Philip Glenister is none too pleased with US television networks for remaking his classic British shows Life on Mars and Mad Dogs.
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Neither American version gained a foothold across the pond - joining the US remakes of Broadchurch and Gavin & Stacey in being quickly dropped.
"They remade [Life on Mars] and messed it up," he complained to The Mirror. "They did it with Mad Dogs and they messed that up as well. Furious.
"It's a great source of frustration, I think, certainly for British actors. The one series that seems to have worked for them was The Office."
His advice to US networks on how to handle UK hits?
"They get shown on things like BBC America or PBS but it'd be nice if they'd show it in their entirety on one of the networks," he argued.
Glenister is currently working in the US on The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman's latest horror series Outcast, which earned a second season from Cinemax in March.
In the UK, Fox carries the comic adaptation starring Patrick Fugit as a young man haunted by demons from his past.
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