AMERICANS REACT to BRITISH vs AMERICAN Television!

[@colinstevens2691]

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.😂😂😂

[@Jaxxx365]

please please please pure UK Gold

[@stevencowdell5201]

Especially the fashion show. When he had his balls sticking out of his tight shorts. Jess would be in stitches.

[@stevencowdell5201]

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.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Likewise Peep Show!

[@craigday8754]

What a shout!

[@stephenwaters3515]

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.

[@lawlini1979]

Ah mierd! 🤦

[@philipm06]

Epic fail.

[@espio194]

Stephen Fry on American vs British Comedy - Brilliant watch as a concise comparison between the two.

[@paulbaker5925]

Agree 100% - it explains the difference in an succinct and easy to understand way 👍🏼

[@margaretnicol3423]

Excuse me - that is Sir Stephen Fry. 😀

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

​@@margaretnicol3423he hates being called Sir

[@Lindeman08]

This

[@davidmckie7128]

definitely watch this you will find it very interesting.

[@camera2painting]

The 3 musketeers and the man in the iron mask were set in France.

[@ppdragos6796]

I cringed so hard when he said that lol

[@Simon-hb9rf]

honestly i couldn't stop laughing at that bit, because d'Artagnan is just such a typical English name isn't it

[@davidkettlewell]

Beat me to it ! Tbf they do speak in american accents in the film 😂

[@lukespooky]

I ran to the comments 😂

[@PortilloMoment]

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.

[@iansmith1286]

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.

[@lordcharfield]

The Inbetweeners being the most egregious example ‼️

[@butnooneshome]

@@lordcharfield Have you seen the US Pilots (they tried twice) of Red Dwarf - worst ever …

[@mikewright447]

@@lordcharfield erm did you see the us version of red dwarf ???

[@welshgit]

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.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

@@lordcharfield I would say the US remake of Porridge called "On The Rocks" was much worse.

[@stevesilk51]

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.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

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.

[@Isleofskye]

Try and endure 5 minutes of " Friends" with their damned laughter track:)

[@Sheffield_Steve]

@Isleofskye TBH I can't bare Friends with or without a laugh track! 😮🤣

[@gareth3507]

@@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! 👍

[@dcanmore]

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.

[@SirHilaryManfat]

@@Sheffield_Steve Friends does need a laughter track though, otherwise no one would know it's a comedy.

[@barryporteous4904]

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 KZbin, for instance. I suppose our friends from the U.S. are used to it ??

[@ianp1986]

You should definitely watch more of Jay’s stuff on his KZbin channel. Things like Map Men and Unfinished London

[@boskee]

Yup. Please do!

[@sebastianjensen7556]

I second this comment

[@ashleyivins7510]

Ce

[@SueFleming-it8kj]

Agree 👍

[@stevemcmosh4271]

Yup

[@veryvarley6706]

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.

[@c_n_b]

Naa, Inbetweeners first. More modern, and less of a culture shock. They can wean on to Fawlty Towers after 😁

[@ArtistGuardianAngel]

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

[@adeleritchie5188]

Fawlty Towers was of it’s time. Not funny then, not funny now.

[@ChrisShelley-v2g]

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.

[@chrissmith8773]

The BBC sounds app gives you access to all BBC radio, including catchup, and works internationally without a TV licence.

[@johnwynton7742]

Thanks, now installed. Looking forward to listening. There are so many services to choose from, including local radio and podcasts.

[@dktv-musicbykasperbruunkri8663]

everything British produced radio or tv is almost always only available if you are physically in Britain, even on some KZbin videos there are geographical restrictions. Only alternative is a VPN, for us non brits :)

[@tonytutone2003]

Here in Australia I tried to get the BBC iplayer app and it wouldn’t let me install it.

[@xixXxxXxix]

​@@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 😁)

[@Tass...]

@@tonytutone2003 Yeah you need to have a VPN.

[@orwellboy1958]

Red Dwarf is a perfect example of did not work in the U.S.

