It frustrates me that Britain can't make something like 'CSI' or 'The Sopranos'. Instead, British TV puts soap in primetime while every other civilized nation leaves it in daytime. Viewers should be more demanding.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We need to look to our laurels a bit with television in this country. I don't think enough risks are being taken in drama television in the U.K., and I think a lot of programme makers are underestimating the intelligence of the viewing public, basing it all on ratings.
One thing about television in Britain is that they're so scared about complaints. It curbs a lot of drama.
British audiences tend to want to see their own lives reflected on TV, whereas American audiences are quite aspirational and enjoy high-concept shows that show them lives that are perhaps slightly more exciting than they aspire to.
The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas.
I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.
I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in it for years.
We've had American TV shows in Britain for years and that hasn't affected our culture at all.
We had everything from the BBC on our TV, so British drama seems very close to home.
We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people.
In Britain you're more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible.