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Old 05-17-2009, 11:45 AM   #2549
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Originally Posted by Aiwendil View Post
Wow - as an American, I'm familiar with ITV only as the maker of such great shows as Agatha Christie's Poirot, Inspector Morse, and Foyle's War, and I've always had this image of it as some kind of glorious, high-budget PBS. It's sad but somehow strangely comforting to hear that actually it shows the same sort of rubbish as most of the channels here.
I share your views, and yes the programs you mention are of very high quality, but were made years ago, and are often repeated on ITV to give the channel some credibility that it offers "quality drama" when in actual fact they're just showing repeats
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