List of British television series based on American television series

Although most United States-made television series are directly exported to the United Kingdom using the original production and cast, some successful shows have been remade for the British market.

The following list include American TV shows and concepts remade for a British audience.

U.S. original UK remake Notes
America's Next Top Model Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old?
Beauty and the Geek Beauty and the Geek
Blockbusters Blockbusters
Candid Camera Candid Camera
Card Sharks Play Your Cards Right
College Bowl University Challenge
The Disney Club The Disney Club
Double Dare Double Dare
Drunk History Drunk History
Family Feud Family Fortunes
Finders Keepers Finders Keepers
Fun House Fun House
Gambit Gambit
The Golden Girls The Brighton Belles
Good Times The Fosters
Greed - Chuck Woolery Gr££d - Jerry Springer
Grounded for Life In with the Flynns
Hollywood Squares Celebrity Squares
Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers UK
Jeopardy! Jeopardy!
Jersey Shore Geordie Shore
Law & Order Law & Order: UK
Mad About You Loved By You
Married... with Children Married for Life
Match Game Blankety Blank
Maude Nobody's Perfect
Murder in Small Town X The Murder Game
The Name's the Same The Name's the Same
Name That Tune Name That Tune
The Price Is Right The Price Is Right / The New Price Is Right/ Bruce's Price Is Right
Saturday Night Live Saturday Live/Friday Night Live
Sale of the Century Sale of the Century
Sid Caesar Invites You Sid Caesar Invites You
So You Think You Can Dance So You Think You Can Dance Reality competition. Same host (Cat Deeley) and both versions feature Nigel Lythgoe as a judge.
Supermarket Sweep Dale's Supermarket Sweep
That '70s Show Days Like These
The Apprentice The Apprentice US version aired in the UK on BBC Three is known as The Apprentice USA. UK version aired on BBC America is known as Mark Burnett's The Apprentice UK.
The Soup / Talk Soup Celebrity Soup
The Taste The Taste Reality competition. Same judges (Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, and Ludo Lefebvre).
This Is Your Life This Is Your Life
What's My Line? What's My Line?
Wheel of Fortune Wheel of Fortune
Who's the Boss? The Upper Hand
Win Ben Stein's Money Win Beadle's Money
Wipeout Total Wipeout US version airs in the UK on Watch is known as Total Wipeout USA.

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