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American Remakes of British TV Shows

by IMDb-Editors • Created 7 years ago • Modified 7 years ago
Some of the best US TV shows started life in the UK. Check out a selection of British shows that were adapted for American audiences, with mixed results. – Michael Rosser
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Ian Richardson in House of Cards (1990)Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie, April Pearson, Daniel Kaluuya, Dev Patel, Mike Bailey, Larissa Wilson, Mitch Hewer, Hannah Murray, and Georgina Moffat in Skins (2007)Sofia Black-D'Elia and Britne Oldford in Skins (2011)Patrick Baladi, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Julie Fernandez, Martin Freeman, Ricky Gervais, Ralph Ineson, Rachel Isaac, Alexander Perkins, Jamie Deeks, Ben Bradshaw, Ewen MacIntosh, Jane Lucas, Stacey Roca, Howard Saddler, Tony MacMurray, Patrick Driver, and Emma Manton in The Office (2001)Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, and B.J. Novak in The Office (2005)Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett in Steptoe and Son (1962)Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson in Sanford and Son (1972)Chris Bisson, Anne-Marie Duff, Dean Lennox Kelly, James McAvoy, Maggie O'Neill, Maxine Peake, Rebecca Ryan, David Threlfall, Jody Latham, Joseph Furnace, Elliott Tittensor, and Gerard Kearns in Shameless (2004)William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Cameron Monaghan, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, Emma Kenney, and Brenden Sims in Shameless (2011)Peter Capaldi, Rebecca Front, Joanna Scanlan, James Smith, and Chris Addison in The Thick of It (2005)Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Gary Cole, Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Reid Scott, Sufe Bradshaw, and Timothy Simons in Veep (2012)David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch (2013)Anna Gunn and David Tennant in Gracepoint (2014)Philip Glenister, John Simm, and Liz White in Life on Mars (2006)Life on Mars (2008)John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, and Prunella Scales in Fawlty Towers (1975)Bea Arthur in Amanda's (1983)JoBeth Williams, Julie Benz, Rick Batalla, and John Larroquette in Payne (1999)Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale in Porridge (1974)Rick Hurst, Bobby Sandler, and Stewart Gibson in On the Rocks (1975)Robbie Coltrane, Christopher Eccleston, Lorcan Cranitch, and Geraldine Somerville in Cracker (1993)Mariska Hargitay and Robert Pastorelli in Cracker: Mind Over Murder (1997)Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous (1992)Kristen Johnston and Kathryn Hahn in Ab Fab (2009)Helen Mirren and John Benfield in Prime Suspect (1991)Maria Bello in Prime Suspect (2011)Jack Davenport, Amita Dhiri, Jason Hughes, Andrew Lincoln, and Daniela Nardini in This Life (1996)Samantha Mathis, Mackenzie Astin, Ken Marino, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, James Roday Rodriguez, and Eric Schaeffer in First Years (2001)Sinéad Keenan, Russell Tovey, Lenora Crichlow, and Aidan Turner in Being Human (2008)Sam Huntington, Meaghan Rath, and Sam Witwer in Being Human (2011)

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