11 STRANGEST British TV Shows (as per me, a non-Brit!)

You ever turn on the TV in the UK and are shocked at what you see? Me, too. Here's 11 of the strangest British TV shows that surprised me as a foreigner living in England. I mean really - are these real?? Yes, yes they are.
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I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a KZbin video every Tuesday and an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:30pm GMT on Twitch.
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[@dean8842]

Naked Attraction: the British television show which confirms that MOST of us look WAY better with our clothes on!

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Nudity has never been less erotic. That must be some kind of record.

[@Onmysheet]

I'm happy that my childhood had Father Ted rather than Mrs Browns Boys.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Father Ted could probably be on Part 2! lol

[@matc6221]

@@AdventuresAndNaps yeah you have to do comedy's 😉👍

[@bobbyboko6317]

Father Ted best comedy ever , Mrs Brown's Boys the exact opposite

[@diggmore1362]

Secret Guy Mrs browns boys is rubbish should have been taken off air ages ago

[@jillhobson6128]

@@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.

[@barrygower6733]

Mrs Brown’s Boys is a tv show that you can dislike just by watching the trailer, and then avoid like the plague.

[@lxp]

It's awesome. It's like the opposite of marmite - you either love it or you're wrong.

[@wilmaknickersfit]

The first series was very funny.

[@frankbrodie5168]

I love it personally. But I wouldn't force anyone to watch it if they didn't want to.

[@s0litaire2k]

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

[@DaveBartlett]

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!

[@benjones3117]

Check out Euro trash it was on channel 4 during the 90s early 00s. Probably one of the weirdest shows I’ve seen.

[@ashtakmetoza5689]

Look at Lolo 😑

[@MINKIN2]

And hosted by Jean Paul Gaultier too... Yeah. THE Jean Paul Gaultier world famous fashion designer.

[@ricey23]

Channel 4 in the 90s was something. Remember Banzai?

[@benjones3117]

@@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.

[@bechmam4750]

@@ricey23 i remember switching channel when that come on....

[@pythonbyte]

Due South was big in the UK in the 90's, fondly remembered from my childhood.

[@hairyairey]

Still on Alibi that's how I watched every episode!

[@bobbyboko6317]

Due South although Canadian was funded by the BBC or should I say the British TV licence payers

[@pythonbyte]

@@bobbyboko6317 only the later series were supported by BBC money.

[@kevinwainwright31]

It was must watch growing up in my house

[@Dunkster23]

Absolutely love Due South. Great show

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

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.

[@paulfadden8834]

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!

[@fallofcamelot]

Dogs might fly sounds like something Alan Partridge would pitch.

[@arrowsmithism]

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

[@samsthyorks]

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.

[@wilmaknickersfit]

The Jump was cancelled after the number of injuries reach 34.

[@Roger-fx4ou]

Loving the backdrop that the new editing software gives, it convincingly looks like you are outside as opposed to sitting in your bedroom.

[@kallekula1860]

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.

[@Onmysheet]

Big Brother UK has finished. Though it's heyday was with Channel 4. On Channel 5 it was cheap and desperate.

[@jamesgunn7]

Prime Big Brother was immense.

[@deepred6041]

The League of Gentlemen didn't even get a mention? Good lord

[@leebirch1]

My thoughts exactly.. plus psychoville, inside no.9 and The Mighty Boosh.

[@johnd6487]

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)

[@BenjWarrant]

It makes me happy that you think that _Mrs Brown's Boys_ "sucks". I find it revolting.

[@manfredwilliams9762]

Yes, who the hell is watching that shite?

[@obugger]

@@manfredwilliams9762 and why?

[@finleydavison5858]

I love it

[@phuckerby]

@@finleydavison5858 Me too! 😂

[@johnscott3714]

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!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Wow, thank you!

[@glennstevenson3156]

My Mother the Car was actually a U.S. show, but was shown in other countries.

[@robertkoons1154]

"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.

[@tmd63]

A bit like, Mister Ed, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie or The Flying Nun! and run on NBC from Sept 1965 to Apr 1966

[@jillhobson6128]

"My Mother The Car" was American starring Dick Van Dyke's brother Jerry

[@glennstevenson3156]

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 :-)

[@MM-ep2zq]

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.

[@LonKirk]

That show was awesome. Best Cartoon on Saturdays during my early childhood.

[@MM-ep2zq]

@@LonKirk 100% agree👍

[@Jamie_Smith.]

HA YES!!! Every Saturday morning just before Live n Kicking started! I remember it like it was yesterday!

