Originally Posted by Steve_

We always have this thread and the last time we had it, I didn't come across that many examples of what makes UK TV superior. There are a handful of shows on in the UK that are okay and you can't get them in Canada but quoting crap like Spooks and A Place in the Country or Emmerdale isn't much support for the argument.

Also, I was trapped in the UK for a week last year and all I had access to was freeview and it was rubbish. Unless you think RT is quality programming. That used to be the only argument that made any sense to me, there are more channels available OTA than there are in Canada but the extra channels are just total crap, only the network channels are any good so how is it better than Canada? Not only that but if you live close to the border you can get US channels OTA as well so you're definitely better off in Canada in that situation.

One thing I did find is that I struggle with British accents now when watching British TV. And the problem is that British actors seem so wooden because they're often classically trained and have posh accents but are trying to play someone working class and they can't pull it off. Which is one of the reasons Sherlock is so crap, but hey, you can watch that in Canada.

I think TV in Canada is really good, because a lot of the Netflix shows for example are filmed in Canada so in Canada they're distributed on the cable channels, usually as part of some deal to get a discounted rate to use Bell studios, etc. If you want to watch British TV, anything half decent is on some Canadian channel somewhere.

So yeah, bollocks to TV licencing. I'd rather watch commercials than watch most BBC programming.