OMG if you watch the Inbetweeners Jess will be sinking red faced into her chair with embarrassment every entire episode. That would be hilarious to watch.😂😂😂
The inbetweeners was something my kids watched avidly. So I thought I was missing something. The first one was the school fashion show. It was hilarious. Could see what they were getting. They later made a hit film. Was also a big hit at the cinema.
With the Three Musketeers, there are parts with the Duke of Buckingham to whom the French Queen sends intimate letters. How long is spent in England or talking with Buckingham depends on which version of the film you see. The 1973 version with Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, & Christopher Lee as Cardinal Rochefort has about 10-15 minutes with Buckingham or in England. It's a major plot point.
The vast majority of us Brits have an inbuilt ability to laugh at ourselves and haven't a problem with self deprication. It is the foundation of the "banter" we use on a daily basis.
The big difference is if there is a good American tv programme, we will just take it as it is whereas the U.S. will take a good British show and remake it with American actors. Nine times out of ten it just doesn’t work.
That's simply not true. Presumably when a UK made show is made for American audiences and bombs, we hear about it bombing, but Americans don't, and they stick with the UK original. And it's the same the other way around. LOADS of American shows are remade for the UK. Many bomb. We don't hear of them, and just know the American import. Just off the top of my head: "Married with children..." -> "Married for life" "The Golden Girls" -> "Brighton Bells" "Who's the boss" -> "The Upper hand" "That 70's show" -> "Days like these" There's a big list on wiki if you're interested.
The Great British Bake Off is possibly the perfect example of the British attitude towards a tv competition show. There is no grand cash prize, no great job you get to have...all you receive is a little trophy and recognition as the winner.
As great as the inbetweeners is, if you have not watched Fawlty Towers then that is where you must start. Possibly the best 12 episodes of anything ever.
Yes Minister and Yes Prime minister, both are beyond excellent due to being so accurate and close to the truth, but so very funny in an intelligent way.
One thing I prefer in UKTV was when BBC2 here in the UK screened M*A*S*H* The BBC broadcast it with the laughter track removed & even Alan Alda once commented that he respected the fact that the BBC broadcasted it that way, because as he said, "You Brits don't need to be told when to laugh, when to cry...." I respect that. 💯👍 Because I watched an episode on Paramount Channel and it had the laugh track included, it was nearly unwatchable.
@@Sheffield_Steve thanks, I've watched it lately with the laughter & always remember watching it originally & swore there was no laughter track! Thought I was going mad! 🥴 Much better without! 👍
The producers of the M*A*S*H* TV series originally envisioned the show without a laugh track, however there was pressure from the network to include it so there was a compromise, the laugh track was removed during scenes in the operating room. Yes, I watched a couple of episodes with the laugh track and I couldn't bear it, thank you BBC.
While very true, the 1970s films with Oliver Reed, Michael York, Richard Chamberlain and Frank Finlay did feature several scenes (with Simon Ward as the Duke of Buckingham) shot in the UK.
I am from the U.K. Every trip I have made to the U.S: At night in my hotel room I always end up watching PBS! I grew up with the BBC (no ads) and even the commercial channel waited for the end or half way through a show for the ads. When I first visited the U.S. I was amazed when ads just appeared from nowhere at any time. I am still annoyed at the low quality lazy shameless advertising on RUclips, for instance. I suppose our friends from the U.S. are used to it ??
As a kid all we had was 3 channels, you had to go to the TV to switch channels and tv stopped at night at around 11pm - but at least we all watched tv together as a family
Yup I remember! Then the national anthem would come on, and about 10 minutes after a voice would say "please don't forget to turn the television off from the plug!!" 😀
"I quite liked it" is the phrase in Britain that shows little enthusiasm for something. If a Brit says 'I liked it quite a bit' they probably did like it.
Depends on how you say it. For example, if I said "I quite liked it!" in a enthusiastic voice, that means I rather enjoyed it. If I said "I quite liked it." in a fairly neutral or qualified tone, that really means I'm ambivalent about it; I didn't think it was all that good, but didn't hate.
Have you seen QI? That's a great British panel show. I think a lot of the difference between UK and US are the humour as, like Jay said, we are more into dark humour which I don't think many Americans get.
A great series worth looking at is "Outnumbered". It is a sitcom about two parents trying to bring up three children, whilst trying to hold down jobs and cope with wider family issues. The writer Andy Hamilton factors in the kids improvising lines. It is great humour, unsentimental, and relatable to all honest families.
everything British produced radio or tv is almost always only available if you are physically in Britain, even on some RUclips videos there are geographical restrictions. Only alternative is a VPN, for us non brits :)
@@tonytutone2003you just get a VPN and choose England and click the box that says "I have a TV Licence" - that's the farthest they go to check if you do & it's not even legally binding to have one in the UK, I don't, as I don't watch TV, but click that box if I wanna watch summit on iPlayer. They're whole payment/"subscription" model is based on lying to people (mainly old naïve people) about having to have it and that their vans can detect if u haven't got one and you're watching TV, which Evan Edinger has also done a video on & they claimed this since like the 60s or summit but wouldn't share this apparent tech with the army (cos it wasn't real 😁)
I recall the first Football World Cup played in America (1994) - so the story goes FIFA had a sit down with the US Network that was going to provide the coverage - the Americans began to tell the FIFA reps how they were going to signal the referee, the game would be stopped, they would show two minutes of advertising & the game would restart with a free kick. There was absolute silence from the FIFA reps who then started to get up from the table telling the Americans "It looks like the '94 World Cup will be staged in Brazil or Mexico then." The Americans just could not wrap their heads around the fact that the ads would take a back seat to the Football. America's home audience still got it's quota of ads using in-screen viewing whilst the rest of the world watched each half uninterrupted - just had God intended.
@ yep,no great drama,and the “ghost” and magpie storyline additions provide a satisfying conclusion to a lovely,well staged story of nothing much in particular,it’s fab for its portrayal of British hobbyist minutiae.
The UK TV license fee is actually a very, very contentious issue. Over the last decade millions have stopped paying. Mostly due to scandals and the narratives that are being pushed, the BBC had a golden era, and that was probably from the 1960s through to the late 1990s / early 2000s . Many in the UK want the BBC, which draws about £3 billion in license fees to survive on it's own merit, go pay wall such as Amazon, Netflix etc... the contentious part is that it's almost like a tax, and not everyone approves of what the "tax" is being used for.
Jay Foreman does a video series on RUclips with Mark Cooper-Jones called Map Men. It's informative, funny and quirky, and well worth watching. BTW Alexander Dumas's The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask were both set in France.
I feel the most recent example of a British show that's been easy adapt across the pond, simply due to the concept (A couple move into a manor after the wife inherits it, with hopes of creating a B&B/Hotel, Ghosts inhabit that house, wife gets injured, can now see and interact with the ghosts). Is BBC's Ghosts, which has had an american version on CBS for coming on 4 seasons. Its such an easy premise to adapt that even France, Germany and Australia are working on their own versions.
America has a show like that called Ghost Whisper she can see ghosts and she helps them cross over by helping them with unfinished business Finding proof to solve their murder etc I used to watch it a lot. I think it may still be going but I haven't watched it for years
The American adaption is bad though, too overproduced. The best example is Taskmaster that has so many international versions and has found a US audience with rumoured us version coming soon.
@@Childofdivorce86 America already had a US Taskmaster with Reggie Watts as the Taskmaster but it was quite bad. Personally I'm still hoping for Dropout to be the one to produce a new american taskmaster.
