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by FredPret 668 days ago
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I read John Cleese’s autobiography long ago and he mentioned the very different economics of TV in the UK vs the US.

I think it was either the lack of money going into UK TV shows or the lack of a profit motive that led to ridiculously short runs like that.

Fawlty Towers and Yes Minister are top quality shows that should’ve run for 10 seasons.

Luckily their system did better with this when Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear came around and we got a lot of that.