv .
@@julesdowner5585 Mrs Browns Boys, the series ended a while a go, just a Christmas special now..
Ben Roads Mrs Browns boys is better acting than celeb juice
One thing I do love about British television are the movie length quiz shows like Big Fat Quiz and 8 Out of 10 Cats. Both hosted by Jimmy Carr but an episode is absolute gold if Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding are panelists.
Brasseye is one I can remember quite well.
ROBOPLEGIC WRONG COCK
DJ Bob Hoskins going mental in a dustbin.
also Jam, one of the other projects by the same bloke
That was incredible!! I could watch Noel Edmonds saying "Shatner's bassoon" over and over again.
@@richardlegg7423 "One girl threw up her own pelvis bone"
I'm sure Naked Attraction took their inspiration from Japanese TV. Now THERE is a whirlpool of weirdness.
PS: I forgot Dave Allen. I know he is Irish but we got him on the BBC and he is the bee's knees.
Those were actually made by the BBC, I think. His shows were in fact banned in Ireland in the seventies.
Very fun video. I'm convinced. I'll have to check out some of these strange British shows. There are some Canadian gems that aren't well known because a lot of content is never aired on broadcast TV any more. I really enjoy Wynonna Earp, and the Corner Gas Animated series is pretty fun, too.
Canada does have a thriving TV production, many of the best sci-fi series all come from Canada
Lexx, Farscape and so on.
Wasn't Kids In The Hall Canadian? It was on Channel 4 over here and I really enjoyed it, a bit like Monty Python. "I'M CRUSHING YOUR HEAD!!".🤣
@Chris Travers thanks, was'nt shure
@@johnboy2562 It was shot in Toronto. I saw Scott Thompson at the mall lol
The Canadian version of Nikita (with Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis) was easily the best. It surpassed the original film concept, and the US version didn't even come close to it.
I watch every week and always fall for your enthusiasm. Keep up the good work. Hope you make it back to Kent soon,
As for great Canadian TV shows, Dark Matter is an awesome Canadian sci-fi show. Such a shame it was cancelled, but totally worth watching all the same.
Love Due South too, not only was it funny and hugely entertaining, it also set me off on a voyage of discovery of Canadian music through its soundtracks. A large section of my music collection remains Canadian to this day 🇨🇦🎧🎶
Hi Alanna, this is my second time watching this video!!! When I was working, one of my colleagues, originally from Italy, said "Your quiz shows are so strange here in Australia, no one ever takes off their clothes!!!". I really couldn't work out an answer to that one!!! Did you ever hear about the Japanese game show called "Gannon"? On one episode, they made all their contestants drink several buckets of water, then locked up all the rest rooms. You can imagine what happened!!! Talking about UK train TV shows; there was a show based on the life of the railway workers on a particular railways station in London. On one occasion, after a power blackout, they "lost" three suburban trains full of peak hour passengers. They eventually found the missing trains stuck in the tunnel near London Bridge Station. Without any power, they had no way to contact their base and the map showing the trains also went blank. Anyway, take care. Robert.
Good choices Alanna, and there's probably enough material out there for a couple of sequels too. To my absolute shame, I actually did watch a few episodes of Mrs Brown's boys until it all got too much for me!
I can remember when we had just 2 channels and by the time we got to 4 the VCR had been invented and it transformed our viewing as you could watch one thing and record another. That was great till Christmas when there was on occasion more than 2 things on at the same time that you wanted to watch so then you were into swapping tapes with neighbours. Now we have so many free to air channels I can't count them all, but I struggle to find one thing that's worth watching. Hence I'm on RUclips!
Canada participated in one of the strangest, greatest Sci-Fi TV shows ever made: Lexx.
Totally agree with you on Mrs Browns boys!! Great video....love to hear you talk - you’re always so honest.
Doesn’t hurt that you’re beautiful xx
10/10 Canadian Maple leaves Alanna for managing to come up with different topics to talk about every week on your channel.Well done, Alanna!
Wow, thank you!
When I was in the States I watched a Canadian program parodying US talk shows. It was hilarious because it really captured the cringiness of US daytime talk shows. One of my favourite programs on Netflix was Schitts Creek (A Canadian produced comedy). They did a behind the scenes episode after it finished. It was really moving.
I think Gogglebox is like a TV version of a reaction video
You're totally right!
Another great video , always makes me smile to see you smile and laugh so much , especially trainspotting live, fabulous
Thank you very much!