@ yes it was so awful, I think they picked the wrong kind of contestants too. I think a mix of standup and improv kind of SNL/mike schur comedy actors would work better. Alex wouldn’t relinquish creative control at another attempt and it’s proven to work without changing the format and the audience is there. Agree dropout would be good, or I heard Seth meyers has a deal to produce stuff and that could work as he gets British humour
The British version is multi-layered and even makes you cry at times. The US version has overt, shallow jokes. Despite the same set up, they aren’t remotely the same show.
There's no cowboys in the UK and Ireland, just a farmer, his dog and a land rover or quad bike. Also both versions of the office are excellent, they're just excellent at doing it an entirely different way
Sitcoms in the UK are also allowed time to develop, not cancelled after four shows if the ratings are crap. Gavin & Stacey is a huge show but was largely ignored when it was first broadcast. Repeated showings on BBC 3 allowed it to gain momentum and a loyal following. It allows characters time to develop so the audience gets so emotionally invested in what happens to them. For example Del & Rodney finally making it good.
The Royle Family is nothing to do with the Royal Family. It's just a northern family consisting of mum, dad, their daughter Denise, their son Anthony, Denise's boyfriend David & nan, who is the mums, mum. Along with some friends that pop along occasionally. All they do is sit, watch tv, argue, have parties and generally be like a lot of British families. Though we never see the outside of their house They go out places, but not all at once. Though they did go out all at once for Denise & David's wedding, but the camera team stayed in the house. We would hear them returning, but never saw outside their front door. The program was written by Caroline Aherne (who sadly died a few years ago) & Craig Cash. Caroline plays Denise & Craig plays David.
@@Sheffield_Steve Yes I remember now. Denise and David had both sets of parents over for Christmas lunch. David was shaving in the bath with his mirror on the turkey. They were trying to defrost it. Then when he was done, he asked Denise if she wanted to use the same bath water. LOL. We never actually saw outside though. Like if we watch a soap, we will see the characters go in the street, get in their car or on a bus and follow their journey.
It used to be called Emmerdale Farm and then they shortened the name, probably because the show spent less focus on the farm and spent more time in the village.
I used to do just that with a fellow enthusiast. Every year or so, few cans of beer, something a lttle stronger, and watch to maybe 2 am. Such a treat. The two Christmas specials rounded that series off so perfectly.
Being British and living in the UK, my entire media experience is ad free. I would never watch broadcast television or listen to commercial radio even if you paid me. I have a tv licence purely so I can binge watch all the best BBC output on iPlayer. Watching RUclips without an Ad blocker to me is unthinkable, I just would never do it.
@@abofrey Trouble is RUclips are trying to clamp down on people using adblockers. Hopefully you're using one that's still able to bypass the algorithm.
@@Sheffield_Steve they are doing this by changing the code in your browsers. Because RUclips is a Google product and Google make Chromium the thing Chrome and most other browsers use as their base, they are changing that base code to block ad blockers. If you are using one of the few non Chromium browsers, like Firefox, you should be fine.
16:35 - "Coupling" . . . One of my top 5. A gathering of characters each with their own peculiar flaws and charms who frustrate, confuse, annoy and love each other in a constantly off-balance existance. And it's hilarious. I'd recommend "Being Human" as well.
Matt Smith was the 11th Doctor, from 2010-2013 (seasons 5-7 of new who). Jodie Whittaker was the 13th Doctor, the current doctor is Ncuti Gatwa the 15th Doctor. There kind of was an American Doctor Who, in 1996 they made a TV movie designed to draw in an American audience, but it was disliked by most Doctor Who fans and until recently wasn't considered canon. Jay Foreman is just a special guest on Evan Edingers channel for this video, Jay has his own RUclips channel which is based around comedy education like; Politics Unboringed, Unfinished London or his most popular series Map Men.
The annual BBC licence fee currently costs £169 but you can pay monthly. Commercial TV and radio stations in the UK have adverts but nowhere near the amount you have in the USA.
It's weird to think that something so iconically British and well-known worldwide was just twelve episodes long. The show was inspired by several members of the Monty Python team staying at a hotel that was apparently very similar to that in the show.
@@stuartmcivor2276 cheers sorry I meant 12. Last year, John Cleese and his daughter announced they were writing a new Fawlty Towers episode/episodes. Wonder if its true? 🤔 Probably wouldn't work to be honest
Whoever said they got a 20 minute ad doesn’t know how to “skip” an ad! I’m a prolific RUclips user and have never seen more than a minute unstoppable and that’s if you’re using your tv set!
In the old days it used to work, I Love Lucy, Happy Days and the endless number of detective shows like Columbo, The Rockford Files and Kojak were all big hits in the UK. Elvis Costello even wrote a song called Watching The Detectives.
Hi folks. Im from UK and just to let you know that in my opinion both Breaking Bad and Ozark were genius pieces of work and i absolutely loved them. For me there has been nothing since that has been so captivating and edge your seat type of watching. Love you guys 😀
Unfortunately you have to buy the bbc tv licence ( £169.50 now ) by law. We're not allowed to watch programmes from any other broadcaster unless we have the bbc licence. Failing to buy a licence has led to people being fined and many were jailed up until about 2015. Just imagine being stopped from buying coffee in Starbucks because you didn't buy a Dunkin Donuts licence; it's a bit like that.
Not true really, I’ve never ever had a licence in 30 years as a homeowner, the licence enforcers have no power of entry unless invited into the home so I just ignore all of their letters and threats of court and bailiffs etc. and nothing has ever happened. They did turn up once and I just asked through the door who are you and as they announced their identity I just walked back into the kitchen….
Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece, “Seven Samurai”, was stolen from Japan and turned into a western for American audiences, which is a tragedy of massive proportions, because not only did all the nuances and intricacies of the characters disappear for Hollywood, but Americans missed out on learning about and truly appreciating another culture that existed for thousands of years before their own!
That's what they do. It's the reason so many of them are so bloody ignorant. They Americanify everything. And then blame their ignorance on the education system. No. It's the media Yankwashing everything.
The big difference between UK and USA panel shows is evident in the remake of Taskaster. Uk Taskmaster does have people competing and arguing losses, but in the US version they come across as deadly serious in the competition aspect, and that's not funny, which is the main aim of a comedy programme.
A nature program with animals, can be shown before the watershed, even with blood etc..... if it's classed as Educational. Lots of programs after 9pm have cursing galore.
Taking the points scoring thing to the limit is the very long running (1972 and still going) Radio 4 panel game "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue". Points are scored, but Samantha (the imaginary scorer) always has to leave before the end of the show because of an excuse that that full of innuendo. The final score is never revealed. You can find lots of her excuses on the Internet, such as "Samantha tells me she has to nip off now as her trusted aged gardener is coming round to identify the mysterious trailing plant that's growing in her privet. Obviously she's keen not to miss him if there's a chance she may have an Old Man's Beard in her bush."
Note: Many of the top British series are only of relatively short duration. Two Seasons only, each of 6 episodes. Meaning only 12 episodes were ever made! This includes, The Office, Extras, The Young Ones, Fawlty Towers. The thinking was that the quality of each Episode must be high and to stretch the series out to 3 or more seasons would dilute the quality and attraction of the whole program. John Cleese with Connie Booth (Fawlty Towers) and Ricky Gervais and Merchant (The Office, Extras) were offered large amounts of money to create more episodes/seasons of their shows because the public just loved the shows but they refused. Since they "owned" the rights to the shows, having created and written them, they maintained control. This situation of only producing a limited amount of episodes/seasons is common among British series and means, if successful, the shows become almost cult like and reveared.
