[guelo]

BBC is publicly funded. It's as if PBS hadn't faced decades of Republican attacks and budget cuts. Republicans believe that the only form of television we should watch should be for the benefit of shareholders. Even so, PBS still manages to do some great journalism with shows like Frontline. But they don't have anywhere near the budget to create content as good as the BBC.

[timthorn]

PBS (and other US networks, to be fair) does cofund the production of a number of UK shows, both drama and documentary.