(Though there are those who relate to our pain, like the tweeter who wrote: “You lot are all complaining about Stephen Graham’s Welsh accent, we up here in Geordieland have had to tolerate Brenda Blethyn’s in Vera for years.”).

Yet as soon as Stephen Graham opened his mouth as DCI Taff Jones, it was difficult not to laugh. However, the portrayal of DCI Jones has been criticised by Essex Police. 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However, all four deaths were eventually ruled as murder, and Sheila's brother, Jeremy Bamber, is currently serving a life sentence for the crimes. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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Yet while Welsh viewers regarded Lancashire’s brogue as a bigger accident than the explosion of the title, the drama’s London-born director Sandra Goldbacher was perfectly happy with her leading lady’s enunciation: “It wasn’t just a Welsh accent,” she said, “it was Polly’s voice and specific to her.”. The implication is that it’s not important to them how Welsh viewers perceive the portrayal of Welshness on screen - an indifference they would not easily apply to our Celtic counterparts. As well as the evidence surrounding the crime, Jeremy's ex-girlfriend, Julie Mugford, was also a major reason why he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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