[@dandan1818]

that was a massive flop the usa version

[@russcattell955i]

Steptoe & Son

[@markmckeown87]

Inbetweeners, Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses and One Foot in the Grave are some great UK comedies, IMO

[@markmckeown87]

Oh and Peep Show!

[@NotYourKindOfPeople-z6m]

Keeping Up Appearances! and being from Scotland, Still Game, though they wouldn't understand a single word 😆

[@moonramshaw1982]

I'd love to see Mike and Jess react to the Inbetweeners. Do you reckon they could take it😂😂

[@-Tidgy]

Ehh Jess isn't too into rude stuff but maybe...

[@tommym5023]

Jess would be shocked to the port 😅

[@richardcook9794]

Celebrity juice

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

​@@-Tidgy they watched an idiot abroad, they'll be fine

[@Jaxxx365]

they would laugh from being uncomfortable

[@bblair2627]

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

[@greghill7759]

Jay Foreman does a video series on KZbin 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.

[@sharonlock6452]

One of the best channels on KZbin

[@ben1210]

Jay's brother (Beardyman) is also a solid gold legend. Talented family

[@fastbowler]

@@ben1210 I learned this TODAY

[@stretch977]

I would love to see Jess react to the British Tv show "Naked Attraction". Its definitely a different twist to a dating show

[@Tommy-he7dx]

She would be glowing Cherry Red

[@DougBrown-h1n]

Perhaps worth pointing out that both "The 3 Musketeers" and "The Man in the Iron Mask" are set in 17th century FRANCE!

[@alexajill85]

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.

[@msboomerizzle303]

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.

[@jules.8443]

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.

[@butnooneshome]

Northern family my arse …

[@mushypeas468]

Theme tune sung by oasis

[@Sheffield_Steve]

@@jules.8443 I believe you began to see them outdoors or at other homes in later Xmas specials tho.

[@jules.8443]

@@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.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

@jules.8443 True. They were in a car driving to Prestatyn. What was the line about Prestatyn now? I forget.

[@ChloeAndBetty]

"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.

[@thequietman760]

In Ireland we say "it's grand"

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Not much though.

[@gh8447]

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.

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

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

[@ChloeAndBetty]

Yes the British version of 'The Office' is a masterpiece, there are just 14 episodes, watch it in one sitting.

[@ianmayes8072]

Or better still change channels...

[@davebox588]

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.

[@christineharding4190]

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.

[@TriPBOOMER]

The British version of a cowboy show is called Emmerdale! 😂😂

[@anthonyfisher-7090]

Yeah, we got Cain Dingle

[@martintabony611]

Never the same once Amos went😀

[@elizabethgrimes1225]

Exactly what I was thinking at the time 😂

[@jockeyladjockeylad8492]

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.

[@vallejomach6721]

Wasn't all that bothered England didn't qualify in '94

[@jules.8443]

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.

[@nathan_hassen]

Inbetweeners and Fawlty towers are phenomenal as well as red dwarf

[@Terrahawk_]

Red Dwarf. 🙌

[@savagesnayle301]

Panel shows started on the radio and then transferred to TV, in general principal rather than specifically.

[@MrKittykat111]

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.

[@abofrey]

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 KZbin without an Ad blocker to me is unthinkable, I just would never do it.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

@@abofrey Trouble is KZbin are trying to clamp down on people using adblockers. Hopefully you're using one that's still able to bypass the algorithm.

[@michaeljeacock]

@@Sheffield_Steve they are doing this by changing the code in your browsers. Because KZbin 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.

[@helenroberts1107]

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.

[@hamiltonb.8468]

The issue with the TV Licence in the UK is not whether it's good value for money, it's the fact that it's compulsory if you watch live TV or watch live streaming on ANY platform/streaming service including KZbin.

