Can anyone else not stand british tv shows? Or is just me?

>He didn't watch War & Peace last night

lmao

Top Gear is pretty good.

I'm from Canada and love british tv.

Downton Abbey was the bomb, yo. Too bad it's over.

Nothing will make sense to your American ears

I'm British and all British television is utter dogshit.

>>64477644
Why does every BBC show need a BM/WF relationship?

>>64477669
>He didn't watch white culture getting cucked by BBC sticking in obligatory spooks and Arabs

>>64477772
Because niggers are the only ones stupid enough to get in a relationship with a British girl nowadays

I used to like some Mitchell and Webb stuff, especially sketches like Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

>>64477772
War and Peace won't have that.

But then again, it is not British.

But then again, it might just 'cause it's an ADAPTATION.

But then again, I don't really care.

except for earlier comedies, everything from the UK is complete and utter garbage

>>64478207
Doesn't the BBC have a rule now that it won't fund anything that doesn't have a 'positive role' for someone non-white? Fucking lol.

>>64478333
To hell with your art and the story you want to tell, it's all about quotas

>>64477824
>complaining about arabs
>in an adaptation of war and peace.

>a novel set during the Crimean War, which was effectively a response to ottoman navy getting rekt by Russia...

The BBC have been driven into the ground by what I can only describe as a bunch of cunts.
One of the only good things in recent times was W1A which is a mockumentary about how shit the BBC is.
https://youtu.be/YCQJEAcYSCw

>>64477683
It's on amazon now.

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Kiss my sweaty balls, you fat fuck!

But seriously, approximately 60% of American television is remakes of British and Dutch (Endemol) TV shows, dumbed down a little bit and fronted by some generic blonde bimbo.

>>64478715
>60% of American television is remakes of British and Dutch (Endemol) TV shows
Some of them are. And they are all way better.

>>64477669
I've been meaning to watch it. Is it any good?

>>64478862
>this is what Clapistanis actually believe

>watch an american show
>obvious fade-cuts back to the same scene where they would go to an advert every five minutes
>does it four times in a 20-minute episode

How are you all so docile that this is even a thing?

>>64479107
Because they're used to much worse during games of armoured wankball

>>64478988
yes

A small amount of British TV is excellent, while the majority is pish. This holds true everywhere. My favourite British TV is The Thick of It, Nathan Barley, The Office and I'm Alan Partridge. Comedies, then.

>>64478988
a bit cringe in the first scenes but it picks up.

>>64478523

>war and peace is set during the crimean war

Have you got fucking brain damage? even disregarding the fact that Ottomans weren't Arabs, War and Peace was set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia

But it has Doctor Who and Sherlock.

I like toast of London

>>64481312
They're the same at this point. Moffat can't fuck off soon enough.

>>64480731
the average standard is actually markedly higher than most other countries in the world, even though most of it is indeed pish, it's markedly better than the standard fare on the continent for example.

>Italian TV

Offensively bad.

>>64477873
[REMAIN INDOORS]

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British detective shows are awesome, especially compared to the garbage we get in the US.

>>64477770
this desu. can't stand them.

>>64481365
I love Doctor Who.
Moffat, not so much, but at least, he's better than RTD, and yet, the show has lost so many viewers after RTD and Tennant left.

>>64481365
And they've absolutely gone to shit. /who/ will circlejerk about how great Moffat is, but every single person I know in real life thought it got worse years ago. I'll admit I haven't watched enough Sherlock to judge it and it might be a little better, but that New Year's episode was fucking awful.

Fuck, even LUTHER was disappointing. Everything's gone to shit.

>>64481623
Meant for >>64481312

>Dr. Who fan

Opinion disregarded in real life. Not even joking.

>>64481602
Stop using so many commas you tasteless pleb.

>>64477770
Word.

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>>64481581
>>64477770
pleb scum

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>Not appreciating based toast

>>64481736
Back to Reddit you go

>>64481736
This is great, but I suspect they're talking more about dramas.

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>>64477644

I’ve watched a lot of British tv shows over the years and they’ve usually been quite good.

My only complaints are the annoying habit of low-talking British actors facing away from the camera when mumble-mouthing their lines, frequently resulting in the dialog being almost unintelligible and the odd practice of British sound engineers cranking up irrelevant background noises, (footsteps, doors closing, cars driving by, typewriters, etc.) which drowns out the already unintelligible mumble-mouth Britspeak dialog.

