Americans, who watches BBC America?
 

Some of you posters mention that you watch 'Changing Rooms', 'Ab Fab' or other such programmes on this channel. So how many of you do watch BBC America? (Don't phone, it's just for fun!)

Watch it quite a bit, including the news.

I'm one. I watch mainly the DIY shows and the gardening shows. I have watched the news at times for a different perspective and I've occasionaly watched a movie or a sitcom.

I don't have cable, but I watch the Britcoms on unltrhigh, like As Time Goes By, My Hero and Coupling. Listen to BBC America on NPR, though.

By the way,
>>(Don't phone, it's just for fun!)<<
Sorry to sound stupid, but what does "don't phone" mean, besides the obvious? Is this a British expression?

It was a catchphrase for a tv or radio programme in the past. The programme would pose questions for competitions, but when it didn't want masses of phone calls and was just posing a question for people to muse on, the presenter would say the above words.

I LOVE 'Coupling' and 'The Office'!

Nigello,

Got it...thank you!

I watch BBC America most of all. Love the DIY, sitcoms and the mysteries. I think Allistair Appleton with his dimples is the cutest man in the world. He is host of Cash in the Attic and one of the can't sell your house shows,House Dr. I think. Love House Invaders, Phil is so cute too.
I watch the Monday night mysteries evey week. The only one I don't like so far is The Vice. I thought the mini series they had on Sunday nights recently, political intrigue show about who killed Sonya Baker was terrific. Can't remember the name of it. I was crushed that I watched so much of it and was in Provence when the the final episode was on. I still don't know who killed Sonya Baker. Can anyone tell me? I discussed the great comedy on another thread.

I started watching BBC in the beginning to help my travel "fever" between trips. But realized IMHO the programing is much better. Between BBC America and Fodor's I manage to survive until I am off again.

Watching BBC for entertainment is one thing,For the "news" quite another.Their outrageous editorial bias and lack of professional integerity has been thoroughly exposed.

Unlike the high professional standards of the Faux News network.

At least Fox gives both sides unlike the "news" orginizations you seem to prefer.

Guess margate hasn't seen " Outfoxed" yet!

Ground Force. Alas, it's started to rain. And Charlie can't seem to find her jacket. Oh dear.

What partisan crap. I don't listen to the crap that people like Limbaugh or M. moore spew.I do however feel on Fox even with their self admitted conservative Bias you at least get both sides of the issues that can't be said of many liberal "news" media orginazations

BACK TO THE TOPIC ;)

I LOVE BBC America. I just love getting my weekly dose of "Keeping Up Appearences" :) The other showa are good too ... for those w/ no cable, most public broadcasting channels do a block of Britcoms on Saturday nights.

I <i>love</i> BBCA. That's the whole reason I subscribe to digital cable. I love Changing Rooms, House Doctor, The Family, Coupling, The Office, Bargain Hunt, Cash in the Attic.

I liked the older mysteries they used to show - Morse, Frost. I don't care for the newer ones. And how many mysteries have Robeson Green and John Hanna been in? :)

I also loved Monarch of the Glen when it was on - particularly the early seasons before Hector departed.

I live in the metro-Detroit area and we can get the Canadian CBC station. So my perfect Sunday morning routine involves a cup of tea and a two-hour presentation of Coronation Street. It's about 7 months behind the episodes shown in England. I'm watching it right now!

I was watching &quot;Queer Eye&quot; UK Version yesterday...it was really fun. I read the BBC news web site...it is in my favorites. I LOVE Ground Force too...and of course the BEST show on TV...Antiques Roadshow UK version.

Oh, of course mgmargate would post here, never missing an opportunity to attack, and of COURSE he would think Fox is &quot;fair and balanced.&quot; Since he will undoubtedly question people's credentials here, too, I have a PhD in journalism history, and I'm here to tell you that Fox is there to tell the sensationalist side of any story, above all. And &quot;balanced&quot; is not at all the same as objective or truthful -- I'd have loved to see what Fox would have done with &quot;both sides&quot; of the rise of the 3rd Reich.

And for the record, Nigello, Americans do watch BBC America but not in great numbers, usually the more educated and well-traveled -- the vast majority see BBC productions on public broadcasting, which is probably where many posters find the programs (programmes) you mention.

Soccr: Don't you mean the more Liberal? Chasing you around refuting your nonsense is becoming tiresome.

So don't. Last word, yours again: _____

mgmargate &amp; soccr
you two are the tiresome ones. please stop this bickering on threads that are ruined because of your immaturity.

BBC America is practically the only channel I watch.

Huitres - I found that show Coupling mid-season, and missed the open episode. When I saw the US remake, I thought &quot;how crass&quot;. It turns out it was a word-for-word version- the difference was the delivery! Is the show still going? The last episode they have run here was Susan's dinner party.
From Atlanta- yes! that's how I watch them, tho some are quite old (dated), and get bumped off the schedule.

I did hunt &amp; find several Stiltons during my visit to England, inspired by an episode of &quot;Chef!&quot;

Nigello- I liked your tagline don't phone...thanks for the explanation.

I watch more BBCA than I do all other channels put together, but that's not saying much because I don't watch much network TV. I've apparently seen every Ground Force
and Changing Rooms episode, to the extent that I can anticipate the decor decisions as soon as I see the setting, I just thoroughly enjoy them. House Doctor is great, because it lets me feel superior. I am always amused at how neglectful and sloppy people can be, and then display it on television--sort of the home/garden decor version of Dr. Phil. Actually, it's mostly the &quot;home&quot; shows that I watch, I don't watch the sitcoms or mysteries. I'm sure they're excellent (esp. anything with Robson Green) but I don't have enough time.
Abfab has never worked for me, I just never learned to appreciate it. But that Bucket woman, as we all discussed in another recent thread, is Britain's answer to I Love Lucy. I just wish there were more of it.

We watch quite a few programs, primarily the good mysteries but also repeats of shows like &quot;The Prisoner,&quot; &quot;Are You Being Served,&quot; &quot;Yes, Minister&quot; and such. We thought that &quot;Waking the Dead&quot; was far superior to the CSI programs here. I hope there will be another season of &quot;Monarch of the Glen,&quot; although IMO it hasn't been as good since Archie's father was killed off. Still, it has Susan Hampshire.

ggnga, do you really want to know who killed Sonya Baker - if it's anything like the BBC in the UK (and even more the wonderful new world of multi-channel TV) it's bound to be repeated. I can give you a clue that it was, of course, the one person who seemed to have the least to gain by the whole business....

Oh, and many of the programmes on BBCA aren't either produced or commissioned by the BBC - in the UK we see them on the commercial channels (e.g., Graham Norton, House Doctor, Morse, Frost). And wasn't John Hannah all wrong for Inspector Rebus?

I'm an American living in the UK, and a journalist, so I'd like to offer my two cents or pence.

All new organisations (like all people) provide their own slant on things. It's human nature, and there's no way around it. The only news coverage that can even approach being purely objective is a complete transcript of every event that ever takes place. And even that will have the slant of the person doing the transcribing.

It's interesting to watch both the US news over here (we get CNN and Fox News) and the British media covering the same stories, most often in very different ways. The British press is much more cynical, which wears on you after a while, while the US media tends to believe whatever their sources tell them, which also gets to me. So by watching both, I'm able to figure out the real story for myself.

For you Anglophiles - you can listen to BBC radio on the net - my favorite listening at work.

Oops here the link bbc.co.uk/radio
I have actually gotten hooked to The Archers on BBC4 !!!

Four phrases never seem to occur on threads like this:

Edna Everage/Barry Humphries
Father Ted
Goodness Gracious Me/The Kumars at No 42
The Royle Family

Can you not get them them? Or does this piss-taking of the farther reaches of our virtual realm (for these days, Liverpool often seems more remote than Moonie Ponds) discomfort you all?

The only &quot;liberal&quot; news media I am aware in the US is NPR. The standard media (NY Times, major network news) are all centrist/slighty right of center. Faux is in some world of its own - inhabited by Attila the Hun and a hiorde of other pre-19th century idealogues - how anyone can judge its content to be anything but completely unfair and unbalanced is totally beyond me.

flanneruck, I understood the words but the meaning was lost on me. Was it perhaps friendly? or just lost in translation?

NY: Are you Kidding. What lala land are you really from.Could it be the upper west side?

How about Manchild. I know it was cancelled but I loved that show.

I was obsessed with the EastEnders Omnibus until it was wrenched from the BBCA line-up. :(

flanneruk, we do get Dame Edna on occasion and Father Ted is featured on BBCA and some PBS stations. The Royle Family aired briefly on BBCA and was converted into an American show without success; I believe it was called the Kennedys but I'm not sure. I read that they are trying to retool this under a different name but who knows. Lastly, the Kumars (never aired on BBCA as far as I know--only had tv service since 2002) is coming to NBC as the Ortegas (will probably last as long as Coupling).

cher_cher, check your local PBS station, that's where I get my EastEnders fix, albeit a year or so behind. I'm so glad I get to the UK several times a year to catch up.

Flanneruk, I love the Father Ted series. One of my favorite bits - Ted asks Dougal what he thought of the sermon. Dougal explains he wasn't really listening, as he was busy trying to look holy.

soccr--when you say:

&quot;And for the record, Nigello, Americans do watch BBC America but not in great numbers, usually the more educated and well-traveled -- the vast majority see BBC productions on public broadcasting, which is probably where many posters find the programs (programmes) you mention.&quot;

on what is your opinion based?

I watch BBCA ALL the time! And I have lots and lots of friends who do the same. Why do you say &quot;not in great numbers&quot;?

nytraveler: &lt;The only &quot;liberal&quot; news media I am aware in the US is NPR. The standard media (NY Times, major network news) are all centrist/slighty right of center.&gt;

What planet do you live on? :^o

I have never heard of BBCA. I must lead a sheltered life. I like to watch the Golf channel. ((a)) ((b))