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{{trope}}
Two
Typically, the older
Shows that spread to even more countries become [[Multi National Shows]].
{{examples}}
* ''Alien'' (US) / ''Marco Polo'' (Norway): A space ship crew comes across an alien planet, and pick up an alien stowaway who begins killing them. The main difference is that, in the Norwegian miniseries, the alien turned out to be sympathetic. The series was actually aired ''before'' Alien▼
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* ''[[Kenny vs. Spenny]]'' (Canada)/''Ed vs. Spencer'' (UK)/''Elton vs. Simon'' (Germany)/''Frank Vs. Girard'' (Quebec): Two friends compete in bizarre competitions; the loser suffers a humiliation.
* ''[[Man About the House]]'' (UK)/ ''[[Three's Company]]'' (US): Buffoon fakes homosexuality to room with two women.
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* ''[[Keep It In The Family]]'' (UK) / ''[[Too Close for Comfort]]'' (US)
* ''[[Mind Your Language]]'' (UK) / ''[[What A Country]]'' (US)
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]
** Later series of the UK version were filmed in the US- if anything, it was probably just a change of host rather than a remake
* ''[[Life On Mars]]'' (UK) / ''[[Life On Mars]]'' (US) / [[Present Day|Present-day]] police detective is transported to [[The Seventies|1973]].
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (US) / ''Saturday Live'' and ''Friday Night Live'' (UK) / ''RTL Samstag Nacht'' (Germany): Subversive sketch show with young comedians.
* ''[[
* ''[[Eleventh Hour]]'' (UK) / ''[[Eleventh Hour]]'' (US): A scientist and a government agent solve cases of scientific advancements in the wrong hands.
* ''[[Coupling]]'' (UK) / ''Coupling'' (US): Six friends are involved in ever-shifting (apart from the two leads) sexual relationships.
** There was also a Greek ''Coupling''. According to [[Steven Moffat]] "It lasted longer than the American version, so shut up."
▲* ''Alien'' (US) / ''Marco Polo'' (Norway): A space ship crew comes across an alien planet, and pick up an alien stowaway who begins killing them. The main difference is that, in the Norwegian miniseries, the alien turned out to be sympathetic. The series was actually aired ''before'' Alien
* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' (US) / ''Everybody Loves Kostya'' (Russia) : Creator Phil Rosenthal mas a [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhp6ei_exporting-raymond-official-trailer-in-theaters-april-29th_shortfilms comedic documentary], ''[[Exporting Raymond]]'' about the process.
* ''[[Law and Order]]'' (US) / ''[[Law and Order UK]]'' (UK): Cops and lawyers.
** ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' / ''Закон и порядок: отдел оперативных расследований'' (Russia): Similar format dealing with sex crimes.
** ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' (US) / ''Paris Enquêtes Criminelles'' (France) / ''Закон и порядок: Преступный Умысел'' (Russia): Similar format dealing with high profile cases, and also showing the persepective of the criminals.
* ''[[Are You Smarter Than a
* ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'' (US) /''[[I've Got a Secret]]'' (UK)/ ''[[Please Guess My Secret]]'' (Japan): Unlike the UK versions of American Game Shows running at the time in the 50s/60s, the Japanese just created their own version with no assist from (or royalties to) Goodson Todman Productions.
* ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' (UK) / ''[[Being Human (USA)]]'' (US): A ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire try to live together as normal people.
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* ''[[Top Gear]]'' (UK) / ''[[Top Gear US|Top Gear]]'' (US): Three hosts chat about cars and driving them. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* Expedition: Robinson (SWE) / ''[[Survivor]]'' (US)
* ''[[Hustle]]'' (UK) / ''[[Leverage]]'' (US) : A team of anti-heroes steals from evil rich people who deserve to be stolen from.
* ''[[Episodes (TV series)|Episodes]]'' is a series centered around the very concept.
* ''WΔZ'' (UK)/''Scar 3D'' (US)
* Transcontinental variant: ''[[Mister Rogers'
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' (US) / ''[[Misfits]]'' (UK): [[Sci Fi]] series about ordinary people who discover they have superpowers
* ''[[Jersey Shore]]'' (US) / ''Geordie Shore'' (UK) / ''The GC'' (NZ/AU)
* [[The BBC]] (UK) / [[PBS]] (US)
* ''[[Dear John (British series)|Dear John]]'' (UK) / ''[[Dear John (American TV series)|Dear John]]'', (US)
== Radio ==
* [[The BBC]] (UK) / [[NPR]] (US)
== Music ==
=== Artists ===
* [[The Beatles]] (UK) / [[The Monkees]] or [[The Beach Boys]] (US)
* Lily Allen (UK) / [[Katy Perry]] (US)
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* [[Big Star (band)|Big Star]] (US) / [[Badfinger]] (UK)
=== Genres ===
* [[New Wave]] of British Heavy Metal (UK) / [[Hair Metal]] (US)
* [[Motown]] (US) / [[Northern Soul]] (UK)
* [[Grunge]] (US) / [[Britpop]] (UK)
▲== Other ==
== Politics ==
* [[Margaret Thatcher]] (UK) / [[Ronald Reagan]] (US): [[The Eighties|1980s]] New Right leaders
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== Technology ==
* [[Commodore 64]], [[Apple II]], or [[Atari 8 Bit Computers]] (US) / [[ZX Spectrum]] or [[BBC Micro]] (UK): 8-bit home computers. (The C64 was still pretty popular across [[The Pond]], though.)
* Commodore [[Amiga]] or [[Atari ST]] (US) / [[Acorn Archimedes]] (UK): 16-bit home computers. (The US computers were [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|much more successful]] on the other side of [[The Pond]], however.)
== Education ==
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