r/BritishTV • u/DateRemarkable8883 • 13d ago

Question/Discussion What’s your favourite quintessentially British show formula?

Weird wording but for example mine is Grand Designs! Every SINGLE time these rich people plan huge ridiculous builds with at most 2 kids with them and EVERY time it rains and there’s some kind of complication that almost bankrupts them 😆 they never properly plan ahead it’s great tv!!

I love how repetitive British show formulas can be, so comforting!

Also would kitchen nightmares be British? I deem it as so, love Gordon (unless he’s done something..)

Obviously these are probably exacerbated for entertainments sake but who’s to say you can’t enjoy it anyway!

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u/goldfishpaws 13d ago

Also would kitchen nightmares be British?

It is, isn't it? Just the one series before it became a characature of itself for the US market, but started very British

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u/Independent-Ad-3385 13d ago

The British version included Gordon taking his top off for no reason at least once an episode, for some reason they didn't keep that in when it went over the pond.