Detectorists is a masterpiece of TV. It’s beautifully acted and filmed. It can make a quite ordinary field and a few trees look mystically beautiful. It’s written by and stars Mackenzie Crook who has followed it up with a superb series of films of Wurzel Gummidge where he plays a scarecrow - also a beautifully filmed series in rural settings.

I remember watching midsomer murders with my mum it's not something I ever plan to watch but when you start an episode you can't stop I still watch it now occasionally

There's only one way to describe "The League of Gentleman" and that's bizarre. It is a blend of quite subtle but very dark humour, gore and plain nastiness, set in a village named after one of the UK's lewdest stand-up comics: Roy "Chubby" Brown. It's bloody brilliant!

All of the shows shown are popular but I must say the detectorists is really funny. Dry subtle comedy and well written but heart warming.

A lot of us grew up with Spitting Image, so Bo Selecta wasn’t that far fetched!

Not all Brits like toilet humour. Most prefer ironic subtle humour and satire..

‘Detectorists’ is slow burn gentle comedy and is gold throughout. And the best news is that the DMDC are about to ride again in a one off special. ‘The League of Gentlemen’ is as dark as dark can be comedy/horror, a mixture of laugh out loud funny and watching through your fingers, shot through with a strange pathos. It would never have been made in the USA but watching an episode or two would tell you if it was for you. (I actually think it’s one of British TV’s high water marks). ‘Inside No.9’ is the Leagues natural heir, written and performed by two thirds (actually half to be accurate) of them. What’s not here and should be is any of the Reeves and Mortimer series, top for ‘what the hell am I watching?’ British comedy TV. Some would say it’s surreal but I think it’s more accurate to say it’s an ambitious mix of slapstick married to DaDaist art! And rolling on the floor funny once/if you get it!

Blue Peter is a British institution and there are many clips you should watch such as the elephant accident, John Noakes climbing Nelson's Column. The American comparison to Midsomer would be Cabot Cove (Murder she Wrote).

Detectorists is the funniest, gently humorous show of the century. I've watched it several times and will probably watch it again and again. If you get the chance, watch it and stick with it.

Britain has a lot of great shows Scrapheap Challenge, Robot Wars, Dads Army, Red Dwarf, Black Adder, Qi are some of my favorites growing up

The US adaptation of Taskmaster flopped very quickly for a number of reasons. Its adaptations are strangely popular in scandinavian countries and increasingly so in New Zealand. The Detectorists was amazing, but the closest thing to the real world version is yet another show that deserves to be on the list: Time Team. Fly-on-the-wall documentation of the high-speed archaeology - absolutely captivating!

Midsomer is the county in Midsomer Murders. It is televised around the world. Likes of Orlando Bloom, Henry Cavill have featured on the show.

Blue Peter was like a magazine programme for children which features all sorts of things as the narrator says.

Detectorists is a masterpiece of television. For me it's the best TV show in the past 15 years and one of the best this century.

Detectorists is not a reality TV show, it's a comedy show, largely about the lives of two good friends who spend their time metal detecting looking for whatever they can find, with the hopes of finding lost Saxon gold. It's an absolutely BRILLIANT series with some real comedic gems. As for League of Gentlemen, all I have to say is: "Juliet Bravo! Juliet Bravo!" - an absolutely hilarious show!

In sailing terms, a ship about to leave port flies a flag representing the naval semaphore letter P, a blue square on a white background, called the Blue Peter. The phrase "outward bound" is also used to refer to children's outdoor activities such as the boy scouts would conduct.

The league of gentleman is still one of my all time faves.

By far the best programmes, on the list is "Detectorists" its fabulous. in fact I've just re-watched the entire series. and the amazing "League of Gentlemen" it's fabulous!

I think there's some vintage stuff like Eurotrash and TFI Friday. But also stuff like Naked Attraction

I remember watching Blue Peter in the late 1960's and into the 1970's Valerie Singleton (What ever happened to her?) John "Get down Shep" Noakes and Peter Purvis. Loved it, Tuesdays and Thursdays on BBC1 @ 5:15PM....Happy days.

