Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-236) and index.
Here not there: American imperialists and British invaders. -- Danger men: Secret agent and The prisoner. -- Mrs. Peel goes to Washington: The avengers. -- Down the up staircase: The Forsyte saga, Masterpiece theatre, and Upstairs, downstairs. -- (Naughty) bits of Limey eccentricity: That was the week that was and Monty Python's flying circus. -- All in the Anglo-American family: Hollywood reproductions of the originals. -- British television and American culture: something completely different?