11 STRANGEST British TV Shows (as per me, a non-Brit!) 

Check out Euro trash it was on channel 4 during the 90s early 00s. Probably one of the weirdest shows I’ve seen.

I'm happy that my childhood had Father Ted rather than Mrs Browns Boys.

Due South was big in the UK in the 90's, fondly remembered from my childhood.

Dogs might fly sounds like something Alan Partridge would pitch.

Mrs Brown’s Boys is a tv show that you can dislike just by watching the trailer, and then avoid like the plague.

Naked Attraction: the British television show which confirms that MOST of us look WAY better with our clothes on!

Good to see Alanna is no exception to the rule that you never hear anyone say they intentionally tuned into Naked Attraction. The TV always just happened to be on that channel one night when the programme started without warning.

The Jump was cancelled after the number of injuries reach 34.

2:30 What is good about the Naked Attraction series is that it shows peoples real bodies instead of the usual plastic surgery/airbrushed images given in magazines! People come in all shapes and sizes and it's all perfectly natural!

i knew a guy that was on Embarassing Bodies, it was a bit of a shock flicking through the tv -as you do - then spotting someone you see fairly regularly.

I know it’s finished now, but “Cardinal” is an excellent Ontario based crime drama based on a book series. It’s all on bbc4 too

The League of Gentlemen didn't even get a mention? Good lord

I'd gladly watch 10 years of Trainspotting Live, taking great interest in what the squares have to say, rather than watch one more episode with vile individuals in Big Brother...if that shit still is on.

My Mother the Car was actually a U.S. show, but was shown in other countries.

Your videos always lighten up my Tuesdays :). Thank you.

Part 2 defo,funny insightful and witty to boot.proper enjoyed this,more please.

I remember a Canadian cartoon called the Raccoons that was shown in the UK. It was on CBBC, Saturday mornings during the '90s. It had characters like Burt Raccoon and Cyril Sneer not to mention a cracking end credits theme also.

It makes me happy that you think that _Mrs Brown's Boys_ "sucks". I find it revolting.

Loving the backdrop that the new editing software gives, it convincingly looks like you are outside as opposed to sitting in your bedroom.

I watch every week and always fall for your enthusiasm. Keep up the good work. Hope you make it back to Kent soon,

Not a British TV show but "The singing ringing tree " a kids show from the 1960 s , bizarre doesn't even come close , I'm still traumatized by it to this day , try and catch it on the internet and wonder , what were they thinking ?

'Then all of a sudden, genitals' That must become a gif or whatever its called. Or a saying for 2020.

Canada participated in one of the strangest, greatest Sci-Fi TV shows ever made: Lexx.

Canadian TV, we binge watched all 13 years of Heartland over a couple of months. Waiting for season 14.loved it.

I've had a friend, who culled her FB friends list based upon whether they liked Mrs. Brown's Boys. I totally agree. I'd Rather gouge my eyes out that watch that muck, and it makes me embarassed to be Irish. I'm suprised Peep Show didn't make the list, but if you suffer like myself from absolutely cringing watching people doing embarassing things it might not be your cup of tea lol. Sitcom based around two socially disfunctional lads ending up in ridiculous situations, but done via the inner monologue of the characters. Pure Car crash telly.

I'm sure Naked Attraction took their inspiration from Japanese TV. Now THERE is a whirlpool of weirdness.

This was awesome! Can't wait for part 2...I also thought all English people were posh aristocrats, When I got there it was in the middle of a heatwave. Lots of puffy, tomato red English people soaking up the sun in their front yards. I then realized lots of Englishmen look like Onslow from "Keeping Up Appearances."

I think Gogglebox is like a TV version of a reaction video

I'm watching two Canadian shows on Netflix now, Murdoch Mysteries and Heartland. Really good shows.

PS: I forgot Dave Allen. I know he is Irish but we got him on the BBC and he is the bee's knees.

Another great video , always makes me smile to see you smile and laugh so much , especially trainspotting live, fabulous

I'm still waiting for Antiques Roadkill...

