The US have been remaking hit UK shows for decades, with varying degrees of success. Here are 10 UK shows that can never be remade in the USA today.
There's a long history of UK TV shows being remade for US audiences - with varying degrees of success - but here are 10 iconic UK shows that should never get a US remake. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office had a hugely successful US remake because it took the core concept of the show and expanded it for an American audience. Other UK sitcoms have been less successful, with many attempted US remakes failing to even get commissioned by a network.
9 Line of Duty Line of Duty was a police corruption thriller series, that also doubled up as an incisive satire on the state of policing in the UK. It was also very popular in the US, which counted horror legend Stephen King as a Line of Duty fan. The early seasons of Line of Duty were as interested in the internal politics and institutional bureaucracy that prevented corruption from being detected as it was in the plot twists and shock deaths.
5 Fawlty Towers John Cleese is rebooting Fawlty Towers with an ill-advised sequel series which will find the retired hotelier reconnecting with his daughter in her Caribbean boutique hotel. A US remake of Fawlty Towers could be even worse than that, however. There have been two attempts in the past, Snavely and Payne, but neither show succeeded to hit the same heights as Cleese's legendary sitcom.
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