On Nov 16, 7:18 am, "Ralph" <nt_consultin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Nov 15, 2:20 pm, "n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Nov 15, 7:17 pm, H-Man <I-H...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > Love Mr. Bean too.
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> > > 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
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> > > America, even if they come from one of the other companies?
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> > > Richard.http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/
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> > 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.
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> 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
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> years anyway.
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> Admittedly they occasionally go by very quickly. <g>
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Oh well, that's good. I haven't noticed the Seattle PBS station doing
that but maybe they do and I'm just unobservant.
Cheers
Derek
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