@chienfou@hchavers@RiotDemon what’s not real about aliens trying to destroy humans! I mean, just because they defy what we know about science and physics doesn’t mean it’s not real.
I voted for Grand Design, though the show name is actually Grand Designs - close enough for meh.
If you like GBBO, there are also sewing and pottery versions, I think called the GB sewing bee and GB pottery throw down. Very similar formats and I think just as entertaining. There are also Australian and Canadian versions of the Bake Off that can sometimes be as good as the British version, but not always.
@ahacksaw Oh, and Great British Menu. Plus my guilty pleasure favorite, First Dates/First Dates Hotel. And Bargain Hunt! Yes, I do watch a lot of British TV.
@ahacksaw Doh! Can’t believe I forgot Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip. Both good competition shows if you like antiques at all. There are also celebrity versions, though I almost never recognize the “celebrities.”
When I saw the poll title, I fully expected to not know any of the choices, but I had totally forgotten about “The Repair Shop”, which I genuinely love.
i’ve never heard of any of these (except GBBO which i have no interest in). i tried to think of one but the closest i came was james may: our man in japan. not exactly reality tv but, somewhat real, and he’s british (even if it was produced for amazon), and i very much enjoyed it.
I haven’t seen any mention of British game shows yet, but I don’t know if those would technically be considered reality TV. There are several great shows that really require knowledge, much different than most seemingly dumbed down American game shows, Jeopardy excluded. Countdown and Only Connect are great, and regularly make me feel both ignorant and unintelligent. Oh, and Mastermind, where it’s common for me to know none of the answers.
I do watch GBBO, love it. My daughter and I watched both seasons of Glow-Up (make up artist contest show). I’m going to gave to try to find a few of these other now though.
@RiotDemon Okay we actaully hate her and her trying to make ‘Ding Dong’ a thing. She needs to stop. I have the same feelings about Carla (whatever her last name is) that Food Network is now trying to add as a judge to everything and her ‘Duuuuuude’ comment. Please Food Network, stop with Carla.
@remo28 I was really hoping that dingdong was retired for season two. Nope. Came back with a vengeance. I know two other people that watch the show and they also think it’s fucking stupid.
Landscape Artist of the Year!!!
Also Portrait Artist of the Year
A bunch of artists with wildly different styles using different mediums to paint the same subject. I stumbled on it a few years ago…it blew me away and I’m not an artist
Currently showing on Ovation Network
I do enjoy GBBO but it’s pretty much like the other baking competitions with an accent
I only watch some of their panel shows.
@yakkoTDI Yeah, I hope we get a poll on best panel show soon.
I really like Dr. Who.
@hchavers
Came here to say that too!
@chienfou @hchavers “reality show”?
@RiotDemon
wait… what??.. Dr Who is not REAL???
@chienfou @RiotDemon Everyone knows Dr. Who went to watch Beatles audition, got drunk, and lost his diary.
@chienfou @hchavers @RiotDemon
<“reality show”?
Alternative reality? (
). I like that show too.
@chienfou @hchavers @RiotDemon what’s not real about aliens trying to destroy humans! I mean, just because they defy what we know about science and physics doesn’t mean it’s not real.
EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!
Because this is a Meh poll, I genuinely believed these were all made up
@steveml So did I
Anything featuring Richard Ayoade, or, to a somewhat lesser extent, any of the cast of The IT Crowd.
I voted for Grand Design, though the show name is actually Grand Designs - close enough for meh.
If you like GBBO, there are also sewing and pottery versions, I think called the GB sewing bee and GB pottery throw down. Very similar formats and I think just as entertaining. There are also Australian and Canadian versions of the Bake Off that can sometimes be as good as the British version, but not always.
I now feel like a British Snob.
@MichaelrGraham Are they on any streaming service? Or on BBC America? I’d at least try them out.
@remo28 YouTube for the most part, which is very hit and miss. I haven’t seen them streaming elsewhere
TASKMASTER. Never heard of the other ones (Besides the Bake Off, which I love).
Great British Sewing Bee
Great British Lucas Electronics Show, it didn’t last very long.
Prime Minister’s Question Time…because, other than “Top Gear”, it is the only one of the British reality programs I’ve even seen.
(On second thought, there’s very little reality connected with anything Boris Johnson utters in public.)
Masterchef. It’s nothing like Gordon Ramsay’s ridiculous US version.
@ahacksaw Oh, and Great British Menu. Plus my guilty pleasure favorite, First Dates/First Dates Hotel. And Bargain Hunt! Yes, I do watch a lot of British TV.
@ahacksaw Doh! Can’t believe I forgot Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip. Both good competition shows if you like antiques at all. There are also celebrity versions, though I almost never recognize the “celebrities.”
Scrapheap Challenge
Time Team
Antiques Roadshow
Cash in the Attic
And the king of the BBC: Top Gear (the second life; the original iteration was typically “British’70s television presenter” lifeless and boring).
@ruouttaurmind Yes Antiques Roadshow! I haven’t seen the others.
@ruouttaurmind I might have to try “Scrapheap Challenge”. I remember liking the U.S. adaptation “Junkyard Wars”
BTW, Time Team is available free with Prime Video.
@ruouttaurmind Top Gear was the one I’d vote for.
When I saw the poll title, I fully expected to not know any of the choices, but I had totally forgotten about “The Repair Shop”, which I genuinely love.
Pretty much any of Gordon Ramsey’s UK shows. So much better than the US versions.
“Reality TV Show” is an oxymoron on both sides of the pond.
i’ve never heard of any of these (except GBBO which i have no interest in). i tried to think of one but the closest i came was james may: our man in japan. not exactly reality tv but, somewhat real, and he’s british (even if it was produced for amazon), and i very much enjoyed it.
@jerk_nugget Started watching it - Love James May.
I haven’t seen any mention of British game shows yet, but I don’t know if those would technically be considered reality TV. There are several great shows that really require knowledge, much different than most seemingly dumbed down American game shows, Jeopardy excluded. Countdown and Only Connect are great, and regularly make me feel both ignorant and unintelligent. Oh, and Mastermind, where it’s common for me to know none of the answers.
I do watch GBBO, love it. My daughter and I watched both seasons of Glow-Up (make up artist contest show). I’m going to gave to try to find a few of these other now though.
@remo28 DING DONG DARLING, DING DONG!!
@RiotDemon Okay we actaully hate her and her trying to make ‘Ding Dong’ a thing. She needs to stop. I have the same feelings about Carla (whatever her last name is) that Food Network is now trying to add as a judge to everything and her ‘Duuuuuude’ comment. Please Food Network, stop with Carla.
@remo28 I was really hoping that dingdong was retired for season two. Nope. Came back with a vengeance. I know two other people that watch the show and they also think it’s fucking stupid.
Okay. Who had to Google GBBO to know what the hell it was? Not me, of course.
@accelerator I didn’t have to Google, but I only know it from meh. This is least the 4th poll regarding it:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/do-you-watch-the-great-british-baking-show
https://meh.com/forum/topics/favorite-cooking-competition-show
https://meh.com/forum/topics/best-food-network-competition-show (admittedly, it only made this poll via the “something else” comments)
@accelerator @DrWorm I just looked at the header image to figure it out.
Landscape Artist of the Year!!!
Also Portrait Artist of the Year
A bunch of artists with wildly different styles using different mediums to paint the same subject. I stumbled on it a few years ago…it blew me away and I’m not an artist
Currently showing on Ovation Network
I do enjoy GBBO but it’s pretty much like the other baking competitions with an accent
