NE accent a lot harder to get right than people think and no easier for a Welsh actress. Quite like BB mind.It's tragic to watch, Mrs Smug puts it on to ridicule the contestants which makes her part of the problem imo.
It's style over substance at an X-factor level. Costumes, sets and 'fireworks' played out to a studio audience of people who obviously rarely leave the house. The kind of people who would never go to a real gig in their lives.
I tried watching 'Vera', for the scenery, but I can't watch Paddington Bear with a weird accent.
It's cringing which is a shame, most of her shows are good.
On the other hand the scenery is a distraction when someone walks out of a cottage at the top of Teasdale onto the road to Wooler!
