Learn 25 English accents through TV Series with Examples Recommendations

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hello everyone and welcome back

to english with lucy today i’ve got a

slightly different video for you

i’m going to show you lots of examples

of all different types of english

accents

and the different tv shows and films

that you can watch to hear these accents

and if you want to learn these accents

i’m going to show you examples of the

british and irish accents so we’ve got

english welsh scottish northern irish

and also the irish accents and i’ll give

you lots of examples

of films and tv shows that contain these

accents and dialects

we’ll also look at the americas so we’ve

got the canadian accents

the accents from the united states and i

will briefly touch

on caribbean accents as well we’ll then

move on to

australia and new zealand accents and we

will take a brief look at

some african and asian accents as well

now there are so many english accents

and dialects

all across the world it would be well it

could be possible but it would be a very

very long video if i were to

go into each and every one and provide

a media example for them so i’ve taken a

small selection of accents

and a small selection of films and tv

shows if you would like to add anything

to this list if you want to show off

your accent

or you have some more recommendations

for tv shows for another accent

please do contribute in the comments

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recommendations of films and tv shows

for different accents and dialects okay

let’s talk about british

and irish accents focusing on england

first we have the

rp accent which is received

pronunciation

now rp is often referred to as the

queen’s english or the king’s english

depending who’s around at that time

so of course i’m going to recommend to

you

the crown the crown is a netflix drama

that covers the reign of queen elizabeth

ii

and in this series we have some amazing

examples of the rp accent to varying

degrees as well

prince charles in the latest season has

a particularly strong

kings or queens english version of rp

you’re not what we expect from royalty

well that’s because

i don’t think of myself as royalty you

know first and foremost i’m a wife

and a mother that’s what’s most

important to me

so very very posh

let’s now take a look at estuary english

estuary english and my example for

estuary english is

the office make sure it’s the uk one

though

you won’t find much estuary english in

the us version this accent is associated

with the area along the river thames and

its estuary hence the name to me it

sounds

much less posh than the rp

accent when i speak i speak with a

modern rp accent but i do have

elements of estuary english in there too

now the office is a fantastic

comedy it’s actually a mockumentary

which means it’s a fake jokey

documentary

it was written and directed by ricky

gervais and stephen merchant

it follows the somewhat boring

day-to-day lives

of all the workers in an office in

slough which is a town

about 20 miles west of london let’s not

dwell

on whether it is or isn’t this or

let’s stop degrading women please let’s

have a laugh

with them not at them let’s have a laugh

at work

we have all had a boss or co-worker like

that and if you haven’t then you

are that boss or co-worker moving on to

the cockney accent which i have to say

is one i do have many but it is one of

my personal favorites you can hear

fantastic examples of the cockney accent

in the tv comedy

only falls in horses it’s quite old

but don’t be fooled it’s wonderful it’s

set in peckham

in south east london and it follows two

men

two brothers and their attempts to get

rich quick

i think we’re on a winner here tree all

right play it nice and cool son

nice and cool you know what i mean

now cockney is a dialect used in and

around london

especially in the east end right let’s

move on

to the west country and the tv show that

has

fantastic examples of the west country

accent is

this country this is quite a new tv show

and i devoured it i absolutely loved it

it’s another mockumentary sitcom and it

follows the day-to-day lives

of two cousins but i think in real life

they’re actually brother and sister

the cotswolds is a beautiful area of

outstanding natural beauty in the uk

it’s characterized by honey-colored

stone buildings

it’s got a massive tourism trade if i

had to pick somewhere to live in the uk

i would pick the cotswolds however

there’s a big wealth gap and a lot of

young people there

don’t actually have many opportunities

but not only is he my cousin he’s my

best mate as well because

he’s the only person i can share a box

of celebrations with

tell him why because i love the bounties

but i won’t touch anything else

so although this is a comedy it does

actually show

how difficult a rural life can be for

young people in the uk

it’s something i relate to to a certain

extent because i grew up in a tiny

village

and it was very small very boring there

was one bus per week if you didn’t drive

or you didn’t have parents who were

willing to drive you places

you just had to be bored and you know

bored teenagers get up to

very surprising things surprising yet

predictable

the west country accent is a rotic

accent and you can find it in

gloucestershire all at all in the

cotswolds but also in cornwall

