Perhaps only in academia and at high table at Oxford/Cambridge universities.
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Perhaps only in academia and at high table at Oxford/Cambridge universities.
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No Katy, huh? Damn! But if she'd had enough wine, I bet I'd sound really British! :1orglaugh
I had to look up this Natasha Kaplinsky. Hmm, not really my cup of tea. :dunno: Talk to Katy again for me. See if you can put in a good word and help me out.
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Eh? Kaplinsky's lovely!No Katy, huh? Damn! But if she'd had enough wine, I bet I'd sound really British! :1orglaugh
I had to look up this Natasha Kaplinsky. Hmm, not really my cup of tea. :dunno: Talk to Katy again for me. See if you can put in a good word and help me out.
But she's no Emily Maitlis! :lovecoupl
^^^ All three are a bit milfy for my taste, but I am quite partial to Fiona Bruce.
Anyone else noticed the amount of American stuff on British T.V lately? For example, on a recent episode of WWTB A Millionaire four of the first five questions were about America. Same with many other quiz shows, and even comments and language on other programmes are becoming Americanised.
I often wonder if many of these so called British shows are written by Americans, Jonathan Creek being a good example. It seems every episode contains a U.S reference, whether it be a key character or the country being somehow integral to the plot. Many other shows seem to be going the same way. :wave2:
***I've got nothing against America, big fan of the sports and many comedies, I just think British stuff should actually be British.***
Anyone else noticed the amount of American stuff on British T.V lately? For example, on a recent episode of WWTB A Millionaire four of the first five questions were about America. Same with many other quiz shows, and even comments and language on other programmes are becoming Americanised.
I often wonder if many of these so called British shows are written by Americans, Jonathan Creek being a good example. It seems every episode contains a U.S reference, whether it be a key character or the country being somehow integral to the plot. Many other shows seem to be going the same way. :wave2:
***I've got nothing against America, big fan of the sports and many comedies, I just think British stuff should actually be British.***
Jonathan Creek is written by Brit David Renwick, the guy wot wrote One Foot In The Grave.^^^ All three are a bit milfy for my taste, but I am quite partial to Fiona Bruce.
Anyone else noticed the amount of American stuff on British T.V lately? For example, on a recent episode of WWTB A Millionaire four of the first five questions were about America. Same with many other quiz shows, and even comments and language on other programmes are becoming Americanised.
I often wonder if many of these so called British shows are written by Americans, Jonathan Creek being a good example. It seems every episode contains a U.S reference, whether it be a key character or the country being somehow integral to the plot. Many other shows seem to be going the same way. :wave2:
***I've got nothing against America, big fan of the sports and many comedies, I just think British stuff should actually be British.***
^^^ But that's my point: it still contains an inordinate amount of American culture and references, when there is no apparent reason for it.
Same thing is happening in the high street, American shops popping up everywhere. It used to be Burger King and KFC, now we've got Staples, Subway, Domino's, UPS, FedEx, a whole host of companies coming in over the last few years, What gives? :dunno: :wave2:
Same thing is happening in the high street, American shops popping up everywhere. It used to be Burger King and KFC, now we've got Staples, Subway, Domino's, UPS, FedEx, a whole host of companies coming in over the last few years, What gives? :dunno: :wave2:
It's called globalization. :hatsoff:
The reason for so many references in our shows in regard to American culture is the fact that so many of their products, TV shows, films, music and other crap is exported over here. Of course that's going to have an impact on our culture.
Also many UK shows are made with a view to being sold in the US.
The main problem with Kaplinsky is that she looks and acts like a comatosed cat. She also pockets half a million quid for reading an autocue a couple of times a week.
Only if you love cats.
Leave it out my son. You ARE definitely 'avin a giraffe mate!!