Originally Posted By: tahir
Mad MenMad Dogs is a Sky production, bigger budget than your typical BBC jobbo I guess they're going to try and get some better international viewing figures as well as convincing more of the UK that life without Sky ain't worth living.

I don't think that is true. The wikipedia page for Mad Dogs suggest the cost of the first four part series was 4 million Euro. I think you'll find the expensive BBC dramas are up at around the same sort of budget, quality TV is expensive to make (which is why there is so much "reality" TV on most of the time).
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