# Whats you favourite foreign TV show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354 "2003-06-03T13:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354/41 "2003-06-04T10:22:06Z")
Two Fat Ladies. I haven’t seen it in a while due to work and Food Network moving the time around but when I do catch it I love it. My son loved the idea of Strawberry Breasts (the whipped cream berry nipples what have you they made). ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354/42 "2003-06-04T11:10:07Z")
Another remake of a US show in the UK: [British Remake of “Who’s the Boss”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=188410) ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354/43 "2003-06-04T11:59:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HDS \* > \*\*Two Fat Ladies. I haven’t seen it in a while due to work and Food Network moving the time around but when I do catch it I love it. My son loved the idea of Strawberry Breasts (the whipped cream berry nipples what have you they made). \*\* You’re chances of getting any new episodes are also pretty slim since one of the Fat Ladies is now, sadly, dead. ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354/44 "2003-06-04T12:08:42Z")
> [@](#): > > You’re chances of getting any new episodes are also pretty slim since one of the Fat Ladies is now, sadly, dead. I know ☹ But I did like the reruns and the wonderful cooking and stories. I also liked the “heck with counting calories” type of cookery. One dish was fried rabbit wrapped in bacon and then deep fried (or something, it’s been a while.) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Ketch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@Jack\_Ketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Ketch)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354/45 "2003-06-04T14:19:38Z")
Hopefully, I won’t be considered a loser to admit I enjoy _Changing Rooms_ and _Ground Force_ on BBC America. _Changing Rooms_ is another example of a cross-over. The American version being _Trading Spaces_ . And, once again, the British version is better. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354/46 "2003-06-04T14:44:45Z")
When I was visiting London from the U.S. a few years back i’d watch a morning talk show called “The Big Breakfast”. They’d do a spoof where they’d dress up as big fat American tourists and wander around the city. It was the funniest thing i’d ever seen. “We’re from New York, the land of Huge Portions”. Are there any other foreign shows that satire American culture? ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354/47 "2003-06-04T16:05:14Z")
I like **Monarch of the Glen, Waking the Dead** and **Cracker**. And I’m waiting on new episodes. I used to love to watch **Lovejoy** I keep waiting for another series with Clive Owen. I loved **Due South** , find it hard to believe that it ran for such a short time. **Forever Knight** was fun. Can’t believe no one mentioned **Highlander** , ( **Tracker** sucked). **Benny Hill** was great, the humor needed no translation. I enjoy **Coupling** (Couplings) when I can catch it. **So Graham Norton** , he’s a riot. The things people get away with saying on european TV is amazing. And confess to doing or having done!!! And we Americans thought the british were staid! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354/48 "2003-06-04T20:28:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by catnoe \* > \*\ ***So Graham Norton** , he’s a riot. The things people get away with saying on european TV is amazing. And confess to doing or having done!!! And we Americans thought the british were staid! \*\* Heh. If you ever see **Eurotrash** , your opinion of the Germans will change radically as well… ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354/49 "2003-06-04T21:21:48Z")
Count me in for : So Graham Norton Changing Rooms Ab Fab What Not To Wear Ground Force The American remakes: What Not To Wear Trading Spaces (Changing Rooms) Surprise Gardner (Ground Force) Make me ill, talk about your rubbish! Why on earth would anybody watch those remakes if they can get the originals? The American version of What Not To Wear is just mean and nasty and Trading Spaces is all about drama queen designers. God Bless BBC America! Now if we Yanks could just trade our President for your Prime Minister… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-favourite-foreign-tv-show/179354.md?page=2)