An American has criticised British television for its ‘lack of channels’, terrible prize money and pushing back shows because of the football.

The woman, who works in London and goes by the username @anamericaninlondon on TikTok, said she was ‘confused’ by English programmes. 

Posting a clip on the social media platform, the American also said she needed subtitles to understand Peaky Blinders, a BBC series that is set in Birmingham.

In the video, which racked up more than 300,000 views, the woman said she was baffled at just the ‘four channels’ available – which left Britons in the comment section questioning whether she had actually ever used a TV in the UK before.

The TikToker spoke about the differences in how the television shows are set out, adding that those in Britain ‘love an underdog’ in a series, whereas Americans like ‘a good hero telling a happy ending’.

‘For example Peep Show would not translate into the US,’ she added.  ‘People like fast cars, they like females with big boobies and they don’t want the Euro and that’s all there is to it.’

Moving onto prize game shows, the American hit out at the lack of money on offer for contestants and said the budget is ‘so small’ compared to the US equivalents. 

She said: ‘I was watching pointless and I saw them win like £3,000 and I was like, is that it? Seems to go for all UK game shows the prize money is not that much. 

The woman, who works in London and goes by the username @anamericaninlondon on TikTok , said she was ‘confused’ by English programmes 

‘However maybe you don’t pay tax on game show money? I’m pretty sure in the US you do.’ 

In the UK you do not have to pay tax on most prizes you win, whereas in the US awards are taxable.

The woman also said she still needs to put the subtitles on while watching Peaky Blinders as she struggles to understand the Birmingham accent. 

The content creator said she was puzzled by the 3pm blackout for sports matches, referring to the historic rule that was introduced in 1960.

Any matches shown in England on a Saturday at 3pm cannot be televised, with broadcasters only able to show the early and late matches on their channels. The law comes in place on Saturday between 2.45pm and 5.15pm.

Around the time it was enforced, the Burnley chairman at the time, Bob Lord, argued to the Football League that putting matches on television would mean that less people attend the club to watch it, meaning less income for teams.

Posting a clip on the social media platform, the American also said she needed subtitles to understand Peaky Blinders , a BBC series that is set in Birmingham 

The video has racked up more than 300,000 views with Brits commenting their thoughts on the clip

The Tiktoker wrote: ‘Seriously hands down would be thrown out in the US if you were to put a blackout on any type of football game. The 3pm blackout is past its time people.’ 

However, there have been some exceptions to the rule, such as the FA Cup final and some important matches are moved to a later kick off time or Sunday to get past the rule. 

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She also wrote: ‘Life here isn’t at all like Downton Abbey, except sometimes when I’m attending Wimbledon or forced to drink tea at The Ritz or walking around Kensington I do feel like life here is very similar to Downton Abbey.’

The American added that she doesn’t like tea and is of the same opinion as Ted Lasso, a fictional American football coach on an Apple TV who famously called the beverage ‘horrible,’ describing it as ‘hot, brown water’.

She also felt that the UK only had ‘four channels,’ and said she was only able to name the BBC, ITV, Channel 4. 

The woman added: ‘Does cable TV not exist? Like where you scroll through hundreds of channels to choose what you want? Is everything either streamed or on 4 channels?’

Another element of British TV she found strange was how ‘flexible’ the schedule is, saying that sometimes shows will randomly finish at 10 past the hour. 

‘Sometimes I’ll put BBC One on and they’ll be nothing playing! Wild! The US has fixed time slots where shows are either 30 or 60 minutes long,’ she added. 

The content creator said she was puzzled by the 3pm blackout for sports matches, referring to the historic rule that was introduced in 1960 (stock photo)

She also found it strange that broadcasters will push back shows such as the news whenever a show or football game runs over, perhaps due to penalties.

‘You’re telling me the 10pm news might not start at 10pm?! Insane,’ she said. 

The American also found it baffling that some reality TV shows such as Love Island are on every evening. ‘It’s impossible to keep up in real time,’ she said. 

‘In the US, our reality TV shows are once or twice a week always at the same time and always on for the same length of time.’ 

However she ‘loved’ that different regions of the UK have their own television shows based around that area, for example EastEnders in East London and Coronation Street in Greater Manchester.

 ‘Coronation Street VS EastEnders VS Hollyoaks VS Emmerdale. The reason I wouldn’t want to be on Who Wants to be a Millionaire is because I couldn’t answer who is who on any of these programmes,’ she said. 

The video has racked up more than 300,000 views with Brits commenting their thoughts on the clip.

One wrote: ‘Only 4 channels? Did you also travel back in time to the 1990s??? Because that’s the last time there were 4 channels.’ Another penned: ‘Freeview? Sky? Virgin? Freesat? Do you just not know how to use a TV?’

A third said: ‘American TV is awful, a programme is on for 2 minutes then has a 10 minute advert about medicine and all the side affects.’

A fourth commented: ‘You’ve never seen the news delayed because of a game going into overtime in the US? It happens all the time.’