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BritishTV has been around as long as the television itself, although Britain was swiftly overtaken as the frontrunner of small-screen programming by the United States in the immediate postwar period.

British television has always had a knack for being delightfully offbeat, boasting the kind of storytelling that feels familiar but eccentric at the same time. From the wit of classic sitcoms to the ...