10:14 in big brother, it's completely unscripted, but the producers prompt situations (conflict usually) by setting tasks etc. Giving them alcohol usually makes things more dramatic too.
The UK version, definitely unscripted but the US version that they might have seen seems scripted somewhat. I've watched a few seasons of it and it's not as good because of that.
When he said he sat there on the couch watching his phone with the TV off. Is literally what i am doing right now. TV off on my couch watching your reaction
The BBC no Ads does not extend to its websites when accessed outside the UK. Having no Ads leads to some odd scheduling slots, as an hour-long show from the US will only be 45 to 50mins once the Ads are removed. The reverse can be problematic. A BBC drama was shown in the US and its 1-hour format didn't allow for commercial breaks, so the US channel simply made lots of edits to cut out 10 minutes of the drama, which essentially butchered it. It was such a good show that some viewers bought the DVD so they could see the full show.
@@richardscratcher6075 It also doesn't extend to the programmes people paid for via the licence fee going on to their UKTV channels with ads and they receive 100% of the profits. If you look at UKTV on Companies House some of the board don't deny the fact it is because their business address more often than not "BBC, Broadcasting House, London". They just don't have any shame!
@@richardscratcher6075 All with exception to the UKTV channels in the UK. They use paid for licence fee payers product in a commercial realm and they don't hide the fact on Companies House, most of the UKTV board have their business address as Broadcasting House.
The longest running uk panel show i think is actually 'Just a minute' which has been going since 1967 - on radio. All episodes are available online as podcasts
I was in Las Vegas at Christmas and late one night watched an episode of South Park. There were adverts before it started, the opening credits went up, and then they had another advert break, and then four more breaks during the show. No wonder attention spans are so low.
There was one of the main US broadcasters briefly put up a channel on Freeview, ABC I think, and they seemed to put in adverts immediately after the titles, then in the middle, and again just before the programme ended - these were all '30 minute' sitcoms whenever i looked in. They were gone within about 6 months
Small Island, we sniff out BS very quickly and the penalty for that can be brutal. Celebs that do improv- work live are literally coasting a knife edge.
The BBC tv licence is actually quite controversial right now. There are multiple broadcasting services in the UK but as long as you watch any broadcaster you have to buy the BBC as well, so you don't get the choice to choose the BBC as it's forced on you. Historically the BBC has made good programs so most people would choose to purchase the BBC, however in recent years the BBC has failed to produce any programs with broad appeal. This Christmas the BBC's most watched programs were "Revenge most fowl" and a Gavin and Stacy special both franchises which hadn't produced new content in 10 and 5 years. There are calls to make the tv licence into an optional subscription which would incentivice the bosses to make content that more people want to watch.
Matt Smith was a brilliant Doctor Who. He was the 11th Doctor - the first Doctor started all the way back in 1963, first appearing on TV the day after the Beatles released their 2nd album and the same day JFK was shot.
Hi , when I was I the US on holiday we watch a bit of telly and could not believe the amount of commercials it all seemed chaotic , t.v in the uk seems more structured and has less commercials interrupting sport or programmes 😊.
You can't imagine how bad it actually is until you've experienced it, it's insanity. I was watching a sitcom in a hotel and when it ended, the usual commercials started playing. However, instead of moving on to the next show, it suddenly cut back to the credits for a quick 10 second clip. After the clip, the rest of the credits rolled and then it went straight into another round of commercials.
The mention of 'Python' is also a reminder to me that John Cleese used to hang out so often with guys at another college in Cambridge that they thought he was a student there. And the students he was hanging out with also went on to become big British comedy stars: The Goodies. And don't worry about not hearing of them. They have almost been cancelled in the UK now, but in the 1970s they were the epitome of a kind of post-graduate anarchy on UK TV. Much bigger in some respects than Monty Python in its heyday ever was. So it's interesting to address the prism through which we view these properties; not merely in how they translate to other cultures (and, in this case, they don't) but also to our own, over time.
The BBC TV licence is only for residents of the UK, and the TV channels are difficult (though not impossible) to view outside the UK. A good vpn and an address with a UK postcode (allegedly, I’m in no way saying this is fact or anyone should even consider doing) can access the BBC i Player
For panel shows, try Shooting Stars with Larry Hagman as the guest, total madness, and you can see his agent is getting fired part way through lmao. UK TV never uses canned laughter, so sitcoms, panel shows and comedy shows almost always have a live audience. UK TV also has tons of quality sitcoms, which are very much worth checking out. Ones to consider are 'Allo 'Allo, Keeping Up Appearances, Absolutely Fabulous, Bottom, Red Dwarf, Spaced, Friday Night Dinner, The League of Gentlemen (warning this last one is very dark humour.) FYI with Doctor Who, Start with the Christopher Ecclestone episodes and continue until you reach a doctor that you don't like. PS, I don't think you can get a TV license, but you probably can get access to a lot of BBC TV stuff via BritBox. For radio, check online, as many broadcast live online, and the license isn't needed to listen to the raidio, it just funds it.
On the subject of ads on TV when we watched our shows as kids the ads we got actually had some creative thought behind them not just push the product down your throat like today's ads which usually make you feel like you've lost brain cells watching them... great reaction as always...thanks for sharing this...Karl from eastern Canada
Graham Norton is one of the only shows where these "A list" celebs seem to let go or it comes across that way. Maybe because they can get away with it on UK tele compared to the states
The inbetweeners is probably the most accurate show to what it was like to grow up as a teenager in the UK. Also the British guy is from a great YT channel called Map Men! Funny too
The royle family is great also you might not get it to start with but stick with it ,it's not the jokes it's the looks the silences it mimics a real life northern family it's brilliant.
The lack of canned laughter is great but baffled my US work colleague when we watched Cunk on History... they just almost needed the canned stuff as a cue to tell her when to laugh.
Since Doctor Who returned, we had: Christopher Eccleston, David Tenant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker (yes, a female), David Tenant (again), and now it's Ncuti Gatwa. I think his 1st name has a silent N. So it's Cuti.
I'm from UK and during lockdown discovered Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon and binge watched both. Conan my favourite and Jimmy home podcast was fun, imo yet it appears JF isn't popular for some reason yet enjoyed watching his pictionary games. Thank you for sharing this.
Yous have the FUNKY song stuck in my head for days, I'm in Scotland and I remember watching this episode on TV, but when I heard you'd say it I had to Google it and since then the song stuck in my head 😅
Love the bbc. Proud to pay my licence. Radio 4, bbc sport, and back in the day John Peel. Amazing. The world service. News from almost every country. I’m not gonna go on. I’m a fan.
Along with the NHS, our proudest achievement. Unfortunately, it seems to have become a hot potato though, belittled by bigots on both left and right who seem to believe passionately that it is biased against them and presumably want our society to become as divided as that of the US. I hope it survives, although I have little hope, along with the NHS, of course.