Blue Peter is a magazine show, presenter did challenges, like parachuting, went to different countries for holidays and you learn about the holiday, made stuff, gardening, demonstration like karate, will have cub scouts, blue Peter appeals like clean water for a countries that don't have any.b

Blue Peter also raised money for charity, through encouraging children to fundraise in their community or schools.

The detectorist stands out amongst all the other programmes reviewed funny as well as leaving you with a feel good feeling after watching. The last episode was genius when they found a small clay goblet which they didn't realise but after many clues which I think everybody watching missed 😂 until near the end it turned out to be the holy grail.

Blue Peter has been shown on BBC TV since the 1950's. Commercial TV tried to launch a competitor program called Magpie which focussed more on popular culture but it only lasted twelve years. Magpie did however have one lasting legacy in British culture in that it introduced UK children to Trick and Treating.

If Oak Island can run for 10 seasons, then I think a show about metal detecting has a good chance of catching on.

You should have a watch of Taskmaster, it's bloody great!

If someone had described Detectorists to me I would never have watched it. For some reason I checked it out and was immediately drawn into its subdued humour. It's excellent.

No Mighty Boosh?

Tyler why not try League of Gentlemen and Inside No.9. Same team makes both show. Do try them

Taskmaster is hilarious. The difference between UK comedy and USA versions (like The Office) is that in the UK we love people doing things that don't go well for them, in fact are a bit of a loser. In the USA you don't really like failure, I think so find out comedies a bit painful at times.

Mate, you really need to check out 'Naked Attraction' - if there's one show that would, undoubtedly, be refused broadcast in the USA it's this one. The clue's in the name. ;) Also, if you should ever make it over here to our little isle than please allow me to welcome you by means of buying you a pint - you'll soon fall in love with pub culture. :)

Elton John.... looks like Nicola Sturgeon, just as, if not more scary, lol The Detectorist was a series that followed the ironic lives of two people and their club of metal detectors, was good. in Britain we have lots of interesting finds, Saxon and Roman finds, always chasing the dream.

Having a Blue Peter badge gives free admissions to some places.

If you have ever watched the US series Ghosts it started as a UK series that was a bit naughtier than the US version.

I think the thing about UK TV is that there's only so many actors, so once you're even close to good, you get a part on a show like Midsomer murders. They always need new people, so any actor that develops in the UK inevitably gets role.

Shooting Stars or anything involving Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer is quintisentially British surrealist and bizarre humour. Americans rarely get it, but tbh many Brits are perplexed by it too.

AS a Brit, I can confirm we are indeed as weird as shit, which is greaaaaat

I've lived in the UK all my life, but I haven't heard of, let alone watched, half of these programmes either... And I'd also forgotten that Blue Peter is even older than I am - by a few years, anyway! It has always been a magazine type programme, confusing generations of children by advising us to write our competition answers on the back of a postcard, when the only postcards most of us had ever seen were of the picture-type you sent to people while you were on holiday; and not forgetting the use of "sticky-backed plastic" that was otherwise universally known as Sellotape, leaving us all thinking it must be something that only posh people can afford... They also went on summer expeditions to exotic destinations that ordinary people probably wouldn't even have been aware existed before - let alone how to get there; and had Christmas charity appeals that involved millions of us sending them all our milk bottle tops, plastic bread seals and suchlike, that were presumably recycled long before anything like that became universally available. Yes, there are certain "rite of passage" programmes that almost every actor that ever was, has been in - especially the long-running soaps such as Coronation Street (also older than me at 62 and counting - and still with one original character in it), Emmerdale (50 this week) and the likes of Casualty - which employs nurses well past retirement age...! Or indeed they happen to attend a party in Midsomer, which is like a cross between the board game Cluedo and Miss Marple!

The clip from Blue Peter give a rather skewed impression of the show. It does do cooking, crafting, and fun stories- but its hallmark is more serious 'eductional' stuff- telling children about things that are happening in the world. Children have always been given the opportunity through the show to raise money (often by collecting and sending in things like used ring pulls from soda cans) for good causes around the world. It's also a platform for learning about new technologies, or other important cultural things.

Blue Peter was an educational programme dealing with Art Craft and Travel, it seems to have descended into some sort of noisey activity show going by the clips they showed here.

