Why do British movies get put on late on Network TV?

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I watching Suzie Gold two weeks ago and I'd never heard of it, so I thought I'd watch it to to the end. But that got me thinking. There was another film that came on Channel 4 called Dog Eat Dog, but it was nearly 1am so I could be bothered to watch it, yet it was a UK movie.

How come any type of America movie gets primetime (8 or 9pm) but British movies, often funded by thae channels showing them like the BBC or Channel 4 are put on after 11pm? That's baffling!

Don't they want to support British movies :confused:
 
..What do you mean by "Network TV"?

Many American films will get late night showings.. The only time when a film will get primetime is if they were a blockbuster and so on.. The chances are that if they didn't do well at the cinemas, they won't do well on television.

I don't neccesarily think that all British films go on late night.. I am not sure if the ones you mentioned, but maybe in the past they have already been on in a prime time slot.
 
British Cinema since the end of its golden age ,around the mid 70's has always been about "quality" productions like Merchant Ivory stuff,or "worthy" subject matter.
Thats why it wins many awarRAB,but never makes much money compared to US films.
Consequently,most of the films in the UK are not made for mass audiences like most US stuff,so it gets stuck on either C4,BBC2 or in a post midnight slot as they don't expect many to watch.
A few like Four Weddings and Billy Elliot and that type of stuff were just flukes that caught the imagination of the wider audience.
British Cinema take more risks,but when it gets lucky the films are usually great
 
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