[@fyrefli4109]

It's not even if you watch it. It is if you have the capability to watch it. Plus, Mike & Jess said how it was good value compared to cable in America. I feel that it wasn't emphasised enough that the T.V License is in addition to months cable packages etc. As far as I know, and please correct me if I am wrong, no cable channel is ad free. As @Inaflap said, I haven't had T.V licence for years. I rarely watch programmes as they are transmitted live. There's noting that is shown that interests me enough to "must watch while broadcast live" and people forget that it is T.V License isn't a law, it is an act. They rely on people being scared by the letter through your door, or the officer knocking, and the person giving their name, confirming they have T.V etc in order to accost the fee from them. #NoContactNoContract Many years ago, the first house I ever had, I didn't have a T.V Aerial. I had not longed moved in. I worked nights. It was on my "to do" list but as of that moment I hadn't got round to getting one installed. (I am going back to 2000, here.) An enforcement officer knocked on my door. It was blatantly clear the T.V wasn't even plugged in. (It was still in a moving crate in the middle of the living room.) Yet, two week later I get a letter telling me I needed a licence and when the enforcement officer had called, he had confirmed the T.V was on and being watched at time of visit. It's all a big scam, at the end of the day. (It is also no longer £145. For a coloured licence it is now £167.50 (or £57 for a Black & White licence, and I will admit, back in the day, I used to just buy a B&W one!) The hard of hearing must pay the full licence, and the visually impaired get it at half price. They also used to give you a free T.V licence when a householder turned 75 (the licence had to be in their name). Now they have added the caveat "must be 75 and receive Pension Credit" so they are slowly trying to take that away from the elderly, and that is a great shame as many elderly rely on the T.V as their de facto daily companion. (I did not mean for this comment to be so long. I apologise, and shall now pop my soap box away!)

[@Penddraig7]

That’s not technically true, it only applies to any live streaming that is watchable through over the air broadcasts. KZbin for example is not a tv channel and therefore any live stream on KZbin would not be accessible through an over the air broadcast tv channel. The reason you can’t watch ITV live streams via the ITV app for example is because that live broadcast is accessible primarily on the ITV channel which is over the air.

[@Magpie314]

@@Penddraig7 yeah, that's the problem with it. what if you only want to watch sky sports on a streaming platform like Now. You are required to have a TV license when you might not watch any other TV.

[@Penddraig7]

@@Magpie314 exactly, simple answer is you can’t if you don’t have a tv licence which is wrong, it’s just a government scam to get the public to fund a state propaganda channel in the guise of non bias, it’s just a Trojan horse. It’s 2025, it should stand on its own feet and if it can’t, then it should be shut down, especially considering a lot of the content on the BBC is not funded by the licence fee but by the BBC’s private commercial business aka BBC Studios

[@jollybodger]

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 KZbin channel which is based around comedy education like; Politics Unboringed, Unfinished London or his most popular series Map Men.

[@richardscratcher6075]

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.

[@faithwithoutprejudice2380]

Yes, that is Martin Freeman from The Office, Sherlock, LOTR, Marvel Universe etc 😊

[@crocsmart5115]

I like Detectorists, written by,starring and produced by McKenzie Crook (Gareth from the Office),it’s a gentle comedy where nothing happens.

[@sibbo-v6n]

Really so the ghost scenedidn't happen northe building firm destroying theroman flooring? it's a lovely gentle as you say 2 series.

[@crocsmart5115]

@ 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.

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

Fawlty Towers id pure genius. 14 episodes in total.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Yes, one of the best sitcoms of all time.

[@stuartmcivor2276]

12 episodes, two series of 6.

[@1marconisa]

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.

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

@1marconisa facts 😄

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

@@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

[@MoodyMarco-vj3oe]

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

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

If I said that, in England, I'd get arrested by the hurty words police. 😂.

[@perpetualidiocy6622]

@@no-oneinparticular7264 depends where you live, certainly used just same as Scotland where i live (in England)

[@WookieWarriorz]

same in northern ireland, called my boss an alright cunt in front of his boss at the christmas party the other week lol.

[@Jamie_D]

lol daft c is also used down here in England

[@tonytutone2003]

This is the same in Australia also

[@mmuzzwell3654]

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.

[@Jeni10]

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!

[@Yewchoobarkontz]

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.