Downton Abbey is one of the few British tv shows that didn’t do this.

>>64481623
Sherlock is terrible, and it's confusing just how many people have declared it "the greatest mystery series evar!"

Jeremy Brett was a hundred times better as Holmes than Benedict Cumberfuck.

>>64481769
Brit here, I second this.

>>64481752
>I have a funny voice hahah

It's funny in his other shows, but toast is just 1 dimensional.

>>64478988

Kinda disappointing imo. But I had very high hopes of Rome tier tv. Still looking forward to the rest of it.

>>64481602
i blame end of time
that episode made it feel like the show was ending and didn't really support the next era much

>>64481202
>the fact that Ottomans weren't Arabs

Turks, Arabs, who the fuck cares you're all sandniggers

Brit here and most British TV is shit. Just awful. Top Gear and Downton are the exceptions, and there are some comfy documentaries, but the world knows us for our worst stuff like Dr Who and Sherlock, and rubbish panel shows like QI.

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>>64481814

>>64481822
>that episode made it feel like the show was ending
It should have ended there.

>>64477683
It's good if you're a chavvy retard.

>>64481857
Hello reddit! ;^)

>>64481846
>top gear and Downton are the exceptions

confirmed for gutter-pleb.

>>64481919
no senpai

>>64478333
No, stop reading /pol/, you effing cretin.

i can't stand british comedy especially.

music's good though.

>>64481933
Sup reddit ;) ;) ;)

LITTLE

>>64481999
Bazooper.

>>64481857
Not him but it's true

Toast is really dumbed down Matt Berry humour

Check out Darkplace or his spoof documentary shorts on iPlayer for some actual comedy

Name a recent:

>Good original US comedy
>Good US panel show
>Good US talk show
>Good non-HBO historical piece
>Good US detective show

oh wait
you fucking can't

>>64477644
I cant stand british anything, it sounds so fucking retarded

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British television sucks now, but it used to be awesome. Hell, in the 80's there were more good Brit shows than American ones.

Pic related, my favorite British series ever.

>>64482044
You're clearly a deranged fucking faggot and should be swiftly hung from the nearest bus shelter.

>>64482054
Nathan For You and both seasons of True Detective.
>non HBO
Why lol.

>>64482054
Name a recent:

>Good original UK comedy
>Good UK panel show
>Good UK talk show
>Good non-BBC historical piece
>Good UK detective show

oh wait
you fucking can't

>>64482080
Shit, I need to get back to watching this.

>>64482137
Toast's alright
8 Out Of 10 Cats is still GOAT
Graham Norton shits on American hosts
Fucking nerd
Luther's gone to shit

>>64482137
>Good original UK comedy
Toast of London

>Good UK panel show
QI

>Good UK talk show
The Jonathan Ross Show

>Good non-BBC historical piece
Elizabeth I

>Good UK detective show
Broadchurch

BTFO. Go stick your head in the fucking oven.

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>>64481803

I could get past the Britspeak, as it is another country so it’s expected that accents will be different but why the hell are background noises so damn LOUD?

I remember watching the Inspector Morse series and frequently he and Lewis would have to walk thru the college and I could barely hear the dialog over the preposterously loud CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH of their Godzilla-like footsteps on the gravel path.

The prequel series, Endeavour (of which I’m probably the only one here who watches…) isn’t too bad about it but still includes needless loud background noises.

>>64482261
I would have said pretty much these (except with Graham Norton over Jonathan Ross) but I guess they all don't count as "recent".

The Americans get 30 Rock, we get Josh
They get Mad Men, we get Call The Midwife
Elementary shits over Sherlock
True Detective is leagues ahead of Dr Who.

>>64481846
What about Gogglebox and Get Me Outta Here?

>>64482310
Norton's gone to shit, he's to much of a snivelling weasel now for my liking. JR has improved recently a lot. The show with De Vito and Sheridan Smith was terrific.

>>64482418
>Gogglebox
Jesus Christ no. The only half-decent thing about that shit is the posh guy who swears a lot.

BBC has a monopoly, and it shows. They seem to be getting better, but their shows still feel B. Sherlock feels B. Luther feels B. Peaky Blinders feels B. They should invest a bit more in aesthetics and mis en scene.

They also need to fuck off with calling 3 episodes a fucking season.

>>64478333
You're thinking of the BFI - British Film Industry
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/bfi-obligates-supports-lottery-funding-recipients-reflect-diversity-uk

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is this the worst show ever aired on bbc?