@@stephenhumphrey7935 Why?! I'm not sure why you'd even question that, but, yes, my family probably go back at least 1,500 years on these islands, judging by the DNA tests my parents did shortly before they died in 2019 and 2021. I was diagnosed with tremor-dominant Parkinson's in 2020, with such a bad case that I have had 2 'awake' brain surgeries - only the second time they have had to do that in 30 years at the world-leading research hospital a short walk from my house in Central London and am now suffering something akin to PTSD as a result of the 'trauma' of that treatment. But that's why I speak so highly of the NHS too. I am, admittedly, highly intelligent with an IQ somewhere around genius, and, no, I write that not to boast, since it is a drag and I am a failure at life in so many ways, but to give credence to the following: that I have a number of highly intelligent and successful friends who agree with me on my view of the BBC. We cannot abide the ignorance of the fools who, for instance, voted for Brexit or who would see our greatest institutions destroyed, because they are too profoundly and proudly ill-educated to realise that they are turkeys voting for Christmas.
@@f3aok It most definitely does make them that. Explain otherwise how both extremes of the political spectrum in this country hate on a liberal institution mandated and determined to attempt to properly represent all sides, please?
In my opinion British TV was better when there were only five channels, which were BBC1 and 2, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5. Now the non BBC channels are full of ads and the quality of programs has gone down hill, it's all soap operas, quizzes, and reality TV shows.
Most people don't bother paying the TV license, they can't really enforce it. And also bear in mind the BBC does not have any of the top live sports or recent movies. And they can, and do, advertise their own products,
For reality shows they have psychologists pick different personalities & match them for conflict or chemistry depending on what they want & then nudge them as well.
About doctor who, there have been over 15 actors to play the doctor since 1963. Matt Smith was the 11th, from 2010-14. If you're going to watch it, i would recommend starting with the 2005 revival. Theres 4 seasons before you get to Matt Smith, but those seasons are some of the best.
You need to access bbc player and if you Google vpns to do that you should find one that tells you what to do to create an account with a UK postcode. Not sure what other requirements it would have.
Mike and Jess NEED to watch Mock The Week ; Never Mind The Buzzcocks for satire and giggles. Yes there are cowboys in Great Britain. They're called dodgy builders and plumbers!!
Cowboys in England 🤣🤣 I'm just picturing farmers in Wales. Also add me to the list for The Inbetweeners! Everyone loves it, your engagement will be massive and it's always a winner. It quite literally exactly represents UK teenage / school life
@@marktallentire3464 JPS another reactor loved it but it took a couple of episodes. He loves stuff from the uk though and has been over here and travelled around . I agree a lot of others wouldn’t get it
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OMG if you watch the Inbetweeners Jess will be sinking red faced into her chair with embarrassment every entire episode. That would be hilarious to watch.😂😂😂
please please please pure UK Gold
Especially the fashion show. When he had his balls sticking out of his tight shorts. Jess would be in stitches.
The inbetweeners was something my kids watched avidly. So I thought I was missing something. The first one was the school fashion show. It was hilarious. Could see what they were getting. They later made a hit film. Was also a big hit at the cinema.
Likewise Peep Show!
What a shout!
Hate to mention it. But the two examples you gave of old England. The Three Musketeers. And The Man in an Iron Mask are both French novels.
Ah mierd! 🤦
Epic fail.
It's European, that's close enough!
Yes (Oui), they should have gone with The Count of Monte Cristo or The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
With the Three Musketeers, there are parts with the Duke of Buckingham to whom the French Queen sends intimate letters. How long is spent in England or talking with Buckingham depends on which version of the film you see. The 1973 version with Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, & Christopher Lee as Cardinal Rochefort has about 10-15 minutes with Buckingham or in England. It's a major plot point.
Stephen Fry on American vs British Comedy - Brilliant watch as a concise comparison between the two.
Agree 100% - it explains the difference in an succinct and easy to understand way 👍🏼
Excuse me - that is Sir Stephen Fry. 😀
@@margaretnicol3423he hates being called Sir
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definitely watch this you will find it very interesting.
The vast majority of us Brits have an inbuilt ability to laugh at ourselves and haven't a problem with self deprication. It is the foundation of the "banter" we use on a daily basis.
We're even better at self deprecation.🤭
@@crackpot148 Top Banter right there!! 🤣
You should definitely watch more of Jay’s stuff on his RUclips channel. Things like Map Men and Unfinished London
Yup. Please do!
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The big difference is if there is a good American tv programme, we will just take it as it is whereas the U.S. will take a good British show and remake it with American actors. Nine times out of ten it just doesn’t work.
The Inbetweeners being the most egregious example ‼️
@@lordcharfield Have you seen the US Pilots (they tried twice) of Red Dwarf - worst ever …
@@lordcharfield erm did you see the us version of red dwarf ???
That's simply not true.
Presumably when a UK made show is made for American audiences and bombs, we hear about it bombing, but Americans don't, and they stick with the UK original.
And it's the same the other way around.
LOADS of American shows are remade for the UK. Many bomb. We don't hear of them, and just know the American import.
Just off the top of my head:
"Married with children..." -> "Married for life"
"The Golden Girls" -> "Brighton Bells"
"Who's the boss" -> "The Upper hand"
"That 70's show" -> "Days like these"
There's a big list on wiki if you're interested.
@@lordcharfield I would say the US remake of Porridge called "On The Rocks" was much worse.
I would love to see Jess react to the British Tv show "Naked Attraction". Its definitely a different twist to a dating show
She would be glowing Cherry Red
Yes. It was an education to me. I'm 63 and really didn't know that a lady with a little fur is a thing of the past now.
Please no!
totally post watershed
The Great British Bake Off is possibly the perfect example of the British attitude towards a tv competition show. There is no grand cash prize, no great job you get to have...all you receive is a little trophy and recognition as the winner.
As great as the inbetweeners is, if you have not watched Fawlty Towers then that is where you must start. Possibly the best 12 episodes of anything ever.
Naa, Inbetweeners first. More modern, and less of a culture shock. They can wean on to Fawlty Towers after 😁
trouble is they have to find the unedited politically correct version from old reels as they have butchered the latter re-releases on DVD etc
Fawlty Towers was of it’s time. Not funny then, not funny now.
Yes Minister and Yes Prime minister, both are beyond excellent due to being so accurate and close to the truth, but so very funny in an intelligent way.
One thing I prefer in UKTV was when BBC2 here in the UK screened M*A*S*H*
The BBC broadcast it with the laughter track removed & even Alan Alda once commented that he respected the fact that the BBC broadcasted it that way, because as he said, "You Brits don't need to be told when to laugh, when to cry...." I respect that. 💯👍
Because I watched an episode on Paramount Channel and it had the laugh track included, it was nearly unwatchable.
Try and endure 5 minutes of " Friends" with their damned laughter track:)
@Isleofskye TBH I can't bare Friends with or without a laugh track! 😮🤣
@@Sheffield_Steve thanks, I've watched it lately with the laughter & always remember watching it originally & swore there was no laughter track! Thought I was going mad! 🥴
Much better without! 👍
The producers of the M*A*S*H* TV series originally envisioned the show without a laugh track, however there was pressure from the network to include it so there was a compromise, the laugh track was removed during scenes in the operating room. Yes, I watched a couple of episodes with the laugh track and I couldn't bear it, thank you BBC.
@@Sheffield_Steve Friends does need a laughter track though, otherwise no one would know it's a comedy.
Inbetweeners, Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses and One Foot in the Grave are some great UK comedies, IMO
Oh and Peep Show!
Keeping Up Appearances!
and being from Scotland, Still Game, though they wouldn't understand a single word 😆
The 3 musketeers and the man in the iron mask were set in France.
