WI: Popular TV Shows were made in other Countries?

What would these shows have been like if they had been made in Britian?

Star Trek:TOS
The Fugitive
The Brady Bunch
The Partridge Family

What would these shows have been like if they had been made in the US?

Doctor Who
Blake's 7
Are You Being Served?
Last of the Summer Wine
 
I read somewhere an Italian version is coming this fall. This after the failures of the U.S. and Spanish versions.

Shame on the spanish failure, because the idea of a spanish 2007 cop going to 1973 Spain with Franco still around would be incredibly awesome. Unfortunately the writers did not have cojones to tackle the issue and set the show in 1977. The series being produced by Antena 3, which is the Daily Mail of spanish TV just killed it. Believe me, it was painful.
 
What would these shows have been like if they had been made in the US?

Doctor Who
Blake's 7
Are You Being Served?
Last of the Summer Wine

Eek!

Well I can imagine Last of the Summer Wine being re-set in a retirement village in Florida.

Are You Being Served is a bit of a leap.. I think the "Carry-on" type humour wouldn't be there.. but it would be interesting seeing a show set at a workplace that wasn't Police/Medical/Legal/Media.
 
Eek!

Well I can imagine Last of the Summer Wine being re-set in a retirement village in Florida.

For some reason, I find Arizona to be a much better location.

Are You Being Served is a bit of a leap.. I think the "Carry-on" type humour wouldn't be there.. but it would be interesting seeing a show set at a workplace that wasn't Police/Medical/Legal/Media.


And that's the problem with doing a remake of it - the "Carry On"-type humour is very integral to the show's plot, if a bit cliché (since, at the end of its run, it was getting a bit formulaic and tired), so it would be hard to pull off. The closest I could see to something like it being produced would be "Beane's of Boston", but even then it would be very dry and boring.
 

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What would these shows have been like if they had been made in Britian?

Star Trek:TOS = Fireball XL5
The Fugitive = Out
The Brady Bunch = And Mother Makes Five
The Partridge Family = Bread
 
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