>>64482481

They can't. HBO paid £20 million for the first episode of Boardwalk Empire. They built a historically accurate boardwalk. The first episode of lost was $11.5 million.

The BBC just doesn't have that kind of money to compete.

>>64482481
Since when do BBC have a monopoly?

>>64482522

Is it better or worse than the Brittas Empire?

>>64482481
Luther looks better than most american shows

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>>64482522

No.

I watch this one to torture myself.

I thought Miranda was bad but at least it had something. This ... this is just the worst thing.

>>64482599

Unfortunately the people of Britain fund the BBC with their tax dollars. And a lot of that movie gets unaccountably swallowed, if you know what I mean.

>>64482622

It still does on most TV. People have choice but aren't straying from the BBC.

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>>64482651
Can confirm, it's the worse thing out of all things.

Luther (prior to xmas 2 parter)
Utopia
Black Mirror
Misfits
Peep Show

All GOAT

Even stuff like Humans which was just alright was still entertaining enough to go through the whole season. Stop halfway through amerishit

>>64482481

Channel 4 have most of the good British stuff that isn't Dramas
Obviously Luther and a couple more exceptions

>>64482651
Citizen Khan is awful but it makes me laugh anyway. I can't explain it. Is this how it starts? Is this how we fall to the mighty Allah?

>>64482777
Black Mirror is shit, Misfits isn't great, Utopia is fantastic though. Peep Show became a bit reddit after a while.

>>64482481
>BBC has a monopoly
On what exactly?

>They also need to fuck off with calling 3 episodes a fucking season.
They don't. It's called a series, we aren't fucking Ameritards.

>6 episodes per series for a comedy show
>12 episodes max for drama shows

Why do we get it so right?

>>64482696
Are you an Americunt? No Brit could be this clueless.

>>64482671
I'm not sure. Please explain.

>>64482833
But series is what people use to refer to the show as a whole, too. If someone asks "What is your favourite TV series?", you don't give them a fucking number. Season is just more convenient.

>>64482835
Because it's about quality over quantity.

>>64479011
>implying Ricky "Noted Atheist" Gervais' Office stands up to the American one

>>64482826

S1 of Mirror + Xmas Special was good enough to make up for White Bear and Waldo

>>64482696
They may or may not get a greater share of the viewers than any other channel, but they don't have a "monopoly". ITV certainly isn't struggling for viewership.

>>64482898
Not here in the UK, Americunt.

>>64482823
Just like with the Kumars, it's not really a show about religion, it's a show about how stupid all families are.
That's why it crosses audience barriers, because we all see our own family dynamics in there somewhere.

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>>64482868

A good third of British TV watching is BBC

http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2011/07/the-bbc-has-a-monopoly-and-its-abusing-it-says-timmontgomerie.html

>>64482924
>implying the American one wasn't written by Gervais as well

Peep Show and Inbetweeners are good.

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>>64482984
Wow 2011. Good source.

>>64482959
I'm from Bristol you fucking cretin. People use the word series to refer to a television show as a whole, that is a fact. It's true across the entire country. It's also fucking awkward and unhelpful if we have to use the same word for each iteration of a show just because people are afraid of minor Americanisms.

>>64482984

>Just over a quater
>the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.

>>64483015

If you want to refute it, present your own evidence faggit.

>>64482936
The National Anthem was literally just one stupid concept drawn out over a whole episode and Fifteen Million Merits was and abysmally bad conjunction of a boring script and bad acting. The only ok episode was The Entire History of You which was at least interesting.

Well, that was my take anyway.

>>64482984
But that isn't a fucking monopoly you stupid fucking cunt.

>>64483044

In the UK a firm is said to have monopoly power if it has more than 25% of the market share.

Americans measure the success of their shows on quantity rather than quality.
If shows only had a dozen episodes in total, like The Office or Fawlty Towers, that would be an abject failure in the eyes of America.

>>64482959
Sorry to be a dick lad, but that's not always true.

Classic Doctor Who was always in "seasons", for example. For the 2005 revival, they started over at "series" 1, which is helpful to differentiate between the two (season 1 is with William Hartnell, series 1 is with Christopher Eccleston).

>>64483072

But it is, you dullard.

Anyone seen Detectorists? With the Dwight character from the British Office?

I thought it was maximum comfy and pretty good. Some clever banter and the theme song is really good.

