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> The halo effect that "Netflix Original" used to have thanks to shows like House of Cards...

It wasn't even 'original' in that it was a UK series years earlier. I understand they made changes, and, IIRC, milked it for a lot more than the UK series. But that wasn't... "original". Good original series though. There's likely more good UK stuff Netflix could mine.

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> It wasn't even 'original' in that it was a UK series years earlier. I understand they made changes, and, IIRC, milked it for a lot more than the UK series.

I hear you, but the first season of the US House of Cards comprised the action of all three series of the UK version. It's hard to say that the Netflix version was not original considering it went on considerably longer.

We talkin Peaky Blinders and The Last Kingdom? Anything else?

The great British “baking show” or bake off, depending if pillsbury owns the trademark for bake off where you’re from.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/entertainment/johnny-iuzzini-...

C. B. Strike.

Coromoran Strike? Was a bit of a slow burn, but grew on me after a bit.

I would love if Netflix picked up Utopia[1], and given current events, now would be a very interesting time to do so.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(British_TV_series)

Amazon has the rights atm and even tried making an American version that really really sucked and had nowhere near the cinematography and editing chops of the British version

Life on Mars suffered a similar US translation, IIRC.

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