My Mother the Car was American i think, I definitely watched reruns of it as a small child in the early 90s

Great video. This channel beats the regular TV shows

Very fun video. I'm convinced. I'll have to check out some of these strange British shows. There are some Canadian gems that aren't well known because a lot of content is never aired on broadcast TV any more. I really enjoy Wynonna Earp, and the Corner Gas Animated series is pretty fun, too.

10/10 Canadian Maple leaves Alanna for managing to come up with different topics to talk about every week on your channel.Well done, Alanna!

all of those shows would be saved by adding Bob Mortimer

Nice video Alanna. It cheered me up thank you. 🙂

Nice video. Would welcome a part 2 and a video on good Canadian TV shows. I remember seeing Dark Matter, the Border, Mantracker and Continuum

Good choices Alanna, and there's probably enough material out there for a couple of sequels too. To my absolute shame, I actually did watch a few episodes of Mrs Brown's boys until it all got too much for me!

Canada does have a thriving TV production, many of the best sci-fi series all come from Canada

Totally agree with you on Mrs Browns boys!! Great video....love to hear you talk - you’re always so honest. Doesn’t hurt that you’re beautiful xx

Oh god, I saw naked jungle initially, the sight of Keith Chegwin scarred me for life. I think it’s older than 2000 though, I seem to remember a one off episode on a themed ‘nudist’ night that channel 4 did. They did those various themed nights every so often

‘Come Dine With Me’ were you into that? You should apply to be a contestant on that, and test out your cooking skills!

As for great Canadian TV shows, Dark Matter is an awesome Canadian sci-fi show. Such a shame it was cancelled, but totally worth watching all the same. Love Due South too, not only was it funny and hugely entertaining, it also set me off on a voyage of discovery of Canadian music through its soundtracks. A large section of my music collection remains Canadian to this day 🇨🇦🎧🎶

One thing I do love about British television are the movie length quiz shows like Big Fat Quiz and 8 Out of 10 Cats. Both hosted by Jimmy Carr but an episode is absolute gold if Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding are panelists.

Another total gem of a video, Alanna. Thank you so much for doing this. I agree with you, someone in a boardroom authorised these shows! “Yes I agree we should in vest $500,000 in that show. That’ll rate its head off!” You are highly entertaining even when you’re talking about my number 1 worst show - embarrassing bodies. That even made it to Australia for a couple of seasons

Agree about Celebrity Juice - Lemon is very unfunny. Oh and please scrap I'm a Celebrity - utter tosh.

Hi Alanna, I was also cheered when you mentioned Mrs Brown's Boys - what an abomination. I must apologise for all those terrible programmes, though as you say, we make enough that you can find a few good ones. I haven't come across My Mother The Car, which I'll give a swerve, but I'll try to find Dogs Might Fly. You didn't make that up, did you ?

I've always found it wild how you can be watching a relaxing show about trains one moment and then the next moment you're watching crazy medical stuff

Sony Channel is currently showing "Due South" reruns. I'd forgotten how funny it was, especially Gordon Pinsent. "Banzai" is worth a look - deliberately weird, but fun, rather than ill conceived. Best culture shock show I've seen though was the Icelandic version of "Blind Date", so much more wholesome than the British version: the contestants had clipboards with their (very serious) questions on, and the date was pony trekking and a paint your own pottery session.

I am one of those people that loves Gogglebox, but I've only mostly seen the Irish Version. Also I agree with you about Mr Browns Boys, it's been awful recently.

I’ve never met a single person who likes or even tolerates Mrs browns boys 😂 no idea how it’s still going - the same with celebrity juice 😂

Hey Alanna, there is a lot of weird stuff on British TV and Channels 4 and 5 are good for that kind of stuff but you still have to love it although we can't take credit for My Mother the Car, it's even to strange for us. It was made in America by NBC in 1965. One of the oddest British programmes shown in recent years for me was The Autopsy which showed a human dissection anatomist Gunther Von Hagens, even for channel 4 it was a bit out there. By the way, nice work with the video editing, it's looking very professional.

When I was in the States I watched a Canadian program parodying US talk shows. It was hilarious because it really captured the cringiness of US daytime talk shows. One of my favourite programs on Netflix was Schitts Creek (A Canadian produced comedy). They did a behind the scenes episode after it finished. It was really moving.

My god you've picked out some absolute dross there... I'd not lower myself to watch ANY of those programmes, lol

Shooting Stars was a good panel show!

