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SmallerOnTheOutside wrote: Except BBCA is actually a branch of BBC, the host. Perhaps aside from the main thrust of the conversation, but I think you'll find BBCA is not actually a part of the BBC. Operated by a commercial subsidiary of the BBC proper, yes - but it's fully independent and has to bid for BBC proper programs like anyone else. Essentially, BBCA is just an American cable network with an obsession for British TV shows.