[@michaelscott7166]

The outro, Run With Us by Lisa Lougheed, was incredible.

[@gdfggggg]

I loved the Raccoons.

[@russellpotter7294]

'Then all of a sudden, genitals' That must become a gif or whatever its called. Or a saying for 2020.

[@MrJC1]

Meme it!

[@jonsmith8582]

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 ?

[@dave_h_8742]

That terrified me to this day !

[@johnnyhollis9977]

Yeah, I remember that, nightmare stuff for kids!! Yikes!

[@duckwhistle]

The Fast Show version was amazing though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYnUfnlrpNpqnqc

[@stephenvincent4706]

I'm sure Naked Attraction took their inspiration from Japanese TV. Now THERE is a whirlpool of weirdness.

[@nemesis908]

Canada participated in one of the strangest, greatest Sci-Fi TV shows ever made: Lexx.

[@peadarruane6582]

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.

[@georgecaplin9075]

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.

[@peadarruane6582]

@@georgecaplin9075 Brendan O'Carroll can be funny enough... just not that work of his... its totally dated cringe

[@chrisytfc879]

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

[@RichardBarclay]

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.

[@mikefoster6018]

My parents love it. We've almost fallen out over that!

[@jcasillas78]

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."

[@petercaulf]

Canadian TV, we binge watched all 13 years of Heartland over a couple of months. Waiting for season 14.loved it.

[@olixz]

Your videos always lighten up my Tuesdays :). Thank you.

[@anthonysmurthwaite6258]

I think Gogglebox is like a TV version of a reaction video

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

You're totally right!

[@matkins3484]

I'm watching two Canadian shows on Netflix now, Murdoch Mysteries and Heartland. Really good shows.

[@TheGeekiestSecretary]

And both still running 13 seasons later 😄

[@debbiwaite3241]

M Atkins love Heartland. Try Republic of Doyle, a spoof on detective shows

[@tobytroubs]

all of those shows would be saved by adding Bob Mortimer

[@shaunw9270]

Ivavooo ! Iranoooo ! 🤣 I loved Shooting Stars !

[@mikesomerset6338]

Or Ant and Dec.

[@shaunw9270]

@@mikesomerset6338 Seriously ? I Can't stand them either !

[@simonoleary9264]

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 😄.

[@Malfie657]

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!

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

Brasseye is one I can remember quite well.

[@markjempson6608]

ROBOPLEGIC WRONG COCK

[@alexstorr3357]

DJ Bob Hoskins going mental in a dustbin.

[@ala5530]

also Jam, one of the other projects by the same bloke

[@richardlegg7423]

That was incredible!! I could watch Noel Edmonds saying "Shatner's bassoon" over and over again.

[@alexstorr3357]

@@richardlegg7423 "One girl threw up her own pelvis bone"

[@iregretdyeingmyeyebrows5645]

I've always found it wild how you can be watching a relaxing show about trains one moment and then the next moment you're watching crazy medical stuff

[@HootMaRoot]

Canada does have a thriving TV production, many of the best sci-fi series all come from Canada

[@dave_h_8742]

Lexx, Farscape and so on.

[@johnboy2562]

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!!".🤣

[@dave_h_8742]

@Chris Travers thanks, was'nt shure

[@francescac1731]

@@johnboy2562 It was shot in Toronto. I saw Scott Thompson at the mall lol

[@craigs3007]

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.

[@richardlegg7423]

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...

[@Hi-kq1vi]

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!

[@alantreuge9884]

PS: I forgot Dave Allen. I know he is Irish but we got him on the BBC and he is the bee's knees.

[@Innerspace100]

Those were actually made by the BBC, I think. His shows were in fact banned in Ireland in the seventies.

[@R7_silver]

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 😂

[@bobsmodelrailways]

Silver C Mrs Browns boys? Fabulous programme - great comedy and delivery. At last, a programme that shows how the Irish live! 😆

[@benroads5460]

I dont like mrs browns boys but celebrity juice is hands down one of my favourite tv shows

[@julesdowner5585]

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 .

[@jrgboy]

@@julesdowner5585 Mrs Browns Boys, the series ended a while a go, just a Christmas special now..

[@martinlewis1015]

Ben Roads Mrs Browns boys is better acting than celeb juice

[@bushchat28d]

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

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Agree about Celebrity Juice - Lemon is very unfunny. Oh and please scrap I'm a Celebrity - utter tosh.