Embarrassing bodies was people to shy to visit their GP so choose to go on tv in front of millions 🤔🤣🤣🤣
Part 2 defo,funny insightful and witty to boot.proper enjoyed this,more please.
Hi Alanna, I was also cheered when you mentioned Mrs Brown's Boys - what an abomination.
I must apologise for all those terrible programmes, though as you say, we make enough that you can find a few good ones.
I haven't come across My Mother The Car, which I'll give a swerve, but I'll try to find Dogs Might Fly. You didn't make that up, did you ?
"My Mother The Car" also played in the US in the 1960s. I believe it was even filmed and produced in LA. I recall it starred Jerry Van Dyke (Dick Van Dyke's brother) with Ann Southern giving voice to that antique auto. Yeah, it was weird. No doubt about it.
‘Come Dine With Me’ were you into that? You should apply to be a contestant on that, and test out your cooking skills!
I had a great idea for something to include during the next Comic Relief. It would involve 4 or 5 lady comics, each taking turns to cook the others a meal. They could call it "Comedienne With Me"!
You've got Letterkenny which can have some comical moments. I remember back in the '70s a sit-com called King of Kensington though it probably hasn't aged well. I haven't been in the UK for 18 years, so most of your choices I've never heard of, but I have seen a few hilarious clips of Mrs Brown's Boys ... found here on YT.
all of those shows would be saved by adding Bob Mortimer
Ivavooo ! Iranoooo ! 🤣 I loved Shooting Stars !
Or Ant and Dec.
@@mikesomerset6338 Seriously ? I Can't stand them either !
Naked attraction with Bob Mortimer:
Barrier rises to reveal neatly maintained pubic hair.
Bob: "Ahh, very neat, reminds of the time I decided to cut my beard with a chainsaw while jumping on a trampoline".
And being Bob, you can't be sure if he's lying or not, because you can believe he might have tried this at some point 😄.
Hi Alanna, Wow!! I had no clue that UK had shows like "Naked Attraction". We certainly don't have that one here. We did have a show sometime back called "Naked and Afraid", where they put contestants into the wilderness without any clothes....too weird!!! Now, if they can get dogs to fly passenger jets, it will definitely save a fortune on wages!!! Years ago, I saw a British train TV show about the life and times of staff on a London Tube railway station. During the show, they "lost' three packed trains during rush hour in the London Tube. The trains were eventually found near London Bridge Station. I remember "My Mother the Car" shown on TV here. We had a medical show here called "When Operations Go Wrong". I don't even want to describe that one. We also have "Mrs Brown's Boys" here, though we have never watched it. We have Aussie versions of "Catch Phrase" and "Gogglebox". Have you ever seen "Monte Python's Flying Circus"? Now that is definitely a strange British show. Finally, here is an old weird Australian TV show called "The Auntie Jack Show". The main star is a huge fat man with a mustache wearing a dress, while riding a motor bike. The there song "Farewell Auntie Jack" was very popular over the radio at the time as well. One of Auntie Jack's famous phrases was "Goodbye me little lovelies"!!! (See link below). Anyway, take care and all the best. Robert. ruclips.net/video/unNSTBx0uok/видео.html
Mrs Brown's Boys is absolutely appalling and definitely not a good representative of decent British sitcoms :)
Kelp Kelp then you're a boring old Mrs Whitehouse.
Sarah Millican is crude but very funny
@@martinlewis1015 No she isn't. Mind you, I can't understand a fucking word she says.
@Garry Arden chubby brown funny? Hes is more foul than mrs brown. Sarah millican is funny but uses foul in a more less offensive format.
Hey Alanna,
there is a lot of weird stuff on British TV and Channels 4 and 5 are good for that kind of stuff but you still have to love it although we can't take credit for My Mother the Car, it's even to strange for us. It was made in America by NBC in 1965.
One of the oddest British programmes shown in recent years for me was The Autopsy which showed a human dissection anatomist Gunther Von Hagens, even for channel 4 it was a bit out there.
By the way, nice work with the video editing, it's looking very professional.
I'm still waiting for Antiques Roadkill...
Nice video. Would welcome a part 2 and a video on good Canadian TV shows. I remember seeing Dark Matter, the Border, Mantracker and Continuum
I am one of those people that loves Gogglebox, but I've only mostly seen the Irish Version. Also I agree with you about Mr Browns Boys, it's been awful recently.
Mrs Browns Boys finished a few years ago, there are just Christmas specials now
There are American and Australian versions out there too. Both worth a watch with a varied spectrum of cast much like the Brit version.
