"Derek" <derekrss@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Nov 15, 2:20 pm, "n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
> > On Nov 15, 7:17 pm, H-Man <I-H...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > > Love Mr. Bean too.
> >
> > Mr. Bean? That's never been a BBC show, has it? Is this an example
> > of the BBC getting the credit for all (good) British TV shows shown in
> > America, even if they come from one of the other companies?
> >
> > Richard.http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/
> > To reply by email change 'news' to my forename.
>
> The BBC's commercial arm markets a number of non-BBC British shows to
> North America, so BBC America and BBC Canada both show non-BBC
> content. And PBS doesn't generally say whether a British TV show is
> BBC, ITV, C4 or whatever. It just shows it. You'd need to watch the
> credits at the end before you realised that it was British but not
> BBC.
>
It must depend on the PBS stations. In Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, all
BBC shows have the distinct "World" title page, and others have a simple
"Courtesy of .." with the ITV, C4, etc page. At least for the last twenty
years anyway.
Admittedly they occasionally go by very quickly. <g>
-ralph
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