[@NotYourKindOfPeople-z6m]

You forgot to mention the name of that US remake...The Magnificent 7.

[@dcanmore]

also A Fistful of Dollars is a remake of Jojimbo, another Kurosawa classic.

[@Jeni10]

@ YES! 🥰 Yojimbo!

[@Jeni10]

@@NotYourKindOfPeople-z6m HA! A Freudian slip! 😃

[@annicecooper8105]

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.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

That's much less common in the 2020s. If s1 has disappointing ratings, there's not likely to be a s2.

[@annicecooper8105]

@@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

[@CPTM1]

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

[@charlesfrancis6894]

Faulty Towers is well worth a watch . One of my favourites is the more obscure The "Thin Blue Line" with Rowan Atkinson .

[@martinbynion1589]

Fawlty, not "Faulty"

[@graciethomson9088]

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.

[@thesedreamsarefree]

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.

[@jefforymitchell5697]

I'm surprised they didn't mention Whose Line is it Anyway when they were talking about panel shows.

[@bucklberryreturns]

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.

[@dylandrew6071]

Could you imagine the American version where a contestant steals the taskmasters trousers. Yeah nope.

[@Ian-Robson]

I read somewhere that the Superbowl had more minutes of adverts than actual play.

[@beewize5715]

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 😀

[@Magpie314]

Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad spin off) was good.

[@BertSmithLondon]

I loved all of those shows, but Dexter, 24, and Sons Of Anarchy were all great too.

[@alexfletcher5192]

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.

[@krispaton8670]

Always loved the Goodies. Watched it all through my teenage-hood in Australia.

[@bilbobaggins706]

For me, the greatest contribution that the British public make to the world (via their licence fee) is BBC World Service radio. It's mainly in English but there are also frequencies where people can hear programming in a multitude of other languages. The main beneficiaries are people who live in countries where the radio stations are censored and/or basically crap, and people who want to improve their English. The range of programmes is huge. My absolute favourite show is about the perfect country, where listeners around the world send in information about one aspect of their country that they believe is way better than any other. It can be their health service, their police, their education system, their transport system, their human rights record, their legal system.....just about anything. There's a panel of fact-checkers and judges who consider each claim. The idea is that we take each "winner" and put together a virtual perfect country. The last stats I saw showed that the Beeb World Service reaches 200 million homes (not individuals). People have sometimes criticised the service for trying to promote appalling ideas like...er....democracy and the rule of law. Oh sorry...our bad!!!

[@Sheffield_Steve]

@@bilbobaggins706 I miss them saying "This Is London" and playing Lillibulero at the top of the hour before the Greenwich Time Signal! 👍💯

[@bilbobaggins706]

@@Sheffield_Steve Yes! I still miss Lillibulero. I spent my childhood moving from place to place (South America, Africa, the Far East) & have been listening to the World Service since the mid sixties. Even though I've long been settled back in the UK, I always listen to it.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

@bilbobaggins706 Another great Short Wave radio call sign music was from Radio France International. It was the coolest, chilled out call sign with a little blast of La Marseillaise at the end. 👍🌟

[@bilbobaggins706]

@@Sheffield_Steve 😄😄😄

[@CPTM1]

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

[@cheryltotheg2880]

The Royle Family is a masterpiece

[@roberttelford745]

Absolutely.

[@marktallentire3464]

Oh it’s one of the best of all time easily But It will NOT translate to Americans unfortunately

[@sampeeps3371]

Royle family my arse

[@happyhedgehog6450]

Queen of Sheba is fantastic.

[@cheryltotheg2880]

@@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

[@davidrodger9667]

The BBC still has ads for its own programming. The really good thing is there are no ad breaks, compared to sky tv which is closer to American cable there is ads between programmes and regularly through the actual show

[@DrTinyToff]

1. The C word is used in a variety of tones and contexts to be either offensive or a term of endearment. Like anything, it's how you wield it. 🤺 2. You have to watch Inbetweeners! ❤ 3. You have to watch Fawlty Towers! ❤ 4. You should definitely watch The Office ❤

[@geoffburns3540]

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.

