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.....?
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.
presumably the British version didn’t have enough (ie any) rapists.
You forgot Little Jimmy. shoe-in for such a role...
I don't think battle bots is better, it's definitely more successful though
Netflix's House Of Cards was based on a British series which is based on a novel
Maybe a controversial one but I much prefer the US version of Shameless to the British one.
