List of British television series based on American television series
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 & Ireland's Next Top Model | |
The Apprentice | The Apprentice | U.S. 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. |
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 | |
Drunk History | Drunk History | |
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 | Gr££d - Jerry Springer | |
Grounded for Life | In with the Flynns | |
Hollywood Squares | Celebrity Squares | |
Impractical Jokers | Impractical Jokers UK | |
Jeopardy! | Jeopardy! | |
Jersey Shore | Geordie Shore | |
Law & Order | ||
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 | |
Name That Tune | Name That Tune | |
The Name's the Same | The Name's the Same | |
Betty White's Off Their Rockers | Off Their Rockers | A show about breaking norms and stereo types |
The Price Is Right | The Price Is Right / The New Price Is Right / Bruce's Price Is Right | |
Sale of the Century | Sale of the Century | |
Saturday Night Live | Saturday Live / Friday Night Live | |
Sid Caesar Invites You | Sid Caesar Invites You | |
So You Think You Can Dance | So You Think You Can Dance | Reality competition. Same host, and both versions feature Nigel Lythgoe as a judge. |
The Soup / Talk Soup | Celebrity Soup | |
Supermarket Sweep | Dale's Supermarket Sweep | |
The Taste | The Taste | Reality competition. Same judges. |
Teen Mom | Teen Mum | |
That '70s Show | Days Like These | |
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 | U.S. version airs in the UK on Watch and is known as Total Wipeout USA. |
Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show, Late Night, Last Call, The Late Show, The Late Late Show | The Nightly Show | Aired 40 episodes on ITV. |