On behalf of all Americans, we're sorry we mucked up Dog Eat Dog.

My Tivo caught an episode of this on BBC America for me, and WOW is the UK version better in just about all respects. Whereas we turned ours into an extreme version of Beat The Clock, the UK one has far more intelligent mental games, and delves into the "what did you learn about your opponents from the retreat" stuff a whole lot more. And the UK host isn't hard to look at, either.

If you get BBC America, I strongly recommend you give this a look. On the West Coast it airs at 8:00a on Sunday mornings, but as always, check your local listings...

Now if BBC America would just start airing any of the first four seasons of Crystal Maze... :)

I came home from church early this morning to go watch it. Once I turned it on, TWL was on. Crap! I missed it.

Chris -- how is it you've seen Crystal Maze, just out of curiousity? Has it ever been aired this side of the Atlantic?

A good friend of mine happened to have a couple of tapes of episodes, one of which he shared with us at our last gaming session. Saw 'em just the other day.

You cut church for a game show? You're jesting, of course.
Yes, indeed. Infinitely better than the Brooke Burns version, for sure for sure.
First The Saint, then The Avengers and now this. BBC America is getting more play at my house than GSN.

Think of it as substituting one religion for another.

Cool - I grew up watching that, it's one of those games that *any* generation could get into (and around my house, frequently did :-)).

Still remember the rather bizzare transition of hosts for the last two years...on Ed Tudor-Pole's first episode, they showed Richard O'Brian riding off the set on a motorcycle...

As to Dog Eat Dog, I cannot stand Ulrika Johnson. But I couldn't stand Brooke unless I muted the tv either... so it's equal to the US show in that regard and miles above it in all others.

Just goes to show the old adage I've come up with: The Brits make 'em, and the Yanks break 'em (see also: AmeriCoupling, Avengers '98, Thunderbirds '04)

Yeah, well, they make better TV than we do, and we don't boil meat. :)

Actually, there is at least one episode available for viewing at the MTR, AFAIK. There is one regular episode, and one special episode for viewing. I agree with Chris, that it is an excellent show....one I'm wishing would air one day on the BBC-A. Hmm....methinks a trip down there is on order....

As I said in an earlier thread, the show really hits it's stride in series' two and three and loses its way a little for the fourth and final one. But I really loved DED at its peak.

I gather the Australian version (based on our original) was axed mid-series. A shame.

Aha. So that's where those tapes have got to and who's seeing them these days. :-)

Seeing The Crystal Maze on BBC America is theoretically possible - after all, So Graham Norton is a So Television production that appeared on Channel 4, and Without Prejudice? is a 12 Yard production that, too, appeared on 4. One would expect that The Crystal Maze would have a pretty good degree of international appeal, too. If BBC America did want it, it would just come down to agreeing a price between themselves and Chatsworth Television.

You can but trade, hope and dream...
Chris

Ive never liked dog eat dog dont know why just dont.

Oh does BBC America have adverts because im guessing its a BBC Worldwide channel and needs to pay the Parent company BBC all its profits back into its cofers to pay for our TV

Also Father Ted and faking it are a Channel 4 show to from what I see on BBC America's website

Id like to see what you lot think of the comedy Little Britian.

Yes, BBC America has ads during the shows. And the channel isn't entirely owned by the BBC; Discovery owns part of it.



At least they're British.

Canada has their own version of the BBC called "BBC Canada", but part of that channel's schedule includes Canadian produced programming (all repeats; many of them also seen on other channels), to meet the government-imposed "CanCon" requirements.

Ive always wondered how Flextech who operates a group of channels that show repeats of BBC shows with adds and still make it 30 when its 30s minutes on the BBC

That be the same in the states

Also thats a BBC worldwide partly operated channel to, so is BBC internet funnily enough in the 80s BBC supplied computers which I find hilarious that they cant suply internet connections

Well, that explains how 4 BBC based shows ended up on TLC.

Although Endemol as the successor to Bazal owns the overseas format rights to "Changing Rooms," or "Trading Spaces" as our version is called--TLC licenses the format from Endemol (if they'd tried to originally license the format before Endemol acquired Bazal, I'm sure Endemol USA would've demanded co-production).

ObGameShow: Endemol also acquired "Ready...Steady...Cook!" (change "Steady" to "Set" for American title) when they acquired Bazal.

Yeah, but we all know Endemol's real claim to fame here, and it ain't "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition".

When I think of "Big Brother", I think the company should be called "End 'Em All".

Good one, Dave. But I thought of one much sicker than BB.

I had already been there for the first service. We have 2 services. I usually stay for both, but today I wasn't up to myself so I went home early. Remembered DED was on around that time, but I missed it.

It's really a shame too. I love "22 Minutes" but really do I need to see it on the Canadian Beeb when it's already on Showcase and CBC? Me thinks not.

I've seen a couple of DED eps and they're great... but yet nothing here. Not even Anne's link. Sigh.

Ah well, at least BBC Kids picks up "The Raven", which isn't bad at all. Right, Brig?

Ryan :)

For the first part, it's indeed troo, troo, troo ;-) As for the second part, sadly I have never tried British-style meat, so my opinion should remain mostly positive about our friends from across the pond

I think it's slightly overrated by others, but there's a lot to like about it certainly.

Part 1: I wish I could see for myself. Hopefully, after I move I'll get BBC America and see Anne at her nawstiest. But when you consider some of the garbage we Americans have come up with, am I surprised at this kind of outsourcing?
Part 2: I boil chuck roast, and the result is one of the best things on earth.

Oof. And Bon Appetit to you, sir. Me, I prefer my dead cow with somewhat of a Maillard effect applied to it.

I also noticed that BBCA's VOD program (for those of you in the digital and satellite world who have this) currently offers in its Kids section "The Shiny Show," which somehow I seem to recall Iain Weaver including in his Thursday posts to the Yahoo! UK game show group of programming for the week ahead.

Here's this week's BBC Kids VOD program guide and for the adults, here's the game show-free general BBCA VOD guide for this week, which doesn't seem to be much different than what BBCA already offers for your digital cable or satellite fee.