[enraged_camel]

Actually, I think the UK is the exception in this regard. Most other countries that shoot their own local TV shows have 6-9 month seasons. Brazil, India, China, Turkey.. etc.

Furthermore I'm not convinced UK's shorter season format is a good thing. I actually think it's a symptom of much smaller budgets.

[DanBC]

Yes! You made me realise that I was applying my own limited view of tv shows (what I see on English TV) and appying that to the whole world.