Prince william reaching for the blue peter badge, bless him he was so happy 😂

best of all - The Mighty Boosh !

On a list of fictional detective shows, Midsomer is the most dangerous place to live, followed by a place in Sweden then Cabot Cove is third.....

Does anyone else remember heartbeat? Just remember my mum watching it and listening that terrible theme tune every Sunday evening before school, even now that song sends shivers thru me

A British sitcom which traversed the Pond well was Till Death Us Do Part, which became All In The Family in the US. The lead character in the original was the reactionary, racist, working-class bigot Alf Garnett, who became Archie Bunker in the US version. Carroll O'Connor played Archie from 1971 to 1983. Blue Peter has been running weekly for 66 years now. I was sent to school in England in 1958, and the show was already a staple. I got my Badge for some fundraising my classmates and I did back in 1961. I still have it in my nicknacks box!!

Have I got news of you one of the funniest shows still on the TV

Blue Peter has been running since October 1958 and still going strong.

Detectorists is top level wonderful. It's gentle melancholy humour.

I think the list should have specified it's shows that have aired or are airing in like past 20 years, there are some better choices I think if you go back further. Yes Minister, Monty Python (tho I think more Americans get that one these days), Eurotrash, Last of the Summer Wine, one foot in the grave, Red Dwarf, etc. Mostly comedies.

Midsommer Murders reminds me of Murder She Wrote - I mean people should just run when Jessica Fletcher turns up because someone's going to die. If you want to look into something that you probably do need to be British to get, look up 'Pantomimes' - a traditional Christmas theatre.

At least 3 murders per episode in Midsomer Murders. Midsomer is a fictional area. It includes the town of Causton and several surrounding Villages. The actor who plays the current main character of Inspector Barnaby (John, cousin of the original Tom Barnaby) actually played the part of one of the murderers in one of the early series 🤔😁

Slough being pronounced as "slow", by an English narrator... wtf?!

The sewing show is on American t.v. winners get a chance to have their collections bought and sold by a professional company. Bake off too. Midsummer Murders in Vision t.v.

Im from UK i cant bare celebrity juice i dont know how they get away with things it disgusting

Omfg I love taskmaster it's bloody hilarious

Blue Peter 😃 my gosh everyone watched this as a child they even have badges which they give out.

The League of Gentlemen was a brilliant and extremely dark comedy, sometimes uncomfortable to watch but hilarious, especially Tubbs and Edward. Memorable characters such as Pauline, the job start officer and her pens, Uncle Harvey and his toads, Babs the transexual taxi driver and of course Tubbs and Edward in their local shop for local people. Inbreeding and cannibalism in the dark town of Royston Vasey, which was the real name of controversial comedian Roy Chubby Brown who later in the series appeared as the mayor.

There's a few meanings to "Blue Peter" too... • A blue signal flag with a white rectangle in the centre, signifying "P" • Blue Peter is named after the blue and white flag hoisted when a ship is ready to set sail from port. • When a man has had so much sex, his penis will not become erect anymore. This is referred to as having a "Blue Peter". • and of course a children TV show started in 1958 (often live and with animals, crafts and general entertainment).

Look at the UKs “spitting image” 😊

‘Nostalgia’ towards ‘Blue Peter’ doesn’t even come close. I’m 68 and watched it when I was 8.

If you want to try some surreal British comedy, I recommend Garth Marenghi's Darkplace! Even in the UK I'm not sure many people really get it. :)

The One Show is is on ar 7pm,so an early night show.