I cringed so hard when he said that lol
honestly i couldn't stop laughing at that bit, because d'Artagnan is just such a typical English name isn't it
Beat me to it ! Tbf they do speak in american accents in the film 😂
I ran to the comments 😂
While very true, the 1970s films with Oliver Reed, Michael York, Richard Chamberlain and Frank Finlay did feature several scenes (with Simon Ward as the Duke of Buckingham) shot in the UK.
I am from the U.K. Every trip I have made to the U.S: At night in my hotel room I always end up watching PBS! I grew up with the BBC (no ads) and even the commercial channel waited for the end or half way through a show for the ads. When I first visited the U.S. I was amazed when ads just appeared from nowhere at any time. I am still annoyed at the low quality lazy shameless advertising on RUclips, for instance. I suppose our friends from the U.S. are used to it ??
As a kid all we had was 3 channels, you had to go to the TV to switch channels and tv stopped at night at around 11pm - but at least we all watched tv together as a family
Yup I remember! Then the national anthem would come on, and about 10 minutes after a voice would say "please don't forget to turn the television off from the plug!!" 😀
The first few years of my life, we had the BBC! ITV started (for us) when I was 6-7. BBC 2 came along when I was 14.
Perhaps worth pointing out that both "The 3 Musketeers" and "The Man in the Iron Mask" are set in 17th century FRANCE!
Red Dwarf is a perfect example of did not work in the U.S.
that was a massive flop the usa version
Steptoe & Son
"I quite liked it" is the phrase in Britain that shows little enthusiasm for something. If a Brit says 'I liked it quite a bit' they probably did like it.
In Ireland we say "it's grand"
Not much though.
Depends on how you say it. For example, if I said "I quite liked it!" in a enthusiastic voice, that means I rather enjoyed it. If I said "I quite liked it." in a fairly neutral or qualified tone, that really means I'm ambivalent about it; I didn't think it was all that good, but didn't hate.
Have you seen QI? That's a great British panel show. I think a lot of the difference between UK and US are the humour as, like Jay said, we are more into dark humour which I don't think many Americans get.
I'd love to see Mike and Jess react to the Inbetweeners. Do you reckon they could take it😂😂
Ehh Jess isn't too into rude stuff but maybe...
Jess would be shocked to the port 😅
Celebrity juice
@@-Tidgy they watched an idiot abroad, they'll be fine
they would laugh from being uncomfortable
A great series worth looking at is "Outnumbered". It is a sitcom about two parents trying to bring up three children, whilst trying to hold down jobs and cope with wider family issues. The writer Andy Hamilton factors in the kids improvising lines.
It is great humour, unsentimental, and relatable to all honest families.
The BBC sounds app gives you access to all BBC radio, including catchup, and works internationally without a TV licence.
Thanks, now installed. Looking forward to listening. There are so many services to choose from, including local radio and podcasts.
everything British produced radio or tv is almost always only available if you are physically in Britain, even on some RUclips videos there are geographical restrictions. Only alternative is a VPN, for us non brits :)
Here in Australia I tried to get the BBC iplayer app and it wouldn’t let me install it.
@@tonytutone2003you just get a VPN and choose England and click the box that says "I have a TV Licence" - that's the farthest they go to check if you do & it's not even legally binding to have one in the UK, I don't, as I don't watch TV, but click that box if I wanna watch summit on iPlayer. They're whole payment/"subscription" model is based on lying to people (mainly old naïve people) about having to have it and that their vans can detect if u haven't got one and you're watching TV, which Evan Edinger has also done a video on & they claimed this since like the 60s or summit but wouldn't share this apparent tech with the army (cos it wasn't real 😁)
@@tonytutone2003 Yeah you need to have a VPN.
I recall the first Football World Cup played in America (1994) - so the story goes FIFA had a sit down with the US Network that was going to provide the coverage - the Americans began to tell the FIFA reps how they were going to signal the referee, the game would be stopped, they would show two minutes of advertising & the game would restart with a free kick. There was absolute silence from the FIFA reps who then started to get up from the table telling the Americans "It looks like the '94 World Cup will be staged in Brazil or Mexico then." The Americans just could not wrap their heads around the fact that the ads would take a back seat to the Football. America's home audience still got it's quota of ads using in-screen viewing whilst the rest of the world watched each half uninterrupted - just had God intended.
Wasn't all that bothered England didn't qualify in '94
I like Detectorists, written by,starring and produced by McKenzie Crook (Gareth from the Office),it’s a gentle comedy where nothing happens.
Really so the ghost scenedidn't happen northe building firm destroying theroman flooring? it's a lovely gentle as you say 2 series.
@ yep,no great drama,and the “ghost” and magpie storyline additions provide a satisfying conclusion to a lovely,well staged story of nothing much in particular,it’s fab for its portrayal of British hobbyist minutiae.
Last of the Summer Wine is also an excellent example of that genre.
The UK TV license fee is actually a very, very contentious issue. Over the last decade millions have stopped paying. Mostly due to scandals and the narratives that are being pushed, the BBC had a golden era, and that was probably from the 1960s through to the late 1990s / early 2000s .
Many in the UK want the BBC, which draws about £3 billion in license fees to survive on it's own merit, go pay wall such as Amazon, Netflix etc... the contentious part is that it's almost like a tax, and not everyone approves of what the "tax" is being used for.
Jay Foreman does a video series on RUclips with Mark Cooper-Jones called Map Men. It's informative, funny and quirky, and well worth watching.
BTW Alexander Dumas's The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask were both set in France.
One of the best channels on RUclips
Jay's brother (Beardyman) is also a solid gold legend. Talented family
@@ben1210 I learned this TODAY
I feel the most recent example of a British show that's been easy adapt across the pond, simply due to the concept (A couple move into a manor after the wife inherits it, with hopes of creating a B&B/Hotel, Ghosts inhabit that house, wife gets injured, can now see and interact with the ghosts). Is BBC's Ghosts, which has had an american version on CBS for coming on 4 seasons. Its such an easy premise to adapt that even France, Germany and Australia are working on their own versions.
America has a show like that called Ghost Whisper she can see ghosts and she helps them cross over by helping them with unfinished business Finding proof to solve their murder etc I used to watch it a lot. I think it may still be going but I haven't watched it for years
The American adaption is bad though, too overproduced. The best example is Taskmaster that has so many international versions and has found a US audience with rumoured us version coming soon.
@@Childofdivorce86 America already had a US Taskmaster with Reggie Watts as the Taskmaster but it was quite bad. Personally I'm still hoping for Dropout to be the one to produce a new american taskmaster.
@ yes it was so awful, I think they picked the wrong kind of contestants too. I think a mix of standup and improv kind of SNL/mike schur comedy actors would work better. Alex wouldn’t relinquish creative control at another attempt and it’s proven to work without changing the format and the audience is there. Agree dropout would be good, or I heard Seth meyers has a deal to produce stuff and that could work as he gets British humour
The British version is multi-layered and even makes you cry at times. The US version has overt, shallow jokes. Despite the same set up, they aren’t remotely the same show.
There's no cowboys in the UK and Ireland, just a farmer, his dog and a land rover or quad bike.
Also both versions of the office are excellent, they're just excellent at doing it an entirely different way
I speculate that this is because Ricky Gervais was involved and knew it would have to change for the different market
Sitcoms in the UK are also allowed time to develop, not cancelled after four shows if the ratings are crap. Gavin & Stacey is a huge show but was largely ignored when it was first broadcast. Repeated showings on BBC 3 allowed it to gain momentum and a loyal following. It allows characters time to develop so the audience gets so emotionally invested in what happens to them. For example Del & Rodney finally making it good.