That't the first time (to my understanding) that you've used the word 'maybe' in regard to coming back home.... as to this video happy to say that I've never had the misfortune to have wasted any of my life watching any of the programmes you mention in your list! Truth is, I've never heard of most of them! :-) Stay safe Alanna x
As an Englishman who has lived in England for over fifty years I feel like I've been living elsewhere as I haven't even heard of most of these shows, let aone watched any of them. As the yoof of today might say, #Baffled!
also 50, the only one i didn't know was the trainspotting one.
Another total gem of a video, Alanna. Thank you so much for doing this. I agree with you, someone in a boardroom authorised these shows! “Yes I agree we should in vest $500,000 in that show. That’ll rate its head off!” You are highly entertaining even when you’re talking about my number 1 worst show - embarrassing bodies. That even made it to Australia for a couple of seasons
Yes look up Splash with Olympian diver Tom Daley, where celebrities try and master the art of diving, almost as good as The Jump.... Eddie the Eagle did win this contest ....
Based at Inspire Swimming Pool in Luton.
Canadian TV Shows. Orphan Black, Kim's Convenience, Primeval: New World, The Handmaid's Tale, Trailer Park Boys, Murdoch Mysteries, The Next Step, Continuum, Corner Gas, Schitt's Creek, Naked and Afraid, Ice Road Truckers just to name a few!
My Mother the Car is an American show!!!
Yeah I’d never heard of it lol
So glad you brought up Naked Jungle it was possibly the most disturbing thing that ever happened while channel hopping.
For the next one a show called JAM
You’re right about Mrs.Browns boys it like something out of the 1970’s it’s garbage. A lot of these shows are aimed at a youth audience, which explains a lot.
Sadly quality comedy is lacking in the UK.
Since it's like something out of the 70's, it's more likely that its appeal is to those who remember that time. Certainly the only people I've ever met who liked it are 65+
@@hairyairey it's really not. You just need to watch good shows
@@TheSquareheadgamer Give me some examples then
@@hairyairey Friday night dinner; Derry Girls, 8 out of 10 cats does countdown, man down, toast of london, year of the rabbit, flowers, wasted, dectorists, travel man, Peter kays car share, cunk on Britian ,windsors, episodes (joint with Americans), the wrong mans, Peep show, motherland
Not all of those are sitcoms and account for personal taste. But I'd rate all of them. Some have finished but they're all fairly recent
Hey Alanna.Yet another delightful vid. I'm with Secret Guy and many others when I say Mr's Brown's Boys has to be 'the' unfunniest thing I've ever had the misfortune to watch, never seen a whole show, 2min was my limit when I accidentally tuned in. Once. 😱.
My! You have some load buzzy things over there, 🦟 🐝.
Cool editing Miss. I trust all's well, as always. Greetings from Liverpool. ✌️ 🐝.
Bless you for mentioning second hand embarrassment! I've often cringed, looked away, and sometimes left the room when anything embarrassing is clearly going to happen. And yes, I know it's not real( tv/movie). I like to think we're empathetic!
I have a very low cringe threshold, I just can't watch a load of stuff. Sitcoms are pretty much out, I watch them and I can feel my intestines crawling up my neck and strangling my brain.
me too !
And sometimes I experience embarrassment by proxy when the other person doesn’t realize that they are being thoroughly humiliated.
My Mother the Car was actually an American comedy series. It aired in 1965-66, and lasted for one season, and 30 episodes. It starred Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick Van Dyke. The car was a 1928 Porter, a fictional make, and was assembled from the parts of several different real vintage cars. The voice of the car was provided by Ann Sothern, a Hollywood star from the 1940s. I watched this show in the 1960s, and enjoyed it.
I'm British and I haven't heard of half of these haha Naked Attraction is a strange one, I can't stand Mrs Brown's Boys but I do have a soft spot for Celebrity Juice.
Many of these were some of the reasons I have not had a TV in 6 years. I don't miss it at all! There is more than enough to legally watch online with out a TV licence, so I save a few bob as well!
Shooting Stars was a good panel show!
Loved shooting stars. George Doors rocked.
What's the scores George Doors?
Loved Vic and Bob.
@@kevinthornley7659 Angelos was my favourite in the revival series.
You should check out Jam, a surrealist dark comedy horror programme from 2000. It's pretty disturbing and almost definitely not for everyone, but just thought I'd suggest you something *really* odd to check out.
Mrs Brown's Boys feels like a naff 1970s sitcom to me - maybe that's why some people like it, but I don't. The humour is so clichéd and obvious, I find it a real chore to watch.