1 - *Celebrity Juice* (2008-2022) by *ITV* - An excellent comedy panel show presented by *Leigh Francis* in his semi-permanent character *Keith Lemon.* He gets celebrities to do ridiculous things to win points for their team. It is also *ITV2's* most successful show ever. 2 - *Upstart Crow* (2016-present) by the *BBC* - A sitcom which I've never seen, and have no interest in seeing, mainly because I don't think the writer *Ben Elton,* or the lead actor *David Mitchell* are funny. However the other cast members like *Harry Enfield* and *Liza Tarbuck* are funny. 3 - *Have I Got News For You* (1990-present) by the *BBC* - A rubbish comedy panel show about news. 4 - *Inside No. 9* (2016-present) by the *BBC* - A typical weird horror-comedy show by *Reece Shearsmith* and *Steve Pemberton.* It's an anthology series so each episode is different. I've seen 3 episodes I think, one of which was excellent, whereas the other two were just ok. 5 - *The League of Gentleman* (1999-2002) by the *BBC* - A typical weird horror-comedy show by *Reece Shearsmith* and *Steve Pemberton.* It's set in a village of weird people. I've only seen bits and pieces, and it seems ok. I've seen the entire *The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse* (2005) film however, and I remember that being very good. 6 - *The One Show* (2006-present) by the *BBC* - A rubbish, early evening, talk show, which no-one watches, and everyone seems to hate. 7 - *Detectorists* (2014-2017) by the *BBC* - A rubbish sitcom which no-one watched, which is why it was on *BBC Four.* I've seen the first episode and I gave up after that, as not a single thing in the show was funny. As usual though with low viewer shows, the critics loved it. 8 - *Taskmaster* (2015-present) by *UKTV* and now *Channel 4* - An excellent comedy panel show, where mainly comedian celebrities do ridiculous tasks for the taskmaster. Presented by *Greg Davies* and co-presented by *Alex Horne* who created the show. 9 - *Blue Peter* (1958-present) by the *BBC* - A children's entertainment show, which features viewer and presenter challenges, competitions, celebrity interviews, popular culture, and sections on making arts and crafts items from household items. When I was a kid there was usually something better on *ITV* as *CITV* always had better shows than *CBBC.* 10 - *Bo Selecta* (2002-2009) by *Channel 4* - A very good sketch show played by *Leigh Francis.* It's where his semi-permanent sex-obsessed character *Keith Lemon* first appeared. 11 - *Midsomer Murders* (1997-present) by *ITV* - A relatively dull drama about murders in a small county. 12 - *The Office* (2001-2003) by the *BBC* - A massively overrated mockumentary by *Ricky Gervais.* All of *Ricky Gervais* sitcoms and mockumentaries are overrated, however *The Office* is easily the worst. I don't rate any of them higher than 7/10. However his stand up shows, and his shows with *Karl Pilkington* are excellent. 13 - *The Great British Sewing Bee* (2013-present) by the *BBC* - A reality show about sewing, which surprisingly gets high viewing figures. I've never seen it, and I don't want to see it.

Time Team was another show we Brits loved. With Tony Robinson hosting the show that took the show around Britain digging up the past. Also another comedy is the last of the summer wine started in 1973 and ended In 2010. It's about three retired men acting like children in a Yorkshire village

I haven't had TV for many years and can honestly say with hand on heart I don't miss it. Having said that, I've caught parts of Taskmaster on YT and loved League of Gentlemen!

Unfortunately, a lot of these programme-makers have scraped the bottom of the barrel so hard that they are now digging away underneath it........

The American Office insulted us. It was dumbed down for the US audience and ruined a absolute Intelligent witty masterpiece.

Never heard of the "Detectorists" (UK here)

The joy of midsomer is trying to recognise the filming locations and the actors

I watch Tyler Rumple because he is gorgeous, oh and amazingly informative. 😁These vids are excellent and during the Queen's funeral, I followed intently, and loved the history coverage. Most respectful and kind. Thank you and please continue....⚜️

I'm surprised at 5:45 that Watch Mojo UK didn't know that Slough rhymes with bough, not with although.

It be good to see you react to British comedy like inbetweeners and Only fools and horses. Maybe some Poridge TV series.

Midsomer murders is a slow paced drama. Each episode is 2 hours long and would not fit in to the major network scheduling. US crime drama must have the crime solved with in an hour. Also New Zealand has their own show which follows the same format The Brokenwood Mysteries set in a small town.

Taskmaster is amazing u need to react to it. I don't think it would work well in the US because its about humiliating the contestants and host Alex as much as possible.

The sewing bee is great! You have so many talented sewers in the US it would go down a storm. Not so keen on The Office. There are a number of Midsomer villages in Somerset. Never seen the one with the masks. Looks creepy. I've never heard of the detectorists and hate the one show. Have I got news for you is hilarious.never heard of no 1. He hasn't mentioned absolutely fabulous, or vicar of Dibley. I don't really agree with his choices.

