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* ''[[Men Behaving Badly]]'' (U.K.) / ''It's A Man's World'' (U.S.): A sitcom about 'typical lads'.
* ''[[Edge of Darkness]]'' (U.K.) / ''Edge Of Darkness'' (U.S.): A conspiracy thriller about nuclear cover-ups. Incidentally, made by the same director, [[Martin Campbell]].
* ''[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life:This Is Your Life|This is Your Life]]'' (U.S.)/''This is Your Life'' (U.K.)/''This is Your Life'' (Australia): The host surprises its celebrity guest with a "book" taking them through their life and a host of people who have played important roles in the celebrity's life. Even though it originated as a concept in the U.S., it lasted for a much longer period of time in the U.K.
* ''[[The Thick of It]]'' (UK) / ''Veep'' (US, forthcoming): The raw, seedy, spin-dominated, and [[Cluster F-Bomb]]-dominated side of politics, as seen from a [[Government Agency of Fiction]] (UK) or the Vice President's office (US).
* ''[[Top Gear]]'' (UK) / ''[[Top Gear US (TV)|Top Gear]]'' (US): Three hosts chat about cars and driving them. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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* [[Margaret Thatcher]] (UK) / [[Ronald Reagan]] (US): [[The Eighties|1980s]] New Right leaders
* [[Tony Blair]] (UK) / [[Bill Clinton]] (US): [[The Nineties|1990s]] Third Way leaders
* [[George W. Bush]] (US) / [[David Cameron]] (UK) / John Howard (AU) / Stephen Harper (CA) / John Key (NZ): post-Third Way conservatives
* Dennis Kucinich (US) / Ken Livingstone (UK): left-wing figureheads
 
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