>>64482984
>i don't know what a monopoly is

Please tell me you're 16, or a Lardican.

>>64483033
They're series, you quasi-Welsh faggot.

>>64482984
Looks more like an oligopoly tbqh.

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>>64483064
I work with Birtish media and I can confirm that BBC is clueless.

Because of Netflix and Youtube the BBC is starting to panic. Sure they got iplayer but that wont cut it.

I know for a fact that BBC3 going straight online is a test bed for BBC trying to compete with the modern social media, streaming crowd.

>>64483252
>I work with Birtish media
Confirmed bullshit.

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>>64483064
Oh and here's the evidence

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3102787/Has-Netflix-burst-iPlayer-s-bubble-Viewing-figures-fall-month-row-subscription-streaming-service-booms.html


Also read up on this, cunt:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly

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I like some Brit shows. You guys make some alright shows.

>>64483164

>I don't know the difference between a pure monopoly and a legal monopoly.

Hurr durr.

>>64483286
Ever since the cuck meme I can't unsee it.
Rot in hell /tv/

>>64483348
So you're a fucking Lardican then?

>>64483348
So what you're saying is, it's not ACTUALLY a monopoly.

>>64483286
Can't unsee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6MbSclrzQw

>>64483311

How is that evidence? It's about Iplayer. Only a tiny percentage of all TV watched is on demand.

British media is awful. Their music sucks, their dramas are overdone pieces of shit, their TV shows are low budget skits, and their humor has to be the fucking worst on the planet. Just dry unfunny commentary or desperate attempts at being witty.

>>64483391
>>64483389

It's like arguing with morons:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_monopoly

>>64483311
iPlayer is a catch-up on-demand service, it doesn't provide original content, you cocksmoker.

>>64483488
Indeed however more people aren't watching t.v. It's all smart phones, tablet and laptops now. BBC isn't getting scared with the slump and are trying radical new things.

I know that the new BBC 3 is going for a Vice like vibe.

Expect fail...

>>64478523
>War and Peace
>Crimea
Jesus Christ, my man.

>>64483593
>arabs
>crimea

>>64483578
>BBC 3 is going for a Vice like vibe.
No it isn't.

>>64483566
See >>64482481
I don't see the word legal anywhere f.amilia.

>>64483642
You'll see. Commissoners exact words.

>>64483734
No. It isn't.

Misfits
Peep Show
This is England
any recs based on these? im american btw

>>64483797
They are even hiring ex-gusy from vice. I can't say anymore because of an NDA.

>I was at the Broadcast awards earlier this week, and sitting alongside winners the BBC's Murdered By My Boyfriend and ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Discovery and UKTV were Vice. Vice picked up two awards including best popular factual programme for their ISIS film. Watch it. It's brilliant. Ten years ago they were a Canadian magazine. Today they’re winning “TV” awards in the UK. More than anything that demonstrates how different the media industry is from when BBC Three launched 12 years ago. We have a new guy working with us at the moment, Max Gogarty, who has joined us from Vice, and we want to continue collaborating with up and coming talent across the digital landscape. I think it is important we take what we already do brilliantly, learn from what others are doing and blend them together on new BBC Three.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/c9a425fb-df7b-454e-b83b-34a139acc4e2

>>64483068
Agreed that 15000 merits is terrible. National Anthem and Entire History of You are fantastic. Be Right Back is the only good episode from season two tho.

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>>64477644
>mfw i just watched the bridge and i realized how much better written, acted and filmed it is than any british drama

how did we become so shit

>>64483883
>I can't say anymore
Because you've posted enough shit already and people have seen straight through it.

>>64477644
im from Britain, and admittedly most of the tv is shit is you aren't a fucking chav pleb or 80 years old

>>64484006
Is this the one where she's autistic?

>>64484006
>he fell for the scandi-noir mene

wew lad.

>>64484149

I'm pretty sure one character is Autistic in all three versions.

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Prime Suspect is GOAT police procedural.

I will agree that Dr Who is utter shit.

>>64484360
I really want it to be good but every episode I find myself thinking, "They wouldn't do _____. It's just too stupid. That's the kind of shit Tumblr wants, I must have accidentally scrolled past a paranoid /who/ thread. Doctor Who and the writers aren't like that."

Then every time I get proven wrong.

>>64484576
dickhead

>>64477644
I'm a britfag but youre right british tv fucking sucks. the comedies are alright but anything drama is fucking horrendous

>>64484640
Hey /who/ddit!

