List of British TV shows remade for the American market

Many successful British TV shows (particularly sitcoms) have been remade for the American market. The amount of reworking varies with some shows (such as All in the Family) keeping the basic situation and then adding many original features while others have taken complete scripts verbatim (such as Amanda's).

There are relatively few examples of American shows remade for the British market (the majority of these being game shows), as the British television audience are very accepting of the American originals. Indeed the US remakes have sometimes been imported back into the UK. By contrast, original British programmes are rarely seen on the major US networks and are usually broadcast only on the Public Broadcasting Service and on cable television. This list includes a number of pilots not subsequently made into series.

UK original	US remake	Notes
Absolutely Fabulous	Cybill	Many differences, also remade as High Society
Absolutely Fabulous	High Society	Also remade as Cybill
Agony	The Lucy Arnaz Show
Antiques Roadshow	Antiques Roadshow
Are You Being Served?	Beanes of Boston	Un-aired pilot. The sequel Grace and Favour was called Are You Being Served? 2 in the US
As If	As If
Ballykissangel	Hope Island
Changing Rooms	Trading Spaces
Cold Feet	Cold Feet
Cracker	Cracker	US remake is known as Fitz in the UK
Coupling	Coupling
Dad's Army	The Rear Guard	Pilot episode only
Dear John	Dear John	Known as Dear John USA in the UK
Dog Eat Dog	Dog Eat Dog
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush	Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin	Reggie
Fawlty Towers	Amanda's	starring Beatrice Arthur; Also remade as Payne
Fawlty Towers	Payne	Also remade as Amanda's
George and Mildred	The Ropers
The Grimleys	The Grubbs
Holding the Baby	Holding the Baby
Home to Roost	You Again
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!	I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
Keep It in the Family	Too Close for Comfort
Love Thy Neighbour	Love Thy Neighbor
Man About The House	Three's Company
Masterchef	Masterchef
Max Headroom	Max Headroom
Men Behaving Badly	Men Behaving Badly
Mind Your Language	What a Country
Never Mind The Buzzcocks	Never Mind The Buzzcocks
The 1900 House	Frontier House
Not the Nine O'Clock News	Not Necessarily the News
The Office	On the Buses	Lotsa Luck
One Foot in the Grave	Cosby	Many differences.
Pop Idol	American Idol: The Search for a Superstar	Both with Simon Cowell as a judge
Porridge	On the Rocks
Queer As Folk	Queer As Folk (US)
Red Dwarf	Red Dwarf	Un-aired pilot
Robin's Nest	Three's a Crowd
Scrapheap Challenge	Junkyard Wars	See 1 below.
Spitting Image	D.C. Follies
Steptoe and Son	Sanford and Son	Relied on race as well as class
That Was The Week That Was	That Was The Week That Was	Both versions hosted by David Frost
This Life	First Years
Till Death Us Do Part	All In The Family
Touching Evil	Touching Evil
The Weakest Link	The Weakest Link	Same host, Anne Robinson
What Not to Wear	What Not to Wear
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Wife Swap	Wife Swap	Not broadcast yet. Will debut in autumn 2004.
Yes, Prime Minister	Not My Department	Canadian remake
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star	Channel 4 was called Scrapheap Challenge. When shown in the US this was re-titled Scrapheap. When the program started to use US teams and a US presenter it was re-titled Junkyard Wars for both US and UK audiences. In the UK episodes involving UK teams remain under the title Scrapheap Challenge. See also: List of US television series remade for the British market