[@keefsmiff]

You viewing figures would go through the roof with "The Inbetweeners " it's a gift that keeps on giving to reactors as its a british favorite that can be watched over and over and it's funny every time, but prepare yourselves.. Jesse....😳😳

[@AlBarzUK]

They’ll freak out.

[@KarlGillcrist]

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

[@subtle704]

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.

[@sidtedtilley]

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!!

[@ianm42yt]

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."

[@allanmanaged5285]

The BBC does advertise their own programs and their program schedule magazine (called the Radio Times) but apart from that there are no ads for anything else between programs.

[@jules.8443]

TV License is now £169.50 per year. Don't forget this clip was posted 5 years ago.

[@philtreman9944]

still cheaper than a coffee from Costa etc PER WEEK . Are you a Daily Fail reporter ???

[@johnwynton7742]

$209 per annum - not bad!

[@Sheffield_Steve]

About to rise to £174.50 per year in April don't forget.

[@Yewchoobarkontz]

And it pays the salaries of predators.

[@jules.8443]

@@Sheffield_Steve I'm on a payment plan, so I pay around £8 a fortnight.

[@ordeo]

Mike Leigh's short films - Abbigail's Party and Nut's in May were comedic satire genius. (see, Play for Today) No laughter track needed. Just clever writing and a great understanding of the comedy acting with perfectly chosen actors and actresses. The Office and The Royal Family took note of his work.

[@Andrew-p8w]

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.

[@annicecooper8105]

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.

[@Andrew-p8w]

@annicecooper8105 it's our dry sense of humour and I suppose when you've lived it you see the similarities.

[@richardedgar9670]

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.

[@johnd6487]

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

[@rogerwestwood9065]

I think you might be able to get the BBC if you have a VPN and say your living in the UK

[@lesley585]

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.

[@StephanieMaireFaith]

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 😅

[@stuartcollins82]

the tv license is a license to watch it, privately, in your home, not to broadcast it on the internet.

[@lordcharfield]

Whoever said they got a 20 minute ad doesn’t know how to “skip” an ad! I’m a prolific KZbin user and have never seen more than a minute unstoppable and that’s if you’re using your tv set!

[@claregale9011]

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 😊.

[@Sradders]

Mostly for pharmaceuticals too.. it was shocking to me too 😮

[@Hackaway]

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.

[@-R.Gray-]

Martin Freeman, besides playing Dr.Watson to Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes, is one of the main characters on the original Office. After The Office, Ricky Gervais had a series called Extras, where he played an actor who survived by taking work as an extra. Every episode had a different guest star, and the blooper reel was extensive. See Jay Forman's videos on how to pronounce British town names, and British counties.

[@davecleggett9371]

Only Fools and Horses, 'Allo 'Allo, Fawlty Towers and so on and on. The list is endless.

[@Dave-r4u]

We've got plenty of cowboys in the U K........they work in the building Industry, mainly the House Building sector😂

[@Ebutuoymaii]

The only cowboys in the UK are the builders

[@peterattfield]

And the BBC they are now cowboys now!

[@ezzy525]

Don't get done. Get Dom!

[@wessexdruid7598]

Translated to American, builders = construction workers.

[@dylandrew6071]

Oh come on Bodger and Badger 😊

[@Wezt334]

20:27 both those books/movies are based in France not England, they in fact are warring with England at the time. Sadly to sell it to western audiences most of the characters had English/American accents

[@richardprescott6322]

UK office is brilliant, very dark and British comedy

[@Smudgie33]

The original UK Office is “The Office”. The American Office is “The Office US”.

[@MickStaplehurst]

Public service broadcasting in the UK is limited to 12mins in any hour and tends to average at about 7mins per hour in general.

[@Paul-vt2ch]

A UK version of Baywatch would never work. A slow-mo run across a pebbled beach wouldn’t have the same effect.

[@phillipridgway8317]

Not to mention the lack of good weather for long periods, making bikinis impractical!!!! 😆

[@dylandrew6071]

Be honest, how much of Baywatch can you remember outside of Pams jiggle physics and the Hof?