>>64482884

The money is getting dripped

>>64477770
Thanks Dave. Don't you and George have a healthcare system to dismantle?

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>>64485237

>>64477644

I wouldn't say it's the T.V. shows I can't stand as much as it it the Brits themselves.

They're like U.S. liberals on leftist steroids with stupid accents and bad teeth.

BRITBONGISTAN TV POWER RANKINGS

1: A Touch Of Frost
2: Keeping Up Appearances
3: Morse
4: Cracker
5: I Don't Believe It!

>>64482264
This is possibly the weirdest complaint about British telly I've ever heard

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>>64486046
>5: I Don't Believe It!

>>64482264
Literal autism.

It used to be good until the fucking cucks at the BBC hijacked it and decided we wanted to see political propaganda instead of decent programming

>>64485732
There's nothing wrong with being left wing anon. It's okay to be jealous of our accent just because your girls happen to like it. Our teeth are no worse than yours nowadays too, as studies show.

>>64486360
mfw i found out brit slags like american accents too

>>64482264
Britbongs have not had proper training so it's no surprise they are technically poor tbf.

Funny how people complain about Britain even though Hollywood is full of Brits that most people don't even realise are British

>>64486440
Slags gonna slag m8. We both know there can only be one winner in the battle for sexier accent

>>64486656
Southern Belle American accent trumps everything in the UK.

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Their accents make them sound either gay, retarded, or both.

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>>64477644
>Can anyone else not stand british tv shows? Or is just me?

I don't speak Indian or Paki, so I don't watch them either.

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>>64486892

british tv is the best if you actually enjoy quality rather than quantity.
if you like toilet humour then you wont like british stuff.

theres nothing comfier than watching a period drama or a dark setting british murder mystery.

i recommend everyone watch the new programme, its only a few episodes 'And Then There Were None'. really good.
i also recommend Sharpe


>>64487042
thunderous applaud for this hilariously original joke

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quality british "telly programs"

The Shadow Line
Happy Valley
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Utopia
Limmy's Show
Line of Duty
The Thick of It
The Office
Brass Eye / The Day Today
Dead Set
Black Mirror
those sporadic BBC nature/science/space/history/art shows
Monkey Dust
Nathan Barley
Luther
Southcliffe


not bad for a tiny little island

>>64487220
muh nigga
And Then There Were None was so comfy.

>>64487291
British comedy is so, so, so much better than anything else

>>64487447
i love shit like that, also Great Expectations.

>>64487291
also the inbetweeners.
inbetweeners is mad underrated

>>64487291
>Monkey Dust
My nigga.

I can't listen to British accents, or their child like words, for longer than about 10 minutes, so no, you're not alone OP.

>>64488286
You better be fucking memeing on us with that use of grammar mate

>>64488548
What the, big problem, with his use, of grammar?

>>64477644
Can someone explain the sherlock ending? So britain is totally ok with 'needing to lose a war' against a rabid murderous neo statanic sjw cult? Like was that the moral? That those women were all ok? That watson is satan because he didnt mention his uppity useless maid? Britain is so fucked...

ITT: disgusting, fat Amerilards.

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>Guinevere
>white

>>64490704
How much were you triggered?

>>64487220
>i recommend everyone watch the new programme, its only a few episodes 'And Then There Were None'. really good.

Thank you, this just made my night. Also,

>theres nothing comfier than watching a period drama or a dark setting british murder mystery.

Any specific recommendations? If there are any modern examples it would be much appreciated.

>>64491353
Try State of Play.

>>64482599


the BBCs budget is 5 billion

>>64491502
>he BBCs budget is 5 billion
Yes, which is spread out across TV, Radio and it's online content.

No way the BBC could justify paying that sort of money for niche programming.

>>64491445
Does it differ substantially from the hollywood adaptation with Russel Crowe? I really liked that movie.

>>64481928

>i hate fun

>>64491735
>top gear
>fun

I suppose if you're a autistic manchild that likes the same tedious joke repeated ad infinitum its "fun".

>>64491670
It's much better than Hollywood's remake.

>>64491670
It's a shitty, low-rent version of the movie picture.

>>64491910
Thanks. I'll give it a wide berth.

>>64491910
Probably a bit 2deep4u

IT crowd
League of Gentlemen
Peep show
Phoneshop

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Is noone going to mention the utter pile of shit Humans was?