That's much less common in the 2020s. If s1 has disappointing ratings, there's not likely to be a s2.
@@DavidZ4-gg3dm agreed, but in the US if the ratings are poor they don't even make it to the end of S1, never mind contemplating commissioning S2
Think the same was true of The Office in the UK, was initially disappointing ratings
The Royle Family is nothing to do with the Royal Family. It's just a northern family consisting of mum, dad, their daughter Denise, their son Anthony, Denise's boyfriend David & nan, who is the mums, mum. Along with some friends that pop along occasionally. All they do is sit, watch tv, argue, have parties and generally be like a lot of British families. Though we never see the outside of their house They go out places, but not all at once. Though they did go out all at once for Denise & David's wedding, but the camera team stayed in the house. We would hear them returning, but never saw outside their front door. The program was written by Caroline Aherne (who sadly died a few years ago) & Craig Cash. Caroline plays Denise & Craig plays David.
Northern family my arse …
Theme tune sung by oasis
@@jules.8443 I believe you began to see them outdoors or at other homes in later Xmas specials tho.
@@Sheffield_Steve Yes I remember now. Denise and David had both sets of parents over for Christmas lunch. David was shaving in the bath with his mirror on the turkey. They were trying to defrost it. Then when he was done, he asked Denise if she wanted to use the same bath water. LOL. We never actually saw outside though. Like if we watch a soap, we will see the characters go in the street, get in their car or on a bus and follow their journey.
@jules.8443 True. They were in a car driving to Prestatyn. What was the line about Prestatyn now? I forget.
The British version of a cowboy show is called Emmerdale! 😂😂
Yeah, we got Cain Dingle
Never the same once Amos went😀
Exactly what I was thinking at the time 😂
It used to be called Emmerdale Farm and then they shortened the name, probably because the show spent less focus on the farm and spent more time in the village.
Yes the British version of 'The Office' is a masterpiece, there are just 14 episodes, watch it in one sitting.
Or better still change channels...
I used to do just that with a fellow enthusiast. Every year or so, few cans of beer, something a lttle stronger, and watch to maybe 2 am. Such a treat. The two Christmas specials rounded that series off so perfectly.
Being British and living in the UK, my entire media experience is ad free. I would never watch broadcast television or listen to commercial radio even if you paid me. I have a tv licence purely so I can binge watch all the best BBC output on iPlayer. Watching RUclips without an Ad blocker to me is unthinkable, I just would never do it.
@@abofrey Trouble is RUclips are trying to clamp down on people using adblockers. Hopefully you're using one that's still able to bypass the algorithm.
@@Sheffield_Steve they are doing this by changing the code in your browsers. Because RUclips is a Google product and Google make Chromium the thing Chrome and most other browsers use as their base, they are changing that base code to block ad blockers. If you are using one of the few non Chromium browsers, like Firefox, you should be fine.
Graham Norton blows the two Jimmy talk-shows out of the water. Worth checking out some more highlights.
16:35 - "Coupling" . . . One of my top 5.
A gathering of characters each with their own peculiar flaws and charms who frustrate, confuse, annoy and love each other in a constantly off-balance existance. And it's hilarious.
I'd recommend "Being Human" as well.
Matt Smith was the 11th Doctor, from 2010-2013 (seasons 5-7 of new who). Jodie Whittaker was the 13th Doctor, the current doctor is Ncuti Gatwa the 15th Doctor.
There kind of was an American Doctor Who, in 1996 they made a TV movie designed to draw in an American audience, but it was disliked by most Doctor Who fans and until recently wasn't considered canon.
Jay Foreman is just a special guest on Evan Edingers channel for this video, Jay has his own RUclips channel which is based around comedy education like; Politics Unboringed, Unfinished London or his most popular series Map Men.
The annual BBC licence fee currently costs £169 but you can pay monthly. Commercial TV and radio stations in the UK have adverts but nowhere near the amount you have in the USA.
Fawlty Towers id pure genius. 14 episodes in total.
Yes, one of the best sitcoms of all time.
12 episodes, two series of 6.
It's weird to think that something so iconically British and well-known worldwide was just twelve episodes long. The show was inspired by several members of the Monty Python team staying at a hotel that was apparently very similar to that in the show.
@1marconisa facts 😄
@@stuartmcivor2276 cheers sorry I meant 12. Last year, John Cleese and his daughter announced they were writing a new Fawlty Towers episode/episodes. Wonder if its true? 🤔 Probably wouldn't work to be honest
Whoever said they got a 20 minute ad doesn’t know how to “skip” an ad! I’m a prolific RUclips user and have never seen more than a minute unstoppable and that’s if you’re using your tv set!
In the old days it used to work, I Love Lucy, Happy Days and the endless number of detective shows like Columbo, The Rockford Files and Kojak were all big hits in the UK. Elvis Costello even wrote a song called Watching The Detectives.
Hi folks. Im from UK and just to let you know that in my opinion both Breaking Bad and Ozark were genius pieces of work and i absolutely loved them. For me there has been nothing since that has been so captivating and edge your seat type of watching.
Love you guys 😀
Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad spin off) was good.
I loved all of those shows, but Dexter, 24, and Sons Of Anarchy were all great too.
Inbetweeners and Fawlty towers are phenomenal as well as red dwarf
Red Dwarf. 🙌
Unfortunately you have to buy the bbc tv licence ( £169.50 now ) by law. We're not allowed to watch programmes from any other broadcaster unless we have the bbc licence. Failing to buy a licence has led to people being fined and many were jailed up until about 2015. Just imagine being stopped from buying coffee in Starbucks because you didn't buy a Dunkin Donuts licence; it's a bit like that.
Not true really, I’ve never ever had a licence in 30 years as a homeowner, the licence enforcers have no power of entry unless invited into the home so I just ignore all of their letters and threats of court and bailiffs etc. and nothing has ever happened. They did turn up once and I just asked through the door who are you and as they announced their identity I just walked back into the kitchen….
Faulty Towers is well worth a watch . One of my favourites is the more obscure The "Thin Blue Line" with Rowan Atkinson .
Fawlty, not "Faulty"
Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece, “Seven Samurai”, was stolen from Japan and turned into a western for American audiences, which is a tragedy of massive proportions, because not only did all the nuances and intricacies of the characters disappear for Hollywood, but Americans missed out on learning about and truly appreciating another culture that existed for thousands of years before their own!
That's what they do. It's the reason so many of them are so bloody ignorant. They Americanify everything. And then blame their ignorance on the education system. No. It's the media Yankwashing everything.
You forgot to mention the name of that US remake...The Magnificent 7.
also A Fistful of Dollars is a remake of Jojimbo, another Kurosawa classic.
@ YES! 🥰 Yojimbo!
@@NotYourKindOfPeople-z6m HA! A Freudian slip! 😃
The big difference between UK and USA panel shows is evident in the remake of Taskaster.
Uk Taskmaster does have people competing and arguing losses, but in the US version they come across as deadly serious in the competition aspect, and that's not funny, which is the main aim of a comedy programme.
Could you imagine the American version where a contestant steals the taskmasters trousers.
Yeah nope.
The longest running panel show was Question of Sport which ran from 1970 to 2023 after 53yrs
TV License is now £169.50 per year. Don't forget this clip was posted 5 years ago.
still cheaper than a coffee from Costa etc PER WEEK . Are you a Daily Fail reporter ???
$209 per annum - not bad!
