Does anybody know when the 5th series is returning to our screens?
What do you think will happen?
What do you think will happen?
Last Tango In Halifax
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Originally Posted by Lydia_Overend3:
“Does anybody know when the 5th series is returning to our screens?
What do you think will happen?”
“Does anybody know when the 5th series is returning to our screens?
What do you think will happen?”
5th series?
Are they skipping the 4th then?
And you could ask in the Last Tang thread!
It's delayed, according to this article:
http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-...lly-Wainwright
http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-...lly-Wainwright
Originally Posted by Pin_Swede:
“It's delayed, according to this article:
http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-...lly-Wainwright”
“It's delayed, according to this article:
http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-...lly-Wainwright”
"It’s also been reported that Diane Keaton has purchased the rights to remake the show for the US,"
Typical! Why does US TV have to remake everything? Why not just show the original?
Because the yanks can't be bothered with realistically portrayed characters?
...and of course also filmed in L.A. or NYC venues
...and of course also filmed in L.A. or NYC venues
Anne Reid on the radio today said that they are filming a 2hour Christmas special but diodnt knwo if it was to be shown as a single episode or a two one hour episode
Originally Posted by marke09:
“Anne Reid on the radio today said that they are filming a 2hour Christmas special but diodnt knwo if it was to be shown as a single episode or a two one hour episode”
“Anne Reid on the radio today said that they are filming a 2hour Christmas special but diodnt knwo if it was to be shown as a single episode or a two one hour episode”
2 one hour episodes starts Monday 19th December.
Originally Posted by La Rhumba:
“"It’s also been reported that Diane Keaton has purchased the rights to remake the show for the US,"
Typical! Why does US TV have to remake everything? Why not just show the original?”
“"It’s also been reported that Diane Keaton has purchased the rights to remake the show for the US,"
Typical! Why does US TV have to remake everything? Why not just show the original?”
What possible appeal would a show rooted in the nuances of t'North have for an American audience? They're really not going to be queuing up for jokes and references they don't get in an accent they can't understand in a place that just looks so unlike Nova Scotia.
Originally Posted by Baz_James:
“What possible appeal would a show rooted in the nuances of t'North have for an American audience? They're really not going to be queuing up for jokes and references they don't get in an accent they can't understand in a place that just looks so unlike Nova Scotia.”
“What possible appeal would a show rooted in the nuances of t'North have for an American audience? They're really not going to be queuing up for jokes and references they don't get in an accent they can't understand in a place that just looks so unlike Nova Scotia.”
Yeah, some of the characters would truly baffle them - Gillian (brilliantly played by Nicola Walker) for example.
An American audience would probably think it was Halifax, Nova Scotia, if they kept the title although CBC might go for it.
Originally Posted by SARAO:
“Does anyone know if their showing repeats before Xmas special”
“Does anyone know if their showing repeats before Xmas special”
Don't know if it's the same in the UK but it's on Netflix here.
Don't think it's on UK Netflix. Unlikely they'll repeat it or put it on iPlayer. Probably available to buy on BBC Store though (or torrent!)
Originally Posted by Baz_James:
“What possible appeal would a show rooted in the nuances of t'North have for an American audience? They're really not going to be queuing up for jokes and references they don't get in an accent they can't understand in a place that just looks so unlike Nova Scotia.”
“What possible appeal would a show rooted in the nuances of t'North have for an American audience? They're really not going to be queuing up for jokes and references they don't get in an accent they can't understand in a place that just looks so unlike Nova Scotia.”
Yet we have to watch things they made and just guess what some references are ? I can't see why they can't learn about us in the same way we have had to learn about them.
Originally Posted by molliepops:
“Yet we have to watch things they made and just guess what some references are ? I can't see why they can't learn about us in the same way we have had to learn about them.”
“Yet we have to watch things they made and just guess what some references are ? I can't see why they can't learn about us in the same way we have had to learn about them.”
Have to? Nobody's putting a gun to your head, are they? There are no US shows on BBC or ITV these days anyway. Channel 4 and 5 mostly use their spin-off channels to show anything that does come from the States and there's hardly a lot of it. Nobody's doing the hard sell on US programmes at all and certainly not those which require an appreciation of extremely localised knowledge.