devon somerset dorset as well

let’s talk about the geordie accent

to me this is one of the most unique

british accents the way it sounds is

just

so different i love it the geordie

accent is typically found in newcastle

i’m going to recommend a film that’s

based in county durham and the accents

are kind of

half geordi half t side it is the most

fantastic film we watched it the other

day

again probably the fourth time it’s

about a young

working-class boy he’s pressured by his

family to

do boxing and other manly sports but he

actually wants to be a ballet dancer

all of this is going on during the minus

strikes in the 80s

i love this film because it doesn’t just

paint england as being this wonderful

happy place it shows the harsh reality

of the 80s in the uk you know quite

nicely

what what are you trying to say dad

you’re asking for a hiding sign no i’m

not honest yeah

belly belly i remember watching this

film as a young girl

and wanting this accent i felt so cross

that i didn’t have a cool accent like

that now let’s move on to the scouse

accent

this accent is found in liverpool

it’s named after a stew called scouse

this was eaten by local people and

sailors i’m going to recommend

another slightly older film to you but

it’s got a wonderful example of the

scouse accent

it is educating rita this film stars

julie walters and michael kane and

rita is a liverpudlian hairdresser but

she just wants more from life she wants

to go and get an education

but she’s not from an area or family

that really encouraged that

she ends up attending university and

michael kane

is her tutor wait a minute

listen to me i’m on this course

you are my tutor and you’re gonna bleed

there are other teachers i’ve told you

you’re my tutor i don’t want another

tutor i got sight woman i’ve told you

you’re my tutor but no i’ve told you i

do not want to do it

it’s such a great film it’s an absolute

classic

let’s move to yorkshire i have a

fantastic recommendation for this accent

these are some of my favorite films ever

for the yorkshire accent i recommend

wallace and gromit and if you haven’t

heard of them

oh you are in for such a treat these

animations are actually

claymations meaning they’re made out of

some sort of

molding clay they take years to produce

because every single movement needs to

be captured

and they depict a man from yorkshire and

his dog now you won’t learn much

english from the dog but you will from

wallace the man

they’re just absolutely lovely but in

particular i recommend

their film i think it was their first

feature film if i’m not wrong there

it’s called wallace and gromit and the

curse of the wear rabbit

luke this flipping vegetable competition

causes nothing but trouble

every year here we go if you ask me you

know

i’ll tell you if you ask me this

was

it’s one of my favorites and basically

it depicts

this small village that has a yearly

giant vegetable competition

but a giant wear rabbit a massive rabbit

uh goes through and destroys destroys it

and it’s a big hullabaloo i

just watch it it’s fantastic let’s move

on to the brummie accent

and of course i’m going to recommend

peaky blinders

so the brummie accent is the accent

found in and around

birmingham this is a crime drama and it

follows the story of a gang and their

criminal activities around birmingham

i had a dream about a black cat

last night paul

a black cat dream means there is a

traitor close by was you taught me that

ever you find an accent hard to

understand

please do watch with subtitles a couple

of times you will be amazed

how quickly you start to get used to it

the last accent that i have

for england is multicultural london

english mle now this compared to the

previous accents is actually quite

new it’s rooted in the migration from

the caribbean

to the uk after the second world war

it’s very prevalent

as the name suggests in multicultural

parts of london

there is such a fantastic series that

really demonstrates this accent and that

is top boy

oh my word i loved this series it’s a

crime drama

set on an estate in london it follows

lots of young people there and their

struggles

balancing having an education with crime

listen there’s a lot of gangsters around

these ends

and to find out what you’re doing here

they can like it

i’m just passing on some good advice

dave

i highly recommend this series it also

shows some jamaican english as well

right

let’s move on to scotland obviously

scotland is a lot smaller than england

but it still has

a really really diverse range of accents

one series that i can recommend is

outlander

and this is set in the highlands it’s a

very interesting concept

a married former world war ii nurse

is transported back in time to 1743 i

think

and there she meets a very handsome

highland

warrior what is your fault had you

stayed put to where i ordered you to

stay none of this would have happened

but no no you you won’t listen to me why

am i me i’m known by your husband

if you take it into your mind to do as

you damn please and next i cannot find

you flat on your back with your skirts

up

and the worst scum of the lamb between

your legs about to take you before my

very eyes

i begged you to take me with you

highland dialect is strongly influenced

by

gaelic there is a wide variety of

accents

within this series there’s a fantastic

video that i found

talking about all of these accents so if

