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What are your favourite TV shows called in other countries?

When it comes to selling English-language television shows to international markets, one of the b...
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18.23 22 Oct 2014


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What are your favourite TV sho...

What are your favourite TV shows called in other countries?

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18.23 22 Oct 2014


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When it comes to selling English-language television shows to international markets, one of the biggest problems is giving the programme a title. 

Names and idioms don't always translate easily from one tongue to another, and the final title they settle on in the new country can often leave us native English-speakers lost for words. 

James Chapman, the cartoonist behind Soundimals, has drawn a couple of comics illustrating titles of TV shows in other countries, and frankly the ones from Hungary will leave you hungry for more... 

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(Images: James Chapman)

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