Americanizing Other Nation's Shows: BBC Being Human vs. SyFy Being Human?

Hack · 02-23-2011, 08:26 PM

Being Human isn't the first BBC show we've ruined. Won't be the last. We've also ruined Life on Mars. I'm just thankful my favorite BBC shows will never likely be replicated on American TV -- M.I.-5 and Luther. I also love Waking the Dead, which is the BBC version of a "cold case" show. I find that the characters on BBC (or ITV) shows are usually more richly and deeply written. Some of the most complex characters on TV are BBC shows -- Mike Walker on "Trial & Retribution" (ITV), Peter Boyd on "Waking the Dead," Tony Hill on "Wire in the Blood" (RIP...I can't believe ITV cancelled this great cop show!), and John Luther on "Luther" (which, btw, is one of the best shows on TV on either side of the pond, imo).

Jake
British cop show junkie

Sparkle · 02-23-2011, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Hack

Being Human isn't the first BBC show we've ruined. Won't be the last. We've also ruined Life on Mars. I'm just thankful my favorite BBC shows will never likely be replicated on American TV -- M.I.-5 and Luther. I also love Waking the Dead, which is the BBC version of a "cold case" show. I find that the characters on BBC (or ITV) shows are usually more richly and deeply written.

Spooks/MI-5 is one of my most favorite shows EVER.
I'm currently waiting extremely impatiently for Vol: 8 to be sent from Netflix.

BUT, I'm very sorry to tell you this but ABC bought the rights to adapt it.

I'm hoping it comes to nothing, but I fear it will.

betenoire · 02-24-2011, 12:11 AM

Kind of like how the US got a show called "Cold Case Files" (which I've never seen) a year after we started airing "Cold Squad" (which I love)?

Yeah, that's kinda annoying.

And we had This Hour Has 22 Minutes 4 years before the US had The Daily Show.

Melissa · 02-26-2011, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Hack

Being Human isn't the first BBC show we've ruined. Won't be the last. We've also ruined Life on Mars. I'm just thankful my favorite BBC shows will never likely be replicated on American TV -- M.I.-5 and Luther. I also love Waking the Dead, which is the BBC version of a "cold case" show. I find that the characters on BBC (or ITV) shows are usually more richly and deeply written. Some of the most complex characters on TV are BBC shows -- Mike Walker on "Trial & Retribution" (ITV), Peter Boyd on "Waking the Dead," Tony Hill on "Wire in the Blood" (RIP...I can't believe ITV cancelled this great cop show!), and John Luther on "Luther" (which, btw, is one of the best shows on TV on either side of the pond, imo).

Jake
British cop show junkie

I loved Wire in the Blood and Waking the Dead too. Have you seen the Inspector Frost mysteries. Not as dark or intense as the others but still great. I loved Cracker, too. I think the US tried to do a Cracker version but it didn't make it.

If you have Netflix I also recommend a Canadian show called Intelligence. It only ran for two seasons but some of the best TV I have seen in a long time.

Melissa

02-26-2011, 03:41 PM

Frost and Cracker are really old now. So is Inspector Morse but all still worth watching if you can find them.

Have you lot remade (the now ancient) Absolutely Fabulous with and by the genius Jennifer Saunders (comedy partner of Dawn French). Did Victoria Wood's Dinner Ladies get remade over there? It was hilarious.

Another more recent Brit show for you too look up is Mongrels. It might be a little humour specific to 'Brit-land' but I highly recommend it.

Sparkle · 02-27-2011, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

Have you lot remade (the now ancient) Absolutely Fabulous with and by the genius Jennifer Saunders (comedy partner of Dawn French). Did Victoria Wood's Dinner Ladies get remade over there? It was hilarious.

Nobody has had the audacity to try to remake AbFab. Thankfully.
And French & Saunders seem to have the integrity not to sell out to the highest bidder.

I miss Eastenders.

02-27-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparkle

Nobody has had the audacity to try to remake AbFab. Thankfully.
And French & Saunders seem to have the integrity not to sell out to the highest bidder.

I miss Eastenders.

I miss French and Saunders working together.

I'm pleased there's not been a US remake of Ab Fab; It is unique and very much of a time and place.

Can you not stream Eastbenders on any of the myriad of streaming sites ?

Sparkle · 03-01-2011, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

I'm pleased there's not been a US remake of Ab Fab; It is unique and very much of a time and place.

Can you not stream Eastbenders on any of the myriad of streaming sites ?

My Best Femmes (& I) do our best Patsy, Edie & Bubbles impressions, upon occasion, and its really not made for network television!

There probably is some site I can stream 'Eastenders' from, I've been too lazy to find it. I have so many sources for "entertainment" - netflix, hulu, comcast on demand - that I can't keep up.

undone · 05-11-2011, 11:02 PM

I think folks just want to spend time on something they can relate to, same explanation i gave my mother when she learned there was a gay TV channel. In here opinion isn't there enough gay on other TV shows.

As far as BBC i love BBC have been hooked for years including Being Human. Got my last girlfriend hooked on the likes of Who and Coupling. However the US has been raiding British shows for generations, after all I had no inkling about BBC at 5 years old, and never would have had my first crush on Jack Ritter, we took Threes company from the Brits too.

come and knock on my door, I've been waiting for you....

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02-23-2011, 08:26 PM	#1
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,775 Times in 958 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Being Human isn't the first BBC show we've ruined. Won't be the last. We've also ruined Life on Mars. I'm just thankful my favorite BBC shows will never likely be replicated on American TV -- M.I.-5 and Luther. I also love Waking the Dead, which is the BBC version of a "cold case" show. I find that the characters on BBC (or ITV) shows are usually more richly and deeply written. Some of the most complex characters on TV are BBC shows -- Mike Walker on "Trial & Retribution" (ITV), Peter Boyd on "Waking the Dead," Tony Hill on "Wire in the Blood" (RIP...I can't believe ITV cancelled this great cop show!), and John Luther on "Luther" (which, btw, is one of the best shows on TV on either side of the pond, imo). Jake British cop show junkie

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Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	Frost and Cracker are really old now. So is Inspector Morse but all still worth watching if you can find them. Have you lot remade (the now ancient) Absolutely Fabulous with and by the genius Jennifer Saunders (comedy partner of Dawn French). Did Victoria Wood's Dinner Ladies get remade over there? It was hilarious. Another more recent Brit show for you too look up is Mongrels. It might be a little humour specific to 'Brit-land' but I highly recommend it.

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undone Junior Member How Do You Identify?: me! Preferred Pronoun?: Woman Relationship Status: Sold! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Long Beach, CA but home is Portland Posts: 96 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 174 Thanked 178 Times in 63 Posts Rep Power: 507771	I think folks just want to spend time on something they can relate to, same explanation i gave my mother when she learned there was a gay TV channel. In here opinion isn't there enough gay on other TV shows. As far as BBC i love BBC have been hooked for years including Being Human. Got my last girlfriend hooked on the likes of Who and Coupling. However the US has been raiding British shows for generations, after all I had no inkling about BBC at 5 years old, and never would have had my first crush on Jack Ritter, we took Threes company from the Brits too. come and knock on my door, I've been waiting for you....