you are interested in

outlander and also the variety of

accents then click on the link in the

description box i’ve left there for you

i’ve left

lots of information about everything i’m

recommending i’m not

a scottish accent expert but we’ve got

one here and she can do a much better

job

i do have one other recommendation for

scottish accents though

and this is for the glaswegian accent

it’s a tv show

which sadly got cancelled but it’s worth

watching the first two series

it’s called lip service i loved this tv

show when i was younger it follows

a group of queer women in glasgow

i was buying out of order i’m sorry i

have been selfish and thoughtless and

i know how difficult your job must be or

maybe i don’t obviously i have no idea

because

you just get on with it while i moan

about everything and you’re

you’re right nobody died it’s no big hat

i just wanted to apologize

you were absolutely right i deserved it

and this was the first tv show for me

that followed a group of gay women i’d

never seen anything like that before and

it was fascinating

and it’s really really worth a watch

let’s move on to wales i have one

recommendation

for welsh tv shows and that is gavin and

stacy

it’s half based in south wales and half

based in essex

in essex they speak estuary english and

also a lot of cockney

because a lot of the cockney speakers

who lived in the east end

have moved out to essex this depicts the

love story between

a welsh girl and an essex lad he then

sells them around the back alleys

he’s been doing it for years it’s

totally legit and the thing is

it’s incredible value these stakes are

87

pence all right it’s good 87 pence for a

state

not 87 pence each 87 pence for three

even though geographically essex and

south wales

aren’t so far apart culturally they can

be quite different so it’s a

really funny look at the differences

between the two types of families

we always watch it on christmas day i

absolutely love

gavin and stacy on christmas day let’s

move on

to northern ireland i love i know i’ve

said i’ve loved so many accents but the

northern irish accent for me

is really really attractive there is a

fantastic

comedy set in derry in northern ireland

called dairy girls follows a group of

young girls in the 1990s when

the troubles were going on in northern

ireland this was a long

period of conflict between the 60s and

the 90s

john’s really dying for peace like isn’t

he it’s all he ever goes on about

i hope it works out for him i i sort of

hope it works out for all of us there

totally recommend

it’s so funny and those women are just

hilarious

they’re so funny in real life and in the

comedy i have one other recommendation

for the northern irish accent

and this tv show it’s not based in

northern ireland there’s only one

character

who’s northern irish i think yeah just

one i think

it’s actually got a really wide variety

of accents in it and it

is my favorite tv show at the moment

it’s called

line of duty if you take anything away

from this video

take line of duty it’s so so good it is

smashing the ratings in the uk at the

moment oh no no we’re not asking for a

suspension at this particular time

we don’t think he’s a threat to his

fellow officers indeed the public in

general now why should the citizens of

this country be denied

his selfless service interview

terminated

my favorite character in this tv show

is ted hastings played by adrian dunbar

who has the most

gorgeous northern irish accent and he

says so many hilarious

catch phrases this is a crime drama it’s

quite serious it’s definitely not a

comedy

and it follows the anti-corruption unit

of a fictional uk city

of a fictional uk police force

one thing i really love about this show

is that

each season only has six episodes my pet

hate is when each season has 21 episodes

and i think oh

they’re all an hour long i’m going to

have to spend an entire 21 hours

in front of the tv to know what happens

let’s move on

to ireland there are so many accents and

dialects in ireland i’m going to pick

one that i really really like one tv

show

and that is moonboy it stars chris

o’dowd and it’s semi-autobiographical

it focuses on a young boy growing up in

boyle

and his imaginary friend ever wanted to

be the imaginary

friend of an idiot boy in the west of

ireland

me neither but there you go right we’re

done with the uk and ireland let’s move

on to the americas

starting with canada for a tv show with

a canadian accent i recommend heartland

which is based in alberta

and it follows two sisters on their

family ranch so if you like horses

this tv show is for you it really is

lovely

oh they look good for now i gotta get

going so wait i

thought you said you were going to help

me well i am i mean i did

i can’t be here 24 7. no one’s expecting

you to be

moving to the u.s we have

a great tv show to watch if you’re

interested in

southern american accents the tv series

nashville which is based in nashville

tennessee

and it follows the fictitious lives of a

group of country singers

i warn you that tv show is very

addictive and it will

have you listening to lots of country

music and i don’t think i’ve ever lost

that i still listen to country music in

my car

all of you out there who want me to beg

for forgiveness

who want to burn my records and cancel

my concerts

who want to put my career in the ground

this one’s for you