Can’t say I’m a massive fan, but it is the closest TV has got to capturing the spirit of Panto (let’s face it when TV has attempted to stage an actual panto it’s always dreadful)
Soooo, um, don't watch it!
@@candidaburrows4284 I don't dictate what others in my household choose to put on.
22:34 Hmm yeah, I know what you mean about Gogglebox, some people love it, some people hate it. Personally, I love it, it's one of my favourite shows on TV. They also do a celebrity version now as well and that, imo, is just as good as the regular one. Love it.
Nobody's mentioned One Man and His Dog?! It was literally a shepherd herding sheep into a pen using a dog and seeing who could do it the quickest. It ran for well over 20 years...
Not sure if it aired anywhere outside of the Southern region, but how about Jack Hargreaves Out Of Town-basically an old fart sitting in a shed rambling about the old ways of life & showing rural life like trout fishing, chopping wood etc for 20 odd years until they lost the franchise to TVS in 1981-then Channel 4 decided to pick it up under a new name for several years!
Sadly you missed my childhood in The Magic Roundabout. I remember rewatching an episode where Dougal attended a party and had no memory of it. He was so stoned he was having a conversation with a banana and a pear. Or the classic innuendo of Captain Pugwash! Good old Seaman Stains and Master Bates and who can forget Roger the Cabin boy!
Gotta love the urban myths of our childhood. The reason the characters often “acted” weird in M R was that the BBCs English script bore little resemblance to the on-screen action, which was based upon the quite different original French TV script! It’s easy to forget Roger the Cabin Boy because his character name was Tom, not Roger!
@Ian Brown ...Seaman Stains didn't exist, and there was a 'Master Mate' but no 'Master Bates'. As has already been said: the cabin boy's name was Tom not Roger.
All of this, that people claim to remember is a figment of their imagination, originally put about by pathetic little schoolboys with senses of humour about as inadequate as their intellect. But then there'll always be people who'll convince themselves that it's all true and be certain they remember it. (Perhaps YOU didn't "miss your childhood in The Magic Roundabout" but it would seem that you missed your childhood in Captain Pugwash... or perhaps never actually watched it, and just listened to all the crap you heard about it!)
Have you ever watched shooting stars??
Might need to include that one in Part 2!
Adventures and Naps I think it’s not only up there with the weirdest but also the funniest, even watching episodes I’ve already seen has me in tears
Ryan Jon Bob Mortimer asking Ulrika to sign a Head and Shoulders bottle had me in tears.
Not a massive fan of Juice, but SS was always a favourite!
Its forerunner Vic Reeves Big Night Out was even more outlandish.
Call me weird, but I LOVE watching RUclipss of train journeys around the UK or the world (mainly the UK). Living in the Midwest, there really aren't many trains so I miss them, a lot. Simple, mundane things you take for granted when you're growing up. Like your Hob Nobs in the last video I watched, I too am broken inside. :)
You should have included Big Brother, where people with nothing to do get to watch perfect strangers going to sleep, and wonder why nothing is happening..
Apparently Big Brother was started by the Dutch!
@@AdventuresAndNaps don't you have it aired in North America I think the whole idea came from George Orwell's 1984 where he mentions Big Brother
Oh come on, you had Republic of Doyle - that was AWESOME!!!!! Caught one episode - ONE EPISODE - on telly in my hotel room on a ski holiday, and was hooked!! Couldn't find it at all in the UK, the lengths I had to go to to get it!
I haven’t seen ANY of these, or those mentioned (as a Brit) 😅 - rule of thumb is avoid Channel 4 😬👀. Definitely don’t feel like I’ve missed out or miss out on pop culture! We watch loads of US shows and BBC dramas for that in my circles (back to Class culture again 😅).
As for Canada, loooads of the biggest US shows are all filmed there! Don’t sell yourselves short :P.
True, lots are filmed in Canada! But they aren't Canadian productions - we're just cheaper than the US lol
Tax breaks make it a lot cheaper to film in Canada.
Adventures and Naps we need you back in the UK
Oh, Alanna. You're gonna get some salty comments from this vid! Not from me though, sitting here all smug because I gave up my TV licence 🤗😁🇬🇧
A neighbor of mine tells me that all or most of the Hallmark made for TV movies are made in Canada. Among other interesting facts the leadtime for getting them on TV means that the winter episodes are filmed in the summer and the summer episodes are filmed in winter. I can't imagine that wearing winter sweaters and jackets to film in the summer and summer outfits to film in the winter are exactly fun.
