British TV has given us some absolute corkers over the years, entertaining audiences all over the world. Slough-based mockumentary The Office made a global superstar out of its writer Ricky Gervais while teen drama Skins propelled actors such as Dev Patel and Kaya Scodelario all the way to Hollywood.
Inevitably, production companies in the US wanted the same hits on their hands and went about remaking some of the most popular programmes in British television.
However, some are much better than others. We take a look at which shows give the original a run for its money and which simply got lost in translation. The Office When The Office first burst on to our screens in the UK in 2001, Ricky Gervais' David Brent made us cringe with
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