The British know how to make TV
by Denise Sawicki on June 11, 2010
Correction to my earlier post - we have now seen almost to the end of season 2 of QAF (Darrell decided to watch it after all) and it seems only season 1 is really amazing. Perhaps it gets better again later, I don't know. Is it any coincidence that season 1 is the one copied almost directly from the British version?
We ordered the British version from amazon.co.uk - awesome website by the way, they often seem to have DVDs really cheap that you can't even get on amazon.com and the shipping is not so terribly much either. We've got the new computer set up to play region 2 DVDs - so far we only own that one and I'm Alan Partridge season 2. At first I didn't know what to think of the British version because it is *so* close to the American, the main differences being the actors are less hot and you have to turn the brightness up on your TV to see what is going on... But now I like it - obviously the British are the ones that deserve the credit for the idea, and I also approve of the (fairly subtle) plot differences. I like the way the British will make a self contained show and then finish it when it is time for it to end rather than keeping it going for season after dreary season. Same with the British version of The Office. Heh well for those of you with high speed internet, which is probably everybody in this century, apparently Hulu has the British QAF, but it is modified to some extent, mainly the music, and I've heard that apparently whenever they mention that the boy having sex with the 29 year old man is only 15 they bleep it out.... haha.. and this is mentioned a lot...
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