“Naked men running around an assault course”. A sentence I have never heard before! You’ll have a million subs one day great to see your Chanel grow. My partner is not English and your perspective really helps me see things through her eyes sometimes. Keep going!!!!!

Alanna's here and now I know it's Tuesday. Woo-hoo! Great call on doing 'strangest' as it allows for a lot more of your humour and that's a good thing. I agree with all on your list that I've seen, which is about 8 I think. Two strange shows for you are Tipping Point and Deal Or No Deal (not sure if they're strictly British though). In the first you watch counters drop down onto platforms, just like the 2p seaside game. How exciting. In the second, you watch people open boxes while making it seem like there was a mythical, mystical, magical importance to the order they picked. There isn't and that's all there is to the show. Nothing more.

Nobody's mentioned One Man and His Dog?! It was literally a shepherd herding sheep into a pen using a dog and seeing who could do it the quickest. It ran for well over 20 years...

My Mother the Car is an American show!!!

Hey Alanna.Yet another delightful vid. I'm with Secret Guy and many others when I say Mr's Brown's Boys has to be 'the' unfunniest thing I've ever had the misfortune to watch, never seen a whole show, 2min was my limit when I accidentally tuned in. Once. 😱. My! You have some load buzzy things over there, 🦟 🐝. Cool editing Miss. I trust all's well, as always. Greetings from Liverpool. ✌️ 🐝.

Hi Alanna. Weather looks nice there. We've just had a storm pass through here in the UK. Hope you are well. Take care.

Bless you for mentioning second hand embarrassment! I've often cringed, looked away, and sometimes left the room when anything embarrassing is clearly going to happen. And yes, I know it's not real( tv/movie). I like to think we're empathetic!

I didn't watch many episodes of embarrassing bodies, but there was one episode in particular that's always stuck in my mind. Some older guy went on there, think he was in his early 50's? And said he likes to go clubbing and stuff, but sometimes he has this problem where brown watery liquid would like seep out of his arse? Anyway, the doctors went away and did their "tests" or whatever, and came back and told this guy that there was nothing wrong with him, and that he basically just didn't know how to wipe his own arse properly, and the liquid was just his shltty bum hole and sweat mixing together and running out of his crack. So not only did this guy go on national TV to let everyone know about his runny arse, but then it was revealed that this man in his 50's didn't know how to do something that most people learn when they're about 6. Good times.

Oh come on, you had Republic of Doyle - that was AWESOME!!!!! Caught one episode - ONE EPISODE - on telly in my hotel room on a ski holiday, and was hooked!! Couldn't find it at all in the UK, the lengths I had to go to to get it!

You've got Letterkenny which can have some comical moments. I remember back in the '70s a sit-com called King of Kensington though it probably hasn't aged well. I haven't been in the UK for 18 years, so most of your choices I've never heard of, but I have seen a few hilarious clips of Mrs Brown's Boys ... found here on YT.

I'm British and I haven't heard of half of these haha Naked Attraction is a strange one, I can't stand Mrs Brown's Boys but I do have a soft spot for Celebrity Juice.

The Mighty Boosh is pretty weird😆

I can remember when we had just 2 channels and by the time we got to 4 the VCR had been invented and it transformed our viewing as you could watch one thing and record another. That was great till Christmas when there was on occasion more than 2 things on at the same time that you wanted to watch so then you were into swapping tapes with neighbours. Now we have so many free to air channels I can't count them all, but I struggle to find one thing that's worth watching. Hence I'm on RU-vid!

Thanks, Alanna, I haven't watched TV for about seven years and you've reminded me why.

I thought I watched alot of crap telly but I've never heard of Dogs Might Fly before!

Mrs Brown's Boys feels like a naff 1970s sitcom to me - maybe that's why some people like it, but I don't. The humour is so clichéd and obvious, I find it a real chore to watch.

My Mother the Car was actually an American comedy series. It aired in 1965-66, and lasted for one season, and 30 episodes. It starred Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick Van Dyke. The car was a 1928 Porter, a fictional make, and was assembled from the parts of several different real vintage cars. The voice of the car was provided by Ann Sothern, a Hollywood star from the 1940s. I watched this show in the 1960s, and enjoyed it.