[@artvid-1915]

😱😱😱

[@Onmysheet]

I'd say Celebrity Juice has found it's own way for the past 8 years. But it did start of rubbish.

[@5imp1]

Celebrity SHIT

[@dwaynesurdu-miller9799]

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.

[@Cu-Co]

My Mother the Car was American i think, I definitely watched reruns of it as a small child in the early 90s

[@andysutcliffe3915]

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

[@RoyCousins]

I'm still waiting for Antiques Roadkill...

[@hashtagdag]

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.

[@Jamie_Smith.]

‘Come Dine With Me’ were you into that? You should apply to be a contestant on that, and test out your cooking skills!

[@DaveBartlett]

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"!

[@bobsheffield6153]

I watch every week and always fall for your enthusiasm. Keep up the good work. Hope you make it back to Kent soon,

[@dglthrawn1]

I'd rather watch Shooting Stars than Celebrity Juice. Less seedy, but more surreal.

[@sebastianfrog]

Another great video , always makes me smile to see you smile and laugh so much , especially trainspotting live, fabulous

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you very much!

[@davidpowell8249]

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 🇨🇦🎧🎶

[@tmd63]

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!

[@MilkMyManUdder]

I didn't watch many episodes of embarrassing bodies, but there was one episode in particular that's always stuck in my mind. Some older guy went on there, think he was in his early 50's? And said he likes to go clubbing and stuff, but sometimes he has this problem where brown watery liquid would like seep out of his arse? Anyway, the doctors went away and did their "tests" or whatever, and came back and told this guy that there was nothing wrong with him, and that he basically just didn't know how to wipe his own arse properly, and the liquid was just his shltty bum hole and sweat mixing together and running out of his crack. So not only did this guy go on national TV to let everyone know about his runny arse, but then it was revealed that this man in his 50's didn't know how to do something that most people learn when they're about 6. Good times.

[@neiltitmus9744]

I can handle the nakedness its the personalities that make me put my head in my hands

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

"Six"? You mean should be three to four

[@andrewlennon8501]

Ian Brown Right, who wiped his bum if he went to the loo at school

[@jonathaneves5847]

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. ✌️ 🐝.

[@annbsirius1703]

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!

[@Forest_Fifer]

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.

[@welshpete12]

me too !

[@carolinacadabra8278]

And sometimes I experience embarrassment by proxy when the other person doesn’t realize that they are being thoroughly humiliated.

[@jamieandtherandomstuff]

A couple of Canadian shows that made it across the pond was "The Kids of Degrassi Street" and then later "Degrassi Junior High". Also remember watching Due South too.

[@someguy4577]

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.

[@jrgboy]

Mrs Browns Boys finished a few years ago, there are just Christmas specials now

[@bowtinbil]

There are American and Australian versions out there too. Both worth a watch with a varied spectrum of cast much like the Brit version.

[@spoonfulofdreams]

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.

[@alanmills9492]

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 ?

[@RGC198]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5-xhId4rZWopc0

[@Richie732]

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.

[@hairyairey]

Sadly quality comedy is lacking in the UK.

[@iancossey105]

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+

[@TheSquareheadgamer]

@@hairyairey it's really not. You just need to watch good shows

[@hairyairey]

@@TheSquareheadgamer Give me some examples then

[@TheSquareheadgamer]

@@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

[@MrJPFlack]

“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!!!!!

[@davidpowell8249]

You could say they were tackle-ing the assault course. 😂

[@ftumschk]

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.

[@johnd6487]

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)

[@candidaburrows4284]

Soooo, um, don't watch it!

[@ftumschk]

@@candidaburrows4284 I don't dictate what others in my household choose to put on.

[@aib0160]

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 KZbin!

[@AB-ku4my]

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!

[@dogstar75]

also 50, the only one i didn't know was the trainspotting one.

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

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!

[@neilturner6749]

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!

[@DaveBartlett]

@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!)

[@KathleenMc73]

My Mother the Car is an American show!!!

[@winclouduk]

Yeah I’d never heard of it lol

[@adrianstafford321]

Part 2 defo,funny insightful and witty to boot.proper enjoyed this,more please.

[@skinnyfatfuck3298]

“And then everyone started breaking their legs..” chuckle 🤣🤣🤣

[@dave_h_8742]

Beth Tweddle the gymnast broke her neck, don't forget.

[@trickygoose2]

@@dave_h_8742 Someone who does somersaults on a narrow beam several feet off the ground hundreds of times but never broke her neck doing that.