About to rise to £174.50 per year in April don't forget.
And it pays the salaries of predators.
@@Sheffield_Steve I'm on a payment plan, so I pay around £8 a fortnight.
A nature program with animals, can be shown before the watershed, even with blood etc..... if it's classed as Educational. Lots of programs after 9pm have cursing galore.
Yes, that is Martin Freeman from The Office, Sherlock, LOTR, Marvel Universe etc 😊
Soap worked in the UK, but Seinfield was as funny as crippled kittens.
Taking the points scoring thing to the limit is the very long running (1972 and still going) Radio 4 panel game "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue". Points are scored, but Samantha (the imaginary scorer) always has to leave before the end of the show because of an excuse that that full of innuendo. The final score is never revealed. You can find lots of her excuses on the Internet, such as "Samantha tells me she has to nip off now as her trusted aged gardener is coming round to identify the mysterious trailing plant that's growing in her privet. Obviously she's keen not to miss him if there's a chance she may have an Old Man's Beard in her bush."
Note: Many of the top British series are only of relatively short duration. Two Seasons only, each of 6 episodes. Meaning only 12 episodes were ever made! This includes, The Office, Extras, The Young Ones, Fawlty Towers.
The thinking was that the quality of each Episode must be high and to stretch the series out to 3 or more seasons would dilute the quality and attraction of the whole program. John Cleese with Connie Booth (Fawlty Towers) and Ricky Gervais and Merchant (The Office, Extras) were offered large amounts of money to create more episodes/seasons of their shows because the public just loved the shows but they refused. Since they "owned" the rights to the shows, having created and written them, they maintained control.
This situation of only producing a limited amount of episodes/seasons is common among British series and means, if successful, the shows become almost cult like and reveared.
I can confirm we Scots say the C word just to mean "person" lol; "him? he's a good c*nt", "he's a daft c*nt", "that c*nt over there?" etc :D
If I said that, in England, I'd get arrested by the hurty words police. 😂.
@@no-oneinparticular7264 depends where you live, certainly used just same as Scotland where i live (in England)
same in northern ireland, called my boss an alright cunt in front of his boss at the christmas party the other week lol.
lol daft c is also used down here in England
This is the same in Australia also
10:14 in big brother, it's completely unscripted, but the producers prompt situations (conflict usually) by setting tasks etc. Giving them alcohol usually makes things more dramatic too.
The UK version, definitely unscripted but the US version that they might have seen seems scripted somewhat. I've watched a few seasons of it and it's not as good because of that.
Panel shows started on the radio and then transferred to TV, in general principal rather than specifically.
I love 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' on BBC Radio 4. I miss the old characters but it's still going strong.
When he said he sat there on the couch watching his phone with the TV off. Is literally what i am doing right now. TV off on my couch watching your reaction
The BBC no Ads does not extend to its websites when accessed outside the UK. Having no Ads leads to some odd scheduling slots, as an hour-long show from the US will only be 45 to 50mins once the Ads are removed. The reverse can be problematic. A BBC drama was shown in the US and its 1-hour format didn't allow for commercial breaks, so the US channel simply made lots of edits to cut out 10 minutes of the drama, which essentially butchered it. It was such a good show that some viewers bought the DVD so they could see the full show.
42 minutes… 🤷🏻♂️🙈 Gotta get them ads in!
@@richardscratcher6075 It also doesn't extend to the programmes people paid for via the licence fee going on to their UKTV channels with ads and they receive 100% of the profits.
If you look at UKTV on Companies House some of the board don't deny the fact it is because their business address more often than not "BBC, Broadcasting House, London". They just don't have any shame!
Which show was that?
@@richardscratcher6075 All with exception to the UKTV channels in the UK. They use paid for licence fee payers product in a commercial realm and they don't hide the fact on Companies House, most of the UKTV board have their business address as Broadcasting House.
@@whattiler5102 Life on Mars.
The longest running uk panel show i think is actually 'Just a minute' which has been going since 1967 - on radio. All episodes are available online as podcasts
I was in Las Vegas at Christmas and late one night watched an episode of South Park. There were adverts before it started, the opening credits went up, and then they had another advert break, and then four more breaks during the show. No wonder attention spans are so low.
There was one of the main US broadcasters briefly put up a channel on Freeview, ABC I think, and they seemed to put in adverts immediately after the titles, then in the middle, and again just before the programme ended - these were all '30 minute' sitcoms whenever i looked in. They were gone within about 6 months
BBC tv programmes feel like watching a movie at the cinema. No interruptions, more immersive.
And add free radio is my favourite thing.
Small Island, we sniff out BS very quickly and the penalty for that can be brutal. Celebs that do improv- work live are literally coasting a knife edge.
The BBC tv licence is actually quite controversial right now. There are multiple broadcasting services in the UK but as long as you watch any broadcaster you have to buy the BBC as well, so you don't get the choice to choose the BBC as it's forced on you. Historically the BBC has made good programs so most people would choose to purchase the BBC, however in recent years the BBC has failed to produce any programs with broad appeal. This Christmas the BBC's most watched programs were "Revenge most fowl" and a Gavin and Stacy special both franchises which hadn't produced new content in 10 and 5 years. There are calls to make the tv licence into an optional subscription which would incentivice the bosses to make content that more people want to watch.
Only Fools and Horses, 'Allo 'Allo, Fawlty Towers and so on and on. The list is endless.
I read somewhere that the Superbowl had more minutes of adverts than actual play.
Inbetweeners is a must, you should also def check out the UK Office and i also think Jess would love Fleabag which was a masterpiece.
Matt Smith was a brilliant Doctor Who. He was the 11th Doctor - the first Doctor started all the way back in 1963, first appearing on TV the day after the Beatles released their 2nd album and the same day JFK was shot.
Hi , when I was I the US on holiday we watch a bit of telly and could not believe the amount of commercials it all seemed chaotic , t.v in the uk seems more structured and has less commercials interrupting sport or programmes 😊.
Mostly for pharmaceuticals too.. it was shocking to me too 😮
You can't imagine how bad it actually is until you've experienced it, it's insanity. I was watching a sitcom in a hotel and when it ended, the usual commercials started playing. However, instead of moving on to the next show, it suddenly cut back to the credits for a quick 10 second clip. After the clip, the rest of the credits rolled and then it went straight into another round of commercials.
The mention of 'Python' is also a reminder to me that John Cleese used to hang out so often with guys at another college in Cambridge that they thought he was a student there. And the students he was hanging out with also went on to become big British comedy stars: The Goodies. And don't worry about not hearing of them. They have almost been cancelled in the UK now, but in the 1970s they were the epitome of a kind of post-graduate anarchy on UK TV. Much bigger in some respects than Monty Python in its heyday ever was. So it's interesting to address the prism through which we view these properties; not merely in how they translate to other cultures (and, in this case, they don't) but also to our own, over time.
Always loved the Goodies. Watched it all through my teenage-hood in Australia.
The BBC TV licence is only for residents of the UK, and the TV channels are difficult (though not impossible) to view outside the UK. A good vpn and an address with a UK postcode (allegedly, I’m in no way saying this is fact or anyone should even consider doing) can access the BBC i Player
For panel shows, try Shooting Stars with Larry Hagman as the guest, total madness, and you can see his agent is getting fired part way through lmao. UK TV never uses canned laughter, so sitcoms, panel shows and comedy shows almost always have a live audience.