22:47 your description of gogglebox had me in stitches ahahaha brilliant. I actually love gogglebox, the reason I find it so funny is because I love seeing people’s reactions to stuff it’s all part of the humour so gogglebox is basically just that it’s people’s reactions to tele and they do come out with some funny stuff. Btw I’m English and have never ever watched downton abbey and had never even heard of ‘the crown’ until you just mentioned it but I dunno maybe some people do like those shows 😂

As an Englishman who has lived in England for over fifty years I feel like I've been living elsewhere as I haven't even heard of most of these shows, let aone watched any of them. As the yoof of today might say, #Baffled!

You’re right about Mrs.Browns boys it like something out of the 1970’s it’s garbage. A lot of these shows are aimed at a youth audience, which explains a lot.

So glad you brought up Naked Jungle it was possibly the most disturbing thing that ever happened while channel hopping. For the next one a show called JAM

Adventures and Naps we need you back in the UK

Embarrassing bodies was people to shy to visit their GP so choose to go on tv in front of millions 🤔🤣🤣🤣

Yes look up Splash with Olympian diver Tom Daley, where celebrities try and master the art of diving, almost as good as The Jump.... Eddie the Eagle did win this contest ....

"My Mother The Car" also played in the US in the 1960s. I believe it was even filmed and produced in LA. I recall it starred Jerry Van Dyke (Dick Van Dyke's brother) with Ann Southern giving voice to that antique auto. Yeah, it was weird. No doubt about it.

Sadly you missed my childhood in The Magic Roundabout. I remember rewatching an episode where Dougal attended a party and had no memory of it. He was so stoned he was having a conversation with a banana and a pear. Or the classic innuendo of Captain Pugwash! Good old Seaman Stains and Master Bates and who can forget Roger the Cabin boy!

“And then everyone started breaking their legs..” chuckle 🤣🤣🤣

Mrs Brown's Boys is absolutely appalling and definitely not a good representative of decent British sitcoms :)

A neighbor of mine tells me that all or most of the Hallmark made for TV movies are made in Canada. Among other interesting facts the leadtime for getting them on TV means that the winter episodes are filmed in the summer and the summer episodes are filmed in winter. I can't imagine that wearing winter sweaters and jackets to film in the summer and summer outfits to film in the winter are exactly fun.

That't the first time (to my understanding) that you've used the word 'maybe' in regard to coming back home.... as to this video happy to say that I've never had the misfortune to have wasted any of my life watching any of the programmes you mention in your list! Truth is, I've never heard of most of them! :-) Stay safe Alanna x

Before celebrity juice, there was a show called Shooting Stars.

There are also a few weird but good shows around, for example James May : The Reassembler where the presenter put things back together, including such highlights as a 1950's lawnmower, a 1960's food mixer and so on. The interest I suppose is whether you enjoy listening to James May talk about some of the social context or engineering ideas around the item being worked on. Also James May Toy stories, where you take a classic childrens favourite toy and see how far you can push the idea. So, building a full size house out of Lego, a bridge out of Meccano, a 10 mile long model railway track and so on. And then theres Time Team, after 20 seasons it had become well known and reasonably well respected, but it cant have been easy selling the idea of televising some archaeologists scraping away at dirt for three days with the risk of finding very little if anything. Or perhaps two of the series it inspired, Extreme Archaeology, similar to Time Team but smaller scale and much more dangerous locations, or Pub Dig, also smaller scale and as the name suggests looking for history underneath some of the UK's beer gardens. Initially it sounds daft, but some pubs have been at the same location for hundreds of years, protecting whats underneath them from later rebuilding etc. As for Mrs Browns Boys, I havent watched it, so I can only point to the UK's long tradition of Drag Queens and Pantomime Dames. As for the Trainspotting show, I flirted with the hobby very briefly as a child, (my older brother was a trainspotter,) but it was at one point very popular in this country. I guess it appeals to the collector in some people, and provides the opportunity to travel around the country and see different places, not just railway stations. Combine it with a visit to a museum or something if transpotting on its own sounds a bit dry. We're British, we love a bit of eccentricity, a bit of smut, maybe a laugh and maybe learn something, ideally all of them. Which is why I like QI XL so much I guess.