an accent that you will hear a lot is

the californian accent because

so many tv shows and films are based in

la

one film that i highly recommend is

clueless this follows a teenage girl

a very rich and popular teenage girl she

befriends a new student and

attempts to give her a makeover that was

one of my favorite

childhood films so was shopping with dr

seuss

well at least i wouldn’t skin a collie

to make my backpack it’s

faux hello that was a stop sign

i totally paused yeah

okay lastly we have african-american

vernacular english

for this variety of english i highly

recommend empire

this series focuses on empire

entertainment it’s a fictional

hip-hop music and entertainment company

it depicts the founders and their

families and all of the drama as well

it’s excellent

sweetheart is what he does

it took me half my life to understand

that

i’m saving you from a bullet jana

you should thank me lastly i’m going to

briefly touch

on caribbean accents i’ve mentioned top

boy before

they have some fantastic examples of the

jamaican dialect the jamaican english

accent maybe

i will turn over man you feel like

saying man from sugar and i’m one place

where they’re gonna run otherwise

which fire could i run possible where’s

donovan i’ve also found a really good

video

depicting quite a few of the caribbean

accents i will link that down below

because it’s really really interesting

to hear the differences because they are

so different from one another let’s move

on to australia

and new zealand starting with australia

i have one recommendation but it does

contain a variety of accents

it is underbelly this is a fantastic

crime drama well it’s actually

a real life crime drama there are lots

of series and each

series is based on a real life event the

series is sort of based in different

areas as melbourne sydney and new south

wales that i can remember

this emergency numbers are dud you know

why

because they knew we’re trying bail yeah

hey there’s got to be like a a melbourne

bus right or a train no they’ll kill us

if we leave

alphonse is going to kill us if we stay

here for new zealand

i really recommend a film i watched this

last year with will because will my

fiance

lived in new zealand for a while the

film is called once were warriors

it tells the story of an urban maori

family

it shows their problems such as

alcoholism domestic violence

it’s a hard watch it’s not a comforting

happy story but it’s an amazing model

the same

fear that’s h could you read me one of g

stories i can’t that’s why she reads to

me i mean used to

yeah what about the tunnel okay i love

films that show real life and i think

once war warriors is a fantastic

example of that let’s move now to africa

in particular

south africa now english is not the

number one

spoken language in south africa but they

have a very distinctive accent the film

i’m going to recommend to you

is nelson mandela long walk to freedom

it stars idris elba and naomi harris and

they do a fantastic job

and this film is based on nelson

mandela’s autobiography

long walk to freedom it is an ideal

which

i hope to live for and achieve

but if needs be

it is an ideal for which i am prepared

to die it’s such a moving watch i

watched it a while back but actually

i’ve just added it to my list of things

i want to do this weekend i just need to

watch this film again

now there are so many different accents

in the continent of africa

i cannot claim to be an expert on them

but i did find a really lovely video of

two girls it’s quite short

comparing their accents nigerian english

and ghanaian english again i have linked

that down below

finally let’s touch on asia i have got

two films here and

both of them i just love one is probably

in my top films of all time and that is

slumdog millionaire this follows a

little boy

growing up in the slums of mumbai and he

grows up to an adult to 18

and he ends up winning the indian

version of who wants to be a millionaire

and it’s the story of how he did it it’s

absolutely amazing

good evening

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welcome to who wants to be a millionaire

are you ready huh

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please give a big round of applause good

luck to you our very first contestant of

the night

jamal

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my other recommendation is bride and

prejudice

and this is based on the story of pride

and prejudice

two parents want to marry off their

daughters as quickly as possible

and as successfully as possible but one

daughter wants to choose her husband

and she ends up meeting an american man

and it doesn’t all go to plan

i really like this place it’s it’s not

at all where i expected you take me ah

you see

i told you you misjudged me the band is

great

why don’t you show them how it’s done no

no no no no i guess your guitar player

can’t really compare to your sister

snake dance

it’s a wonderful musical comedy and i

highly recommend it right

that is it for my recommendations do you

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berkshire sparks in this video oh

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queer women i loved this tv show as a

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i was was i too young to watch it i felt

like i hid it from my mum that was

watching it

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