UK TV also has tons of quality sitcoms, which are very much worth checking out. Ones to consider are 'Allo 'Allo, Keeping Up Appearances, Absolutely Fabulous, Bottom, Red Dwarf, Spaced, Friday Night Dinner, The League of Gentlemen (warning this last one is very dark humour.)
FYI with Doctor Who, Start with the Christopher Ecclestone episodes and continue until you reach a doctor that you don't like.
PS, I don't think you can get a TV license, but you probably can get access to a lot of BBC TV stuff via BritBox. For radio, check online, as many broadcast live online, and the license isn't needed to listen to the raidio, it just funds it.
the tv license is a license to watch it, privately, in your home, not to broadcast it on the internet.
On the subject of ads on TV when we watched our shows as kids the ads we got actually had some creative thought behind them not just push the product down your throat like today's ads which usually make you feel like you've lost brain cells watching them... great reaction as always...thanks for sharing this...Karl from eastern Canada
Graham Norton is one of the only shows where these "A list" celebs seem to let go or it comes across that way. Maybe because they can get away with it on UK tele compared to the states
The inbetweeners is probably the most accurate show to what it was like to grow up as a teenager in the UK. Also the British guy is from a great YT channel called Map Men! Funny too
The royle family is great also you might not get it to start with but stick with it ,it's not the jokes it's the looks the silences it mimics a real life northern family it's brilliant.
The lack of canned laughter is great but baffled my US work colleague when we watched Cunk on History... they just almost needed the canned stuff as a cue to tell her when to laugh.
@annicecooper8105 it's our dry sense of humour and I suppose when you've lived it you see the similarities.
I'm surprised they didn't mention Whose Line is it Anyway when they were talking about panel shows.
Since Doctor Who returned, we had: Christopher Eccleston, David Tenant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker (yes, a female), David Tenant (again), and now it's Ncuti Gatwa. I think his 1st name has a silent N. So it's Cuti.
There was an American film of Doctor Who and it was RUBBISH!
It's David Tenant in the clip with Matt.
I'm from UK and during lockdown discovered Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon and binge watched both. Conan my favourite and Jimmy home podcast was fun, imo yet it appears JF isn't popular for some reason yet enjoyed watching his pictionary games. Thank you for sharing this.
Just a quick note, the 3 Musketeers is set in France.
Yous have the FUNKY song stuck in my head for days, I'm in Scotland and I remember watching this episode on TV, but when I heard you'd say it I had to Google it and since then the song stuck in my head 😅
Love the bbc. Proud to pay my licence. Radio 4, bbc sport, and back in the day John Peel. Amazing. The world service. News from almost every country. I’m not gonna go on. I’m a fan.
Along with the NHS, our proudest achievement. Unfortunately, it seems to have become a hot potato though, belittled by bigots on both left and right who seem to believe passionately that it is biased against them and presumably want our society to become as divided as that of the US. I hope it survives, although I have little hope, along with the NHS, of course.
@@thinkingaboutit2991Are you really British? 😅😅
@@stephenhumphrey7935 Why?! I'm not sure why you'd even question that, but, yes, my family probably go back at least 1,500 years on these islands, judging by the DNA tests my parents did shortly before they died in 2019 and 2021. I was diagnosed with tremor-dominant Parkinson's in 2020, with such a bad case that I have had 2 'awake' brain surgeries - only the second time they have had to do that in 30 years at the world-leading research hospital a short walk from my house in Central London and am now suffering something akin to PTSD as a result of the 'trauma' of that treatment. But that's why I speak so highly of the NHS too. I am, admittedly, highly intelligent with an IQ somewhere around genius, and, no, I write that not to boast, since it is a drag and I am a failure at life in so many ways, but to give credence to the following: that I have a number of highly intelligent and successful friends who agree with me on my view of the BBC. We cannot abide the ignorance of the fools who, for instance, voted for Brexit or who would see our greatest institutions destroyed, because they are too profoundly and proudly ill-educated to realise that they are turkeys voting for Christmas.
Or maybe the amount of people now unhappy with some of the BBC output and coverage may have a point. Doesn't make them bigots.
@@f3aok It most definitely does make them that. Explain otherwise how both extremes of the political spectrum in this country hate on a liberal institution mandated and determined to attempt to properly represent all sides, please?
Have I Got News For You was a latecomer - Radio 4 had panel shows from the 60s and are still running.
Normally UK commercial TV stations have around 3 or 4 minutes if ads per 30 minutes.
3 musketeers movie isn’t based in England haha, it’s a French story
In my opinion British TV was better when there were only five channels, which were BBC1 and 2, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5. Now the non BBC channels are full of ads and the quality of programs has gone down hill, it's all soap operas, quizzes, and reality TV shows.
Spend more time looking for something to watch then give up and put RUclips on!
There are many sitcoms on Gold.
'Whose line is it anyway' was a favourite of my many years ago and I think made across to America.
I believe we pinched the concept from the US….but ours was better 😉
@@abigail1st Clive Anderson was brilliant but they had a few Yank comedians on too.
@@abigail1st Origin: Radio 4
Most people don't bother paying the TV license, they can't really enforce it. And also bear in mind the BBC does not have any of the top live sports or recent movies. And they can, and do, advertise their own products,
They have David Attenborough and that alone is worth the licence fee.
@@WIDGI I just don't pay it, and watch him for free lol
STOP PAYING YOUR TV LICENCE.
@@WIDGI so does netflix
For reality shows they have psychologists pick different personalities & match them for conflict or chemistry depending on what they want & then nudge them as well.
UK office is brilliant, very dark and British comedy
The original UK Office is “The Office”. The American Office is “The Office US”.
About doctor who, there have been over 15 actors to play the doctor since 1963. Matt Smith was the 11th, from 2010-14. If you're going to watch it, i would recommend starting with the 2005 revival. Theres 4 seasons before you get to Matt Smith, but those seasons are some of the best.
I think you might be able to get the BBC if you have a VPN and say your living in the UK
You need to access bbc player and if you Google vpns to do that you should find one that tells you what to do to create an account with a UK postcode. Not sure what other requirements it would have.
Jay Forman is well worth a watch in his videos, they are very informative about aspects of Britain, with humour.
3 musketeers/man in the iron mask is a French story
Mike and Jess NEED to watch Mock The Week ; Never Mind The Buzzcocks for satire and giggles. Yes there are cowboys in Great Britain. They're called dodgy builders and plumbers!!
only fools and horses. my favorite brinish comedy.
The majorities going by every opinion poll over the years.
Cowboys in England 🤣🤣 I'm just picturing farmers in Wales.
Also add me to the list for The Inbetweeners! Everyone loves it, your engagement will be massive and it's always a winner. It quite literally exactly represents UK teenage / school life
There’s loads butt👍🏻❤️🏴🇬🇧
Show pitch: Morris dancers go to work on a Texas ranch ...
The Royle Family is a masterpiece
Absolutely.
Oh it’s one of the best of all time easily
But
It will NOT translate to Americans unfortunately
Royle family my arse
Queen of Sheba is fantastic.
@@marktallentire3464 JPS another reactor loved it but it took a couple of episodes. He loves stuff from the uk though and has been over here and travelled around . I agree a lot of others wouldn’t get it
12:20 "X-specially" I think you mean "Especially". Jokes. Love y'all, from Australia.
The only US sitcom I loved & laughed hard to was 'Cheers' 👍
Have you seen its spin-off Frasier?
...and Frasier.
Both are superb.
I've always thought that the TV show "What's My Line?" from the 50's and 60's was an American version of a panel show.