Although most United States-made television series are directly exported to the United Kingdom using the original production and cast, some successful shows have been remade for the British market.
The following list include American TV shows and concepts remade for a British audience.
U.S. original | UK remake | Notes |
---|---|---|
America's Next Top Model | Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model | |
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? | Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? | |
Beauty and the Geek | Beauty and the Geek | |
Blockbusters | Blockbusters | |
Candid Camera | Candid Camera | |
Card Sharks | Play Your Cards Right | |
College Bowl | University Challenge | |
The Disney Club | The Disney Club | |
Double Dare | Double Dare | |
Family Feud | Family Fortunes | |
Finders Keepers | Finders Keepers | |
Fun House | Fun House | |
Gambit | Gambit | |
The Golden Girls | The Brighton Belles | |
Good Times | The Fosters | |
Greed - Chuck Woolery | Greed - Jerry Springer | |
Grounded for Life | In with the Flynns | |
Hollywood Squares | Celebrity Squares | |
Jeopardy! | Jeopardy! | |
Jersey Shore | Geordie Shore | |
Law & Order | Law & Order: UK | |
Mad About You | Loved By You | |
Married... with Children | Married For Life | |
Match Game | Blankety Blank | |
Maude | Nobody's Perfect | |
Murder in Small Town X | The Murder Game | |
The Name's the Same | The Name's the Same | |
Name That Tune | Name That Tune | |
The Price Is Right | The Price Is Right / The New Price Is Right/ Bruce's Price Is Right | |
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy | Queer Eye for the Straight Guy | |
Saturday Night Live | Saturday Live/Friday Night Live | |
Sale of the Century | Sale of the Century | |
Sid Caesar Invites You | Sid Caesar Invites You | |
Supermarket Sweep | Dale's Supermarket Sweep | |
That '70s Show | Days Like These | |
The Apprentice | The Apprentice | US version aired in the UK on BBC Three is known as The Apprentice USA. UK version aired on BBC America is known as Mark Burnett's The Apprentice UK. |
The Soup / Talk Soup | Celebrity Soup | |
This Is Your Life | This Is Your Life | |
What's My Line? | What's My Line? | |
Wheel of Fortune | Wheel of Fortune | |
Who's the Boss? | The Upper Hand | |
Win Ben Stein's Money | Win Beadle's Money | |
Wipeout | Total Wipeout | US version airs in the UK on Watch is known as Total Wipeout USA. |
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