Our sense of humour baffles them, our politics bother them, our preoccupation with tradition bemuses them.
Apparently, we don't wash, and we are morose and miserable even on holiday. On the other hand, we are polite, and kind to animals. Each week, Derek Jameson looks at the way foreign TV reports this country.
Tonight he looks at reports on sex, food and fashion in Britain and discovers that
'continental men have sex lives - Englishmen have hot water bottles'.
Research MARK ROGERS
Producer LAURENCE REES