I’ll go first…The Office.

Now I know the two shows are fundamentally quite different, but they adapted what was already a very successful show, and turned It into an event more successfully one that lasted for significantly longer than the original did. I say that’s a win for them.

Anything else? Life on Mars, Being Human, The Inbetweeners…?

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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    9 months ago

    There’s quite a good Wikipedia article on this.

    Amongst all the quiz and reality shows, there are a few intriguing obscure nuggets:

    • The Golden Girls is an adaptation of a UK TV series, The Brighton Belles.
    • They’ve tried to adapt Fawlty Towers three times.
    • Not the Nine O’ Clock News was adapted for the US.
    • One Foot in the Grave became Cosby - presumably the British version didn’t have enough (ie any) rapists.
    • They tried to adapt Spaced, IT Crowd and the Young Ones but they failed at the pilot stage. This is probably A Good Thing. Although I might see if I can dig out the pilots.