odd treatment of UK TV in the US
Mar. 26th, 2009 11:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerItem 1: In the last episode of "Ashes to Ashes" I watched, there were subtitles. But only for one character (Gene Hunt) and only for some of his lines. It seemed...odd.
Item 2: In touting their latest release, Acorn Media (which sells a lot of UK television content on DVD in the United States) promotes "Taggart" as "the world’s longest continually-running police drama". Which I imagine may well be true; it's running since 1983. But Volume One of their offering? It's the 2002/2003 season. Bwuh?
Item 3: In the same vein, "The Bill", which has been around just as long and run through 25 series, is available now in the US. But only Series 1. ????
(Now, admittedly, even in the UK, only Series 1-4 of "The Bill" have been released on DVD. In Australia, oddly enough, Series 1-6 and one of the spin-off series are available.)
Discuss.
(crossposted to brits_americans)
Item 2: In touting their latest release, Acorn Media (which sells a lot of UK television content on DVD in the United States) promotes "Taggart" as "the world’s longest continually-running police drama". Which I imagine may well be true; it's running since 1983. But Volume One of their offering? It's the 2002/2003 season. Bwuh?
Item 3: In the same vein, "The Bill", which has been around just as long and run through 25 series, is available now in the US. But only Series 1. ????
(Now, admittedly, even in the UK, only Series 1-4 of "The Bill" have been released on DVD. In Australia, oddly enough, Series 1-6 and one of the spin-off series are available.)
Discuss.
(crossposted to brits_americans)