Can’t argue with any of them. I’m told that I ruined Mrs. Brown’s Boys for my family by not finding any of it funny. They would send me away until it finished. I would love to learn about Canadian tv, the good and bad because I cannot name a single show. Thanks for the video I really enjoyed it, I hope you’re taking care of yourself.
Due South was Canadian. Loved it.
Hopefully you went to find something that was properly funny, like Tim Vine. Alanna, have you watched Tim Vine?
“Naked men running around an assault course”. A sentence I have never heard before! You’ll have a million subs one day great to see your Chanel grow. My partner is not English and your perspective really helps me see things through her eyes sometimes. Keep going!!!!!
You could say they were tackle-ing the assault course. 😂
My Mother the Car. "The kids are riding mom". This is wrong on so many levels.
A couple to add to your list. The Word a 1990's Channel4 music magazine show and Call My Bluff, a 1960's/1970's panel game show based on unusual words from the Oxford English Dictionary
Loved Call My Bluff; especially Patrick Campbell and Frank Muir, and later Alan Coren. 👍
@Darth Wheezius "
@Darth Wheezius lol
The Kids in the Hall was the Canadian TV show that sprang to mind. They did a series called Death Comes to Town which was inspired by The League of Gentlemen, episodes on RUclips last time I checked.
North America seems to have an issue with nudity/sex, but love violence.
You comment applies to the USA vs Canada. Most Canadians have no issue with nudity. And if you view most Canadian content, gratuitous violence is very rare.
@@newtron1 Did you watch the video? Alanna seems to have a huge problem with nudity.
@@chrisytfc879 I think she has a problem with nudity that seems out of place. I'm not sure if she would necessarily have the same reaction to something like nudity in a sex scene.
@@trickygoose2She would still get Second hand embarrassment
when you said Trainspotting live I thought "damn they had shooting up heroin on live tv," then you said bbc4 and i was like "ooooooooooooh actual trainspotting, gotcha."
The BBC actually got into trouble for using old footage in Trainspotting Live in order to make it more exciting, train enthusiasts were steaming...
Oh my god 😂
I got it.. :-)))
Why did I not hear of this? Is it still on? Any repeats? Tell me! Tell me!
Thanks, Alanna, I haven't watched TV for about seven years and you've reminded me why.
I thought I watched alot of crap telly but I've never heard of Dogs Might Fly before!
The strangest thing about Naked Jungle was seeing a former Saturday Morning kids tv presenter (Keith Chegwin from Swapshop) running around naked - only just getting over it now!
And all of a sudden- genitals!! 👀
Great video.
This channel beats the regular TV shows
Wow, thanks!
There are also a few weird but good shows around, for example James May : The Reassembler where the presenter put things back together, including such highlights as a 1950's lawnmower, a 1960's food mixer and so on. The interest I suppose is whether you enjoy listening to James May talk about some of the social context or engineering ideas around the item being worked on.
Also James May Toy stories, where you take a classic childrens favourite toy and see how far you can push the idea. So, building a full size house out of Lego, a bridge out of Meccano, a 10 mile long model railway track and so on.
And then theres Time Team, after 20 seasons it had become well known and reasonably well respected, but it cant have been easy selling the idea of televising some archaeologists scraping away at dirt for three days with the risk of finding very little if anything. Or perhaps two of the series it inspired, Extreme Archaeology, similar to Time Team but smaller scale and much more dangerous locations, or Pub Dig, also smaller scale and as the name suggests looking for history underneath some of the UK's beer gardens. Initially it sounds daft, but some pubs have been at the same location for hundreds of years, protecting whats underneath them from later rebuilding etc.
As for Mrs Browns Boys, I havent watched it, so I can only point to the UK's long tradition of Drag Queens and Pantomime Dames.
As for the Trainspotting show, I flirted with the hobby very briefly as a child, (my older brother was a trainspotter,) but it was at one point very popular in this country. I guess it appeals to the collector in some people, and provides the opportunity to travel around the country and see different places, not just railway stations. Combine it with a visit to a museum or something if transpotting on its own sounds a bit dry.
We're British, we love a bit of eccentricity, a bit of smut, maybe a laugh and maybe learn something, ideally all of them. Which is why I like QI XL so much I guess.
Hi, Alanna, that was brilkiant fun, I'd never heard of some of those, may have to look them up on line. Nothing can come close to Naked Attraction for strangeness, its in a class of its own. You must tell us how you think it would do in Canada. Looking forward to your next video soon.
Weirdly I think it would be more popular in Canada