[@Hi-kq1vi]

How come Kevin Nash was never booked for it?

[@dave_h_8742]

@@trickygoose2 luck ran out

[@wilmaknickersfit]

@@dave_h_8742 She seriously injured her neck and spine and surgery to failed to help. She is suing the programme makers.

[@Oceansteve]

"a bit.. a bit too much for me... if you dont mind" LOL! you sounded terribly british when you said that. hope you're doing good.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Cheers pal, hope you're doing well, too!

[@Oceansteve]

@@AdventuresAndNaps All's grand

[@jillhobson6128]

@@AdventuresAndNaps I share your second hand embarrassment. I can't even watch a comedy film where characters are embarrassed or humiliated!

[@blackbeard63]

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..

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Apparently Big Brother was started by the Dutch!

[@lorddarlo6194]

@@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

[@aliceemily5799]

To make Mrs Brown's Boys even weirder Brendan O'Carroll who plays Mrs Brown is the husband of Jennifer Gibney who plays his/her daughter Kathy in the show and it also includes a few other members of his family. I actually love the show and love how Agnes (Brendon O'Carroll) will ad lib with the sole intention of tripping up other members of the cast and how they carry on filming through those moments of corpsing. Don't take it too seriously or try to understand it and you'll enjoy it a whole lot more. Sorry but Mrs B's Boys gets my vote ... maybe I'm weird too :)

[@berylgilligan9287]

Embarrassing bodies was people to shy to visit their GP so choose to go on tv in front of millions 🤔🤣🤣🤣

[@shlibbermacshlibber4106]

Glad you liked our video, we put a lot of work into it and all just for you because we're that sort of people

[@laurencec09]

The BBC actually got into trouble for using old footage in Trainspotting Live in order to make it more exciting, train enthusiasts were steaming...

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Oh my god 😂

[@shirleyboy8859]

I got it.. :-)))

[@suttoncoldfield9318]

Why did I not hear of this? Is it still on? Any repeats? Tell me! Tell me!

[@OceanBlue_69]

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

[@Onmysheet]

Shooting Stars was a good panel show!

[@kevinthornley7659]

Loved shooting stars. George Doors rocked.

[@adrianstafford321]

What's the scores George Doors? Loved Vic and Bob.

[@Onmysheet]

@@kevinthornley7659 Angelos was my favourite in the revival series.

[@billroberts7881]

"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.

[@kelpkelp5252]

Mrs Brown's Boys is absolutely appalling and definitely not a good representative of decent British sitcoms :)

[@martinlewis1015]

Kelp Kelp then you're a boring old Mrs Whitehouse. Sarah Millican is crude but very funny

[@manfredwilliams9762]

@@martinlewis1015 No she isn't. Mind you, I can't understand a fucking word she says.

[@martinlewis1015]

@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.

[@johnfry1011]

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!

[@19RyanTheLion91]

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.

[@bilsib53]

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.

[@iandavenport2550]

North America seems to have an issue with nudity/sex, but love violence.

[@newtron1]

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]

@@newtron1 Did you watch the video? Alanna seems to have a huge problem with nudity.

[@trickygoose2]

@@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.

[@waynethurston6157]

@@trickygoose2She would still get Second hand embarrassment

[@daninraleigh]

I have the entire series of Due South on DVD. How can you not know Corner Gas?, Red Green? DaVinci's Inquest? Anne of Green Gables? I can understand forgetting Robson Arms. But, hey, half of the best American actors are actually Canadian :)

[@roberttreborable]

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 ....

[@kevinpoulton4786]

Based at Inspire Swimming Pool in Luton.

[@nickball4071]

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."

[@mchandler15]

I thought I watched alot of crap telly but I've never heard of Dogs Might Fly before!

[@RGC198]

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.

[@xfoolsgoldx]

The Mighty Boosh is pretty weird😆

[@matc6221]

I loved the mighty boosh

[@neilturner6749]

Pretty weird? It’s way weirder than that! Great stuff though, love NFs material

[@benspinks342]

All the way through this I was thinking thank God she hasn’t seen Naked Jungle. I almost died at the end 😂.

[@ragereaver8576]

Before celebrity juice, there was a show called Shooting Stars.

[@mistycrom]

Though Shooting Stars was funny.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I love Bob!

[@ragereaver8576]

The also had some catchy catchphrases like "Ulrikakakaka" 😂 And the random contests.

