The woman character who is supposed to be from Chester is played by an actor originally from Kansas & frankly she is producing a perfectly fine accent for someone who is supposed to be a barrister.
Yes, she could train for the bar and retain her original accent, but there's every chance she would have also gone to a private school and a top university and if she lost her accent for one more "posh" it would be unsurprising. The actor is nailing the various vowel sounds and just sounds to me like an upper class Brit, albeit possibly one who is trying that bit too hard - which would fit into the idea that she *used* to have a regional accent.
The actor playing the reporter is originally from Sheffield (as, more or less, am I) but he's speaking generic actor - "received pronounciation" in other words. Long a in "fast" (fahst rather than fast). While more actors keep their original accents now than in the past (think Sean Bean for example), plenty still shed it in order to get parts. He could probably "do" Sheffield if called upon.
The actor playing the suspect from Manchester does not, I agree, have a Manchester accent. The actor is Irish. His accent however is spot on for London, right down to glottal stops. There's absolutely nothing to say he didn't move from London to Manchester. It's not actually that far, especially in US terms!
I actually found this character quite hilarious, with his cod-philosophising during the part where he does the deal!
So no, this Brit has no real problem with the accents.
However, we do call a bus a bus here. A coach is also a bus but a specific sub-type, often used for private hire holidays & the like.
Yes, she could train for the bar and retain her original accent, but there's every chance she would have also gone to a private school and a top university and if she lost her accent for one more "posh" it would be unsurprising. The actor is nailing the various vowel sounds and just sounds to me like an upper class Brit, albeit possibly one who is trying that bit too hard - which would fit into the idea that she *used* to have a regional accent.
The actor playing the reporter is originally from Sheffield (as, more or less, am I) but he's speaking generic actor - "received pronounciation" in other words. Long a in "fast" (fahst rather than fast). While more actors keep their original accents now than in the past (think Sean Bean for example), plenty still shed it in order to get parts. He could probably "do" Sheffield if called upon.
The actor playing the suspect from Manchester does not, I agree, have a Manchester accent. The actor is Irish. His accent however is spot on for London, right down to glottal stops. There's absolutely nothing to say he didn't move from London to Manchester. It's not actually that far, especially in US terms!
I actually found this character quite hilarious, with his cod-philosophising during the part where he does the deal!
So no, this Brit has no real problem with the accents.
However, we do call a bus a bus here. A coach is also a bus but a specific sub-type, often used for private hire holidays & the like.