[@paulizard4292]

In the good old days, football (soccer) was rarely shown live. When the BBC and ITV did and covered the same game, we'd normally sway towards the Beeb because there were no adverts.

[@Terrahawk_]

Fawlty Towers is one of the best comedies ever, they needlessly went back and censored some parts so you’d have to check you’re getting the originals. The Inbetweeners is elite tier comedy.

[@beadowarrior]

The 3 Musketeers and Man in the Iron Mask are both set in France.

[@nigelpluck3342]

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

[@anitahargreaves9526]

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.

[@richardgiles5608]

"Are there no cowboys in the UK?" 😂😂😂

[@corvacks8924]

Not in the way they were thinking

[@jennifergibbard8782]

A tv licence will give you access to BBC channels and maybe 30 others on what’s called FreeView. Most households also have Netflix, Prime or Disney+ (£5-15 per month), and/or Sky (satellite tv) or Virgin media (cable tv) which is £50-150 a month roughly. There are others available but these are the big ones. They all have adverts, just not the BBC channels. I personally don’t watch much BBC stuff on TV but I’d rather pay the licence fee than have the BBC bailiffs knocking on my door. And yes, they are real. They argue that because you own a tv, you have access to the BBC and must pay a licence fee. To me, it’s a price I pay to stop them harassing me.

[@jules.8443]

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.

[@jules.8443]

There was an American film of Doctor Who and it was RUBBISH!

[@jules.8443]

It's David Tenant in the clip with Matt.

[@Lubikit]

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.

[@tonyhewitt5888]

Just a quick note, the 3 Musketeers is set in France.

[@davidmckie7128]

There was a time in th UK on commercial TV that the ad breaks were a) in a half hour show 3mins at the beginning and end and 3mins half way through. b) in an hour long programme they were 3mins at the beginning and end and 3mins every 20mins. Then since streaming services arrived they would sneak an ad break in 5mins from the end of the programme which would ruin the tension or emotion of a drama. Mind you when I was watching a film on a friends Sky service it got to a point when the ads kicked in for 6/8mins and when they finished the end credits were rolling!!!! It was a film with a not very obvioue ending and so I hadn't realised that it had ended.

[@rogerwestwood9065]

Normally UK commercial TV stations have around 3 or 4 minutes if ads per 30 minutes.

[@Roberto_79]

One of the best examples of the US trying to reproduce a British comedy was there a remake of the classic "Red Dwarf"… I'm currently watching some young girls called "Gallifrey girls" reacting to the U.K.'s "Red Dwarf" and absolutely loving it. Unfortunate thing for me is that my favourite programs are Not available on KZbin for reactions to "(as far as I'm aware)… They are the medical comedy "Green Wing" on Channel 4 and the U.K.'s equivalent Of friends, also from the 90s called "coupling". You may find a clip or two floating around KZbin and I would suggest taking a look just for an idea of what we are up to over here❤❤

[@stuartbeck8111]

3 musketeers/man in the iron mask is a French story

[@CinobiteReacts]

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

[@ashleyivins7510]

There’s loads butt👍🏻❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@danmayberry1185]

Show pitch: Morris dancers go to work on a Texas ranch ...

[@iam433]

Billy Connolly on Big Brother - “people sitting in the house watching people sitting in the house”

[@guksack]

6:08 - I remember when Whose Line is it Anyway made its way to the US and Drew Carey had to keep mentioning that the points didn't matter, haha! I honestly don't think I've ever registered a moment where someone wins on a panel show - my brain just automatically ignores that part.

[@darkblondewatch8652]

only fools and horses. my favorite brinish comedy.

[@f3aok]

The majorities going by every opinion poll over the years.

[@Mikefizzled]

Graham Norton blows the two Jimmy talk-shows out of the water. Worth checking out some more highlights.

[@Jaxxx365]

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

[@kevinkennedy6774]

Matt Smith was the doctor following David Tennant and was companioned by the wonderful Karen Gillan ( mcu's Nebula )