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In amusing fashion, BBC America promotes itself in pre-show spots on its DVDs sold stateside. For starters, subscribing to the BBC America channel will teach you how to pronounce words correctly, and provide quality programming "to which you are no longer accustomed." Dating from the proliferation of reality TV, presumably.
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David Olive is a business and current affairs columnist at the Star, which he joined in 2001 after stints at the Globe and Mail, National Post and Financial Post.
"If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion."
- George Bernard Shaw
"Dating from the proliferation of reality TV, presumably."
Where do you think American reality TV comes from? American Idol and several other popular reality shows originated in Britain.
Canadians have access to three BBC channels: BBC World, BBC Canada and BBC Kids.
Posted by: Darwin O'Connor | 02/01/2011 at 01:32 PM