Originally Posted by Baz_James:
“Have to? Nobody's putting a gun to your head, are they? There are no US shows on BBC or ITV these days anyway. Channel 4 and 5 mostly use their spin-off channels to show anything that does come from the States and there's hardly a lot of it. Nobody's doing the hard sell on US programmes at all and certainly not those which require an appreciation of extremely localised knowledge.”
“Have to? Nobody's putting a gun to your head, are they? There are no US shows on BBC or ITV these days anyway. Channel 4 and 5 mostly use their spin-off channels to show anything that does come from the States and there's hardly a lot of it. Nobody's doing the hard sell on US programmes at all and certainly not those which require an appreciation of extremely localised knowledge.”
Have to as in they don't tend to remake them for a British audience not have to watch them, but I think you knew that anyway.
I enjoy American programmes btw I just think it could be enjoyable to a states audience to see our untouched programming too. It seems to me they are denying USA viewers of a treat in many cases the beautifully acted scenes cannot be bettered by setting them elsewhere with other actors.
Originally Posted by molliepops:
“Have to as in they don't tend to remake them for a British audience not have to watch them, but I think you knew that anyway.
I enjoy American programmes btw I just think it could be enjoyable to a states audience to see our untouched programming too. It seems to me they are denying USA viewers of a treat in many cases the beautifully acted scenes cannot be bettered by setting them elsewhere with other actors.”
“Have to as in they don't tend to remake them for a British audience not have to watch them, but I think you knew that anyway.
I enjoy American programmes btw I just think it could be enjoyable to a states audience to see our untouched programming too. It seems to me they are denying USA viewers of a treat in many cases the beautifully acted scenes cannot be bettered by setting them elsewhere with other actors.”
They do. Lot's of UK shows are aired in the US including Last Tango, Luther, Doc Martin, The Inbetweeners, The IT Crowd, The Night Manger, London Spy and many others.
Originally Posted by anyonefortennis:
“They do. Lot's of UK shows are aired in the US including Last Tango, Luther, Doc Martin, The Inbetweeners, The IT Crowd, The Night Manger, London Spy and many others.”
“They do. Lot's of UK shows are aired in the US including Last Tango, Luther, Doc Martin, The Inbetweeners, The IT Crowd, The Night Manger, London Spy and many others.”
Then I've no idea why the person I was originally answering think last tango cannot be understood by states audiences
Originally Posted by molliepops:
“Have to as in they don't tend to remake them for a British audience not have to watch them, but I think you knew that anyway.
I enjoy American programmes btw I just think it could be enjoyable to a states audience to see our untouched programming too. It seems to me they are denying USA viewers of a treat in many cases the beautifully acted scenes cannot be bettered by setting them elsewhere with other actors.”
“Have to as in they don't tend to remake them for a British audience not have to watch them, but I think you knew that anyway.
I enjoy American programmes btw I just think it could be enjoyable to a states audience to see our untouched programming too. It seems to me they are denying USA viewers of a treat in many cases the beautifully acted scenes cannot be bettered by setting them elsewhere with other actors.”
BBC America does make a lot of British shows available in their original form, not just Doctor Who and Sherlock but The Living and The Dead, Ripper Street, Undercover etc. including some shows which also have US remakes such as Broadchurch and Being Human. But you can only lead the horse to the water. The fact is that a really successful show here will usually stand a much better chance of success in the States as a remake (The Office, for example) while the opposite is not true. UK audiences would rather see US shows, if at all, as they are.
Originally Posted by molliepops:
“Then I've no idea why the person I was originally answering think last tango cannot be understood by states audiences”
“Then I've no idea why the person I was originally answering think last tango cannot be understood by states audiences
”
You started it! By moaning about the need to remake rather than show the original!
Clearly it remains the case that to get a reasonable audience a remake is considered necessary. I don't know who shows it in US, (BBC America I would guess) but I can't imagine that its mainstream viewing.
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