[SOC] Talking Brit

[Bob Nielsen]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 01:11:46PM -0400, W2AGN wrote:
> On 11 Aug 2002 at 11:41, Jan wrote:
> 
> > Chris - I was eagerly awaiting a response to that one and I commend
> > you for your self-control (Jerry Springer IS a low blow, however...
> > although he IS ours.... blush). I'm trying to remember the name of
> > the little guy whose show I've seen a couple of times who wears
> > women's clothes and obsesses about sex a lot (it'll come to me just
> > after I send this) who disabused me of the notion that British
> > television was consistently staid and dignified (the very measure
> > of what documentary television often is over here... which is to
> > say, boring).
> 
> Benny Hill. But I LIKE British TV. Inspectors Frost and Morse, and
> Dr. Who, and Fawlty Towers.  The latest "Murder Rooms, the Dark
> Origins of Sherlock Holmes" is great.  Sure beats most of our
> so-called "sit-coms."

I feel compelled to confess that I watch the BBC America channel on
satellite.  It seems to be mostly re-runs, however, and fairly tame
ones at that, compared to what I saw in Britain.  

Our local PBS outlet seems to be obsessed with running "Keeping Up
Appearances" over and over, as they used to do with "The Good Life,"
which for some unexplained reason was retitled, "Good Neighbors" (or
was it "Good Neighbours") for viewing in the States.
 

Bob, N7XY