From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.arts.drwho,alt.tv.prisoner
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK, Now: British TV in North America
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 06:37:07 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Sorry to do this, but if someone could cross-post this article to
alt.fan.monty-python,alt.tv.red-dwarf and alt.fan.dougls-adams and let these
lads and lassies have their say along with us, I would appreciate this, and
their contibution to this sub-thread!


neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite) writes:

- In article <ko1FPB3w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
- >
- >Wtih this thread about "Americanization" of the Britannia, I must rebuff thi
- >
- >It seems to me that it is equal.  British shows like "Doctor Who", "The
- >Avengers", "Blake's 7", "Monty Python", "Fawlty Towers", "Butterflies", and
- >other shows, "The Secret Agent", and "The Prisoner" included, I say that
- >the USA is being "Britonized". In fact, in rec.arts.drwho, the Doctor Who
- >newsgroup, there are more American entries than British.  Anyone awake.
- >Now if Britain could only do a series on Kingdoms and REpublics.
- >
-
- There will be more US posts on 'cult' UK originated UK TV because you will
- get it shown more often (or at all).
-
- BBC Enterprises (the commercial arm of the Beeb) is making vast mountains of
- money selling video's of stuff like Dr Who, Blakes 7 .... The reason a
- lot of people are buying them is because these shows haven't been broadcast
- on TV for AGES and they want to watch them.
-
- Blakes 7 hasn't been shown in the UK since about 1982/3.
-
- Dr Who (apart from a one off series of about 7 stories featuring each Doctor
- which died about half way through and doesn't seem to be coming back) hasn't
- been shown for years either. Not since the last Silvester McCoy one :
- The last Dr Who made - so far.
-
- Similarly due to problems with rights over Star Trek: TNG series 4,5,6
- won't be shown for a year or to (BBC v Sky TV) and the video's of series
- 4,5 .... are constantly in the top ten Sell-Through Video Charts.
-
- Neil
-
  Just in reacting Neil, I know we get re-runs of good British comedy and
drama.  Read Dwarf for starters has been show twice in my area and I did catch
a bit of a rerun on BBC2 in early June, namely "Camille".  One cannot blame the
BBC for their sales tactic considering how they can exploit fan effections for
their favourate shows.

Also, to you and the chap who posted on this,  most N.A Doctor Who Fan CLub are
more or less  Britsh telefantasy Clubbes with emphasis on DW + shows like
Blake's, Red Dwarf, Python, Red-Dwarf, Hitchhiker's Guide.., Secret Agent/ The
Prisoner, et al.

But my point is that thanks to TV, we are beginning to influence North
American culture.

- About kingdoms and republics. Hmm. I suppose the closest to this was the
-      recent BBC one on the CIA. A *REAL* eye opener. I hope there is a
-      follow up series on the FBI, MI5 or something.
-
-      Could have been a WGBH-Boston co-pro so you may get it.

  All I can sing is this:

  God save Our Gracious God,  long Live our Sovereign Queen, Good save the
Queen.

      Cheerio Mates,

Dave Shariff Yadallee
yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca
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