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
think i missed any
yes i did i can already say that as i
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maybe i’ve missed your accent and you
can think of a really good example in tv
or in film
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lesson
i’ve tried a new ow a new hairstyle and
i don’t like it so it’s going back next
time
i heard on tick tock that side partings
are going out of fashion so i panicked
i feel really weird with it though
because it’s not what i’m used to
that’s a no from me i’m sorry i’ll never
do this hairstyle again
i’m really enjoying i’m really enjoying
which is a town
outside of london it’s actually in
berkshire barkshire berkshire
berkshire sparks in this video oh
this is a grunt crime this is a grime
well i can’t say it like that i sound
like such i
blows the lives of a group of clear
women clear women
queer women i loved this tv show as a
child
i was was i too young to watch it i felt
like i hid it from my mum that was
watching it
no i’ve made my hair greasy this is a
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nightmare
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you
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