Hi Alanna, this is my second time watching this video!!! When I was working, one of my colleagues, originally from Italy, said "Your quiz shows are so strange here in Australia, no one ever takes off their clothes!!!". I really couldn't work out an answer to that one!!! Did you ever hear about the Japanese game show called "Gannon"? On one episode, they made all their contestants drink several buckets of water, then locked up all the rest rooms. You can imagine what happened!!! Talking about UK train TV shows; there was a show based on the life of the railway workers on a particular railways station in London. On one occasion, after a power blackout, they "lost" three suburban trains full of peak hour passengers. They eventually found the missing trains stuck in the tunnel near London Bridge Station. Without any power, they had no way to contact their base and the map showing the trains also went blank. Anyway, take care. Robert.

Hiya Alanna. I love the term second hand embarrassment! The only one on your list that I watched was Mrs Brown's Boys because it reminds me of my favourite aunty 😂 Thanks for the video, you always make me smile!

North America seems to have an issue with nudity/sex, but love violence.

You should have included Big Brother, where people with nothing to do get to watch perfect strangers going to sleep, and wonder why nothing is happening..

Great video Alanna , made me laugh, part 2 please! I honestly don't know how you found My Mother The Car as I have never even heard of it ,and I have always been a sucker for anything 1960's! Mind you, I hadn't heard of Naked Jungle and I was about your age when it was on. I agree with all your other choices except for the first few seasons of Gogglebox . Keith Lemon - everything he's on is guaranteed to be rubbish lol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😂👍

The Kids in the Hall was the Canadian TV show that sprang to mind. They did a series called Death Comes to Town which was inspired by The League of Gentlemen, episodes on RU-vid last time I checked.

I haven’t seen ANY of these, or those mentioned (as a Brit) 😅 - rule of thumb is avoid Channel 4 😬👀. Definitely don’t feel like I’ve missed out or miss out on pop culture! We watch loads of US shows and BBC dramas for that in my circles (back to Class culture again 😅). As for Canada, loooads of the biggest US shows are all filmed there! Don’t sell yourselves short :P.

'DUE SOUTH' OMG I used to love that show. A really good Canadian show of recent times was '19-2' (2014-2017), was a police drama but harder hitting than most cop shows. Unfortunately we Brits do make some trash. Did you know Mrs Browns Boys was so popular they made a film. I mean like what the hell. I just finished Marvels Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D. I loved that show beginning to end. I'm now currently on the new season of Lucifer.

Hi Alanna, Wow!! I had no clue that UK had shows like "Naked Attraction". We certainly don't have that one here. We did have a show sometime back called "Naked and Afraid", where they put contestants into the wilderness without any clothes....too weird!!! Now, if they can get dogs to fly passenger jets, it will definitely save a fortune on wages!!! Years ago, I saw a British train TV show about the life and times of staff on a London Tube railway station. During the show, they "lost' three packed trains during rush hour in the London Tube. The trains were eventually found near London Bridge Station. I remember "My Mother the Car" shown on TV here. We had a medical show here called "When Operations Go Wrong". I don't even want to describe that one. We also have "Mrs Brown's Boys" here, though we have never watched it. We have Aussie versions of "Catch Phrase" and "Gogglebox". Have you ever seen "Monte Python's Flying Circus"? Now that is definitely a strange British show. Finally, here is an old weird Australian TV show called "The Auntie Jack Show". The main star is a huge fat man with a mustache wearing a dress, while riding a motor bike. The there song "Farewell Auntie Jack" was very popular over the radio at the time as well. One of Auntie Jack's famous phrases was "Goodbye me little lovelies"!!! (See link below). Anyway, take care and all the best. Robert. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-unNSTBx0uok.html

Canadian TV Shows. Orphan Black, Kim's Convenience, Primeval: New World, The Handmaid's Tale, Trailer Park Boys, Murdoch Mysteries, The Next Step, Continuum, Corner Gas, Schitt's Creek, Naked and Afraid, Ice Road Truckers just to name a few!

The BBC actually got into trouble for using old footage in Trainspotting Live in order to make it more exciting, train enthusiasts were steaming...