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What's a British TV show that the Yanks did better? (self.askuk)

submitted 9 months ago by Oneeightnine to c/askuk

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I'll go first....The Office.

Now I know the two shows are fundamentally quite different, but they adapted what was already a very successful show, and turned It into an event more successfully one that lasted for significantly longer than the original did. I say that's a win for them.

Anything else? Life on Mars, Being Human, The Inbetweeners.....?

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[–] byroon@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't think you can say either the US or UK office is better than the other, they're too different

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

You also can't say it was more successful because it lasted longer, the yanks will milk every comedy dry until it's ejaculating pure dust

[–] Emperor 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's my feeling, they're very different beasts. The British one is like a bespoke gem and the American one is that retooled for the US comedy writing system.

[–] frazorth 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What feels like a controversial opinion, but it really shouldn't be, I don't think the US Office is as good as the UK Office.

The UK Office felt like a documentary, and really felt like places I had worked and knew people like that.

Once the US Office got out of copying the UK one, it just become a sitcom that had people talking to the audience. I mean it was good, but it was still basically an American sitcom.

It's like WWDITS. The film was awesome, and the first season that still involved the Kiwis was good, but it quickly subsided into standard American dross. Winning a Golden Globe for basically not being WWDITS and just being Matt Berry was the icing.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

WWDITS = What We Do In The Shadows.
The film was awesome