As a Brit, I couldn't get in the British office or Sewing bee.

Orlando Bloom was an early star of Midsomer Murders.

if you watch any of these, I IMPLORE you to watch Taskmaster. It's in it's 16th season in the UK, has had 4 seasons in New Zealand (which is also hilarious), and other adaptations in Portugal, Finland, Australia, and other countries. A US version was pitched, and even had Alex Horne as the assistant, but it was god awful and only had one episode. Apparently, there are plans to try to re-do it, but I don't know how it will do...

The English version of The Office is much better than the American version, I can say that as an Australian. Midsommer is an area with lots of towns, There is normally 3 murders per episode and the detectives don't seem to be too concerned.There must be at least 20 series but I'm guessing. John Nettles, the original lead, was in it for years and years. It's very popular in Australia and around the world.

Midsomer is the British Cabot Cove. Quiet, peaceful, and at least three dozen murders per year.

The detectorists was absolutely fantastic, I've watched it 3 or 4 times, loved it!

midsommar murders is a long running detective series

A lot of the "American reacts to British" channels have discovered Taskmaster and love it. The American version was really poor and was cancelled after 1 series mostly because they didn't pick the contestants very well and American commedians were less willing to humiliate themselves for the sake of comedy.

Great video, you deserve a Blue Peter badge !

As a brit the only one of these I watch and enjoy is The Great British Sewing Bee. The 1960's/70's Blue Peter shows were the best.

Midsomer Murders was popular in the US except it was called Murder She Wrote......RIP Angela Lansbury. OK theyr're not exactly the same but would you move to Cabot Cove back in the 1980s/90s?

Blue Peter was my favourite show in the 70's!

Only ever watched two of these tv shows. Don't think I missed much!

Britain has some of the best sitcom shows in the world. Suggest you view some and compare with american sitcoms! 'Allo 'Allo, Porridge, Open All Hours and Only Fools and Horses. Don't forget comedy dramas like The Biederbeck Trilogy and Goodnight Sweeheart. Absolute gold!

love Midsomer Murders watch all the reruns😍

'Blue Peter' is named after a Royal Navy/Merchant Navy flag. I believe it's flown when a ship is about to leave port/set sail. It's presenters have done all sorts of things like climbing Nelson's Column to clean the bird crap, placing the Christmas Star on the tree in Trafalgar Square and yes one infamous presenter did drop it one year!! Running Christmas charity collections for Lifeboats.

Watching you react to Bo Selecta! is going to be hilarious - hopefully.....

I'm sure the phrase "AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT" was a MONTY PYTHON catch phrase. (PS - a paper company based in "slow" (SLOUGH) (as in "town" or "ouch") ... I think these watch Mojo lists are thrown together.

alot of british programming in Canada and yes I watch both the baking and sewing shows.I grew up watching Mr Bean and Benny Hill.

a lot of competition shows, especially if they're on the bbc, don't have prizes. you're participating to have fun, no money at the end or anything. and that's why a lot of those competition reality shows don't make it to america, because a lot of americans apparently struggle to grasp the concept of going into a competition that doesn't have a prize for the winner

Has Tyler reacted to any episodes of Shooting Stars (the Vic & Bob spoof quiz show)? If not, the Larry Hagman episode and the one with Lance-Corporal Boyle D'Egg are recommended, I also recommend full episodes of Never Mind The Buzzcocks - especially those early ones where the joke-writers had been secretly prepping a guest without telling the hosts. (Jah Wobble and his "imaginary drums"? Bryan MacFadden and his animal impressions?) And if he wants something that's alternately dark-humoured and just puzzling, there's always Chris Morris's JAM.

12:10 “it’s not like Americans would even get it” The irony!

The only thing i can compare Midsommer Murders to from the US is Murder She Wrote... if Jessica Fletcher were a police detective and the show never ever ever branched out from Cabot Cove.

British shows are often very surrealist, especially League of Gentlemen.

I would put This Is Jinsy at number 1.