[tellyblues]

British TV has got to the stage where it has near enough maxed out on the types of shows that people haven't seen before and scripted isn't cheap to make so there's a limit as to what can be produced. It's hard for shows to break through, which makes its understandable why broadcasters would want to commission something different, also with a view to selling abroad.

With unscripted content, it's a similar situation in that we have gone through an insane amount of shows over the years and to justify overall costs, there has to format sales somewhere. Partly to blame for that is production standards having gone through the roof and the obsession with prize money, which has in turn led to expensive gameshows and decent but cheap ones being ignored.