BBC America

[hvarma2008]

What is the purpose of this channel's existence? There is hardly anything besides Star Trek and CSI reruns. Where are the BBC programs? DISH should have terminated this channel before Esquire.
What do you all think?


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[spidey27]

Two words....Doctor Who.

 

[Bobby]

and Orphan Black...

 

[lfp302]

Doctor Who, Orphan Black, Intruders, Broadchurch, Graham Norton, Top Gear, are a few shows I've enjoyed on BBCA.

Don't remember what was lost with termination of esquire.

 

[Juan]

gee whizz..the real BBC carries a lot of American programing

 

[osu1991]

Channel has sucked for a while. Would rather get the shows unedited with a VPN or watch off Amazon.

 

[bluegrassboy75]

So my wife can watch her TNG and not complain to me.

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[DishSubLA]

It seems to have gotten even further LESS British since AMC took over, and now repeats of CSI Miami is gonna be aired? At least in the past, there seemed to be an attempt to "make a British connection" to the shows they aired such as Star Trek TNG because British actor Patrick Sterwart or something like the Starz Black or other black oriented TV nets sometimes have only a supporting black actor in the movie. It has always seemed a stretch. Now, it seems there is no attempt at all for any British connection to the shows BBC America airs.

There a TONS of old, not so old and very recent good and great UK TV series. It seems Hulu has grabbed several as "hulu exclusives" but there are more. It must be sufficiently expensive because BBC America is going the cheap route with stupid CSI Miami re-runs. No longer any point to having the BBC America moniker on that channel. Just rename it AMC2 or some other name that does no suggest UK programming since it hardly has any now.

 

[DishSubLA]

gee whizz..the real BBC carries a lot of American programing

Nowhere near the amount carried on other UK TV channels.

 

[MitchDeerfield]

You can claim a free month of acorn.tv. I think it has the English shows people are interested in.

https://signup.acorn.tv/

 

[shadlom]

Dirk gently

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[Juan]

It seems to have gotten even further LESS British since AMC took over, and now repeats of CSI Miami is gonna be aired? At least in the past, there seemed to be an attempt to "make a British connection" to the shows they aired such as Star Trek TNG because British actor Patrick Sterwart or something like the Starz Black or other black oriented TV nets sometimes have only a supporting black actor in the movie. It has always seemed a stretch. Now, it seems there is no attempt at all for any British connection to the shows BBC America airs.

There a TONS of old, not so old and very recent good and great UK TV series. It seems Hulu has grabbed several as "hulu exclusives" but there are more. It must be sufficiently expensive because BBC America is going the cheap route with stupid CSI Miami re-runs. No longer any point to having the BBC America moniker on that channel. Just rename it AMC2 or some other name that does no suggest UK programming since it hardly has any now.

All of which nobody watches

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[Brodieb]

BBC America is the reason I left cable and switched to Dish years ago. I would leave in a heartbeat if they dropped it now. No Doctor Who = No deal for me.

 

[Tony S]

BBC America has shows that I like. Doctor Who, Orphan Black, Sherlock, Broadchurch, and Intruders are all worth it to me. I would be upset if Dish got rid of BBC America!

 

[EarDemon]

Intruders was canceled after one season. Both Orphan Black and Broadchurch are done after they finish their next season,

 

[Juan]

Nowhere near the amount carried on other UK TV channels.

Uncut. But with commercials

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[Juan]

BBC America is the reason I left cable and switched to Dish years ago. I would leave in a heartbeat if they dropped it now. No Doctor Who = No deal for me.

No Dr who this year

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[Juan]

I wish they would show blakes 7

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[TheKrell]

No Doctor Who = No deal for me.

My local PBS station, WETA, has a subchannel called WETA-UK, that at least formerly broadcast Dr. Who. I see from their schedule that no episodes are coming up within the next two weeks.

 

[Brodieb]

No Dr who this year

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We have the X-Mas special! To be fair BBC America is not at fault for a long delay in DW production.