Remakes and reimaginings...

[DanaC]

I realised I hadn't seen any of the US version of Who Do You Think You Are? - it's usually been on at a time I've been busy, or I haven't been drawn to the guests - but I decided the other day to watch the Jim Parsons episode on youtube.

It was lovely. Really interesting. And, I was surprised how similar it was to the UK version - but I did notice a few small differences, mainly around presentation and format. I thought these were quite interesting. The main one is that, on the UK version they always begin with a biog of the star, and then a little interview with music in the background - usually showing photos or clips of recordings etc. On the US version, they start with a run down of the journey that the star is going to take and little clips of what is coming up before they get into any biog or interview.

Here's a couple of examples of the British show (just watch first five minutes to see how it opens)




And here's a couple of example of the US show: