British TV shows that America copied - We all know how it works, it's a popular show in the UK, so they take it to the states and suddenly there's more money, more episodes and everyone looks like a movie star.

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'Shameless' - American network Showtime created the US version of 'Shameless', which aired in 2011.

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'Skins' - Popular British TV show 'Skins' (2007 - 2013) made to the American TV in 2011.

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'The Office' - In 2005, NBC aired the now-hit TV series 'The Office' in the US, an adaption of the awkward British series of the same name.

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'Strictly Come Dancing' - 'Strictly Come Dancing' made it to America under the name 'Dancing with the Stars' in 2005, a year after its release in the UK.

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'Dancing on Ice' - 'Dancing on Ice' (2006 - ) was recreated as as 'Skating with Celebrities' on the Fox network.

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'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' - Hit reality TV show 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' was replicated in the US in 2003, a year after its initial release in the UK.

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'House of Cards' - The American Netflix show is an adaptation of a British series with the same name from the 1990s.

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'Queer as Folk' - The British series 'Queer as Folk' was replicated in the US under the same name and aired there in 2000, a year after the original UK TV show.

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'The Weakest Link' - The British game show was first aired in 2000, and soon replicated across the world. It reached the US in 2001 on NBC.

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'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?' - The game show made it to the US in 1999.

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'Supernanny' - 'Supernanny' was first released in the UK in 2004 and replicated in the US in 2005.

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'Antiques Roadshow' - 'Antiques Roadshow' is one Britain's most beloved TV shows. It first aired in the UK in 1979. The American adaptation aired in 1987.

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'Little Britain' - 'Little Britain USA' stars comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams and was first aired in 2008, five years after the original was released in Britain.

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'Kitchen Nightmares' - The cooking show aired in 2007 in the US. It was based on the UK's 'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares', which began in 2004.

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'Hell's Kitchen' - US network Fox aired the American version of 'Hell's Kitchen' in 2005, a year after it debuted in the UK.

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'Masterchef' - 'Masterchef' has been running in the UK since 1990. The beloved reality cooking show made it to the US in 2010, where it is on the Fox network.

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'Top Gear' - BBC's hit TV show 'Top Gear' made it to the US in 2010. The British show first aired in the UK in 2002.

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'Man About The House' - 'Three's Company' is the US adaptation of British series 'Man About The House' (1973 -1976).

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'Steptoe and Son' - 'Sandford and Son' is the US version of British comedy classic 'Steptoe and Son' (1962 - 1974).

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'Pop Idol' - The singing contest 'American Idol' is based on 'Pop Idol'.

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'The X Factor' - Simon Cowell took his own singing contest show to the US in 2011. It first aired in the UK in 2004.

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'Britain's Got Talent' - The ITV show was intended to air in 2005 with Paul O'Grady as its host. When that never happened, Simon Cowell launched 'America's Got Talent' in the US and aired the pilot in 2006. 'Britain's Got Talent' was released in the UK in 2007.

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'Undercover Boss' - Producer Sam Lambert created both UK and US versions of the series 'Undercover Boss' and aired them consecutively in 2005.

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'Changing Rooms' - Home improvement TV series 'Trading Spaces' (2000 - 2008) was the American adaptation of the British show 'Changing Rooms', which first aired in 1999.

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'Wife Swap' - American network ABC replicated British TV show 'Wife Swap' in 2004. Fox released a similar show called 'Trading Spouses', also in 2004.

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'Criminal Justice' - American series 'The Night Of' is based on the British series 'Criminal Justice'. They both aired in 2016.

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'Cash Cab' - UK series 'Cash Cab' (2005) was released in the US the same year, but with a different cast and set.

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'Being Human' - The supernatural series first aired in 2008. It was replicated by networks Syfy in the US and Space in Canada in 2011.

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'What Not to Wear' - There are both US and UK versions of this fashion advice show.

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'Who Do You Think You Are?' - American documentary series 'Who Do You Think You Are?' is a replica of the British show of the same name.

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'Broadchurch' - 'Gracepoint' is an American adaptation of British drama series 'Broadchurch'.

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'Da Ali G Show' - Actor Sacha Baron Cohen took 'Da Ali G Show' to the US in 2003, three years after it was released in the UK.

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'Life On Mars' - British science fiction sitcom 'Life on Mars' was replicated on US television with the same name in 2008.

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'Getting On' - American hospital sitcom 'Getting On' (2013 - 2015) is based on the British show of the same name.

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'Eleventh Hour' - 'Eleventh Hour' first aired in the UK in 2006. The show was replicated in the US under the same name in 2009.

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'Secret Millionaire' - American reality TV show 'Secret Millionaire' is based on the British series of the same name.

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