re: #63 meteor

I watch almost nothing but British detective shows, and sports.

Though less than one fifth the size of the US, UK television produces more quality shows.

I’ve been watch a few episodes of UK house-building shows, and it strikes me how there is, if one watches carefully with a critical eye, the influence of American commercialism rubbing up against more traditional British cultural conservatism.

I suspect that the influence of what is thought of as “American” - from our movies and TV - continues to force UK television towards the more commercial.

I understand that the BBC is a government institution and it has played an outsized role in the UK television (and before that, radio). We’ve never had the equivalent here.