![]() ![]() So Washington was quite an exciting place to be on that particular night. “It was,” he thinks, “the night before the United Nations deadline ran out just before the first Gulf War. But that wasn’t the real reason for the rather charged atmosphere, Laurie says. Pairs of British actors were scattered at tables decorated with props related to their performances. Beloved Masterpiece host Alistair Cooke was among those in attendance. It was an exciting, proud night for internationally minded patrons of the arts. State Department,” says Laurie, who at the time was a 31-year-old goofball whose comedic series, ITV’s Jeeves and Wooster, was a Masterpiece pick on American TV. screens, was turning 20 years old, and “PBS celebrated with a dinner in the U.S. Masterpiece Theatre, the program that delivered quality British television to U.S. When Hugh Laurie visited Washington, D.C., in January 1991, for a reception honoring the Public Broadcasting Service, “we felt there was a bit of a buzz in the air,” the actor recalls. From Masterpiece Theatre to Love Island, join us as we look back on some of the iconic shows that have crossed the pond in the past century. To mark the anniversary, The Ringer is celebrating one of the BBC’s chief exports to the United States: British TV. Transmitting news and entertainment across radio and television, the BBC would go on to have a far-reaching impact on not only the United Kingdom, but also audiences worldwide. One hundred years ago this week, the company that would become known as the British Broadcasting Corporation was founded in London. ![]()
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