[@DaveBartlett]

@@AdventuresAndNaps When you get back to the UK, you'll have to see if you can catch: "Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing" (just started it's third series.) It doesn't sound like much and at first thought, it might be classed as a bit weird. It's just Bob Mortimer (possibly the funniest man on British television,) and Paul Whitehouse (ditto, but also possibly the UK's finest living character actor too,) enjoying a bit of fishing in various locations in the British Isles. Now this might sound a bit as if it's on a par with Trainspotting Live, but the beauty of it is in the glorious footage of the British countryside & coastline, and the comedy is in the interaction between Bob & Paul. It's real-life stuff, (kind of fly-on-the-wall, if the locations weren't almost all outside,) and neither Bob nor Paul are scripted. Both have something in common having both recently undergone serious heart surgery, and both are trying to make lifestyle changes. Paul falls back on his lifelong hobby of angling, and Bob (who knows bugger all about fishing,) accompanies him, arranging accommodation, and trying to provide a heart-healthy diet for the pair of them. It still doesn't sound astoundingly entertaining, but the laughs are only matched by the occasional touching moments. Highlights: Bob Mortimer getting so excited that he almost wets himself on landing his first fish, (then also his second, his third, etc. - Bob gets easily excited!) My favourite moment is when the pair are enjoying their dinner and Paul asks Bob what it is that he's drinking, Bob replies that it's a tradiionally brewed English pale ale from a local brewery and that he's supporting local producers. He then asks Paul what he's drinking to which Paul replies: "It red wine; it's French, and I don't give a F*#k!" I hope you get a chance to catch it. It'll be one thing to make coming back to England particularly worthwhile, (but don't tell your boyfriend that!) 😃

[@doctordoodle-do9933]

'Heil Honey, I'm Home' was a 1990s spoof sitcom that centres on Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun and their troubled relationship with their neighbours the Goldsteins. It was cancelled after one episode but can be seen on KZbin

[@shearerslegs]

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.

[@stephenphillip5656]

Due South was Canadian. Loved it.

[@hairyairey]

Hopefully you went to find something that was properly funny, like Tim Vine. Alanna, have you watched Tim Vine?

[@gerardacronin334]

I recommend Schitt’s Creek. Good slow burning Canadian comedy that grows on you. Great character development. 🇨🇦

[@dazmcstylee9384]

People waffle about Breaking Bad , Sopranos , ER , Lost etc ..... We all KNOW that Bullseye is the greatest gift to television in the history of mankind. No hyperbole . Just truth .

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

100% true

[@gert8439]

Can't beat a bit o' bully!

[@sniffrat3646]

Let's 'ave a look at what you could've won!

[@neilturner6749]

“Take yer time love, just take yer time...”

[@maverickhistorian6488]

Some bloke from Birmingham who wins a speed boat. 😁

[@zippybanana2691]

Remember a US programme for kids shown on BBC1 in 70's called Big John Little John The weekly story centred on John being both Son, AND Dad but at different times and randomly occuring Many questions on this now occur many of a worrying nature ...

[@GenialHarryGrout]

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

[@sequri]

Loved Call My Bluff; especially Patrick Campbell and Frank Muir, and later Alan Coren. 👍

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@Darth Wheezius "

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@Darth Wheezius lol

[@afpwebworks]

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

[@aps-pictures9335]

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.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

True, lots are filmed in Canada! But they aren't Canadian productions - we're just cheaper than the US lol

[@ravenmad9225]

Tax breaks make it a lot cheaper to film in Canada.

[@stephenparker6362]

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.

[@hairyairey]

Weirdly I think it would be more popular in Canada

[@leehatann5854]

'DUE SOUTH' OMG I used to love that show. A really good Canadian show of recent times was '19-2' (2014-2017), was a police drama but harder hitting than most cop shows. Unfortunately we Brits do make some trash. Did you know Mrs Browns Boys was so popular they made a film. I mean like what the hell. I just finished Marvels Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D. I loved that show beginning to end. I'm now currently on the new season of Lucifer.

[@michaelwaite5572]

It's on late night TV after mash

[@dave_h_8742]

Was Northern exposure Canadian ?

[@hairyairey]

Due South was shown on Alibi and yes I've watched every episode. You have to realise that the show is sending up a lot of stereotypes about Canadians. Plus it probably helped Leslie Nielsen get the Order of Canada.

[@cutthr0atjake]

Murdoch Mysteries is a great Canadian TV show I watch here in the UK

[@wilmaknickersfit]

@@dave_h_8742 No, it was in Alaska.

[@Eagle-eyed95]

Adventures and Naps we need you back in the UK