anotherguy said:When a British series runs, do they run all the episodes once a week like in the US until the 6 or so episodes are finished, or do they run it pehaps once a month with different shows each week in a particular time slot, or are they run like cable shows with multiple chances to see them during the week?
I believe they are generally run weekly, like ours. Only difference is that because of the short runs, every few weeks a different show takes over the time slot. Don't know offhand how they handle repeats.
I also know that there was a time well back in the day when U.K. TV shows didn't necessarily fit into neat 30 or 60-minute time slots. You look at some old British TV schedules and you might see programs starting at :20 after the hour, :45, etc.