>>>It wasn't like that when I watched the entire series on BBC America.
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>>>BTW, it's terrific show. I hope the US version is as good and lasts a long time. It premieres Thursday and 10 Eastern on ABC.
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>>>>Anyone know why some of the characters' words are printed in subtitles? The entire show is in English...
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>>Can't you lot just take a British product and appreciate it for what it is, without doing a US version (eg Fawlty Towers, The Office, et al), or taking it over completely for yourselves (Harrier Jump Jet)?
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>>I mean, what if we'd done a UK version of "The Big Valley", with a load of Welsh shepherds instead of cowboys?!
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>I'd watch it :o)
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>By the way, we do in fact get actual British versions of shows here. I've watched many of them myself. In fact, I tend to enjoy the British shows more than ours except for this season we finally have some American shows I like (most of the time).

I know you do. I mentioned some of them at the top. But then you have to go and do your own version of it, and it loses in the translation.