[James]

I heard Stephen Fry talking about this subject on the radio a while ago. He said the reason was that the rest of the world is primarily interested in buying period dramas (like Downton Abbey) from the UK, and isn't much interested in modern day urban UK drama.

[arista]

Originally Posted by James

I heard Stephen Fry talking about this subject on the radio a while ago. He said the reason was that the rest of the world is primarily interested in buying period dramas (like Downton Abbey) from the UK, and isn't much interested in modern day urban UK drama.

Yes back in the day,
it was another way

[Mokka]

Originally Posted by James

I heard Stephen Fry talking about this subject on the radio a while ago. He said the reason was that the rest of the world is primarily interested in buying period dramas (like Downton Abbey) from the UK, and isn't much interested in modern day urban UK drama.

I think this is fairly accurate. Most of the UK material that makes it even close to American /Canadian main stream are period dramas...
The rest of your content I have to find on my own via Internet streaming. Even Canadian Netflix, that has a high amount oh British content, is mostly period dramas.