At BritishAccentCourse.com we’re all about adding fun to your pronunciation training.
With that in mind, what’s better than kicking back to watch your favourite shows to improve your British English?
This is the easiest way to learn the British accent fast while relaxing at the same time.
Here are our top recommendations.
Don’t forget to take notes and mimic the accents.
Set in early 20th-century Britain, Downton Abbey is positively brimming with traditional English pomp, splendour and aristocracy, providing a pitch-perfect example of British accents through the ages.
The show is divided between the nobility “upstairs” and the servants “downstairs”, allowing the viewer to easily discern between the two, from their turns of phrase to their pronunciation of certain words.
Once you’ve finished the series, there’s also a feature-length film set in the same world.
Following the dysfunctional yet free-spirited life of a young woman in London, Fleabag is heartwarming and funny in equal measure.
Bar one or two peripheral characters, the majority of the cast hail from the south of England, with the quick-talking Phoebe Waller-Bridge (born in London) using a range of typical British slang words throughout the series.
Based on the life of the British monarchy from the end of the Second World War to the present day, The Crown is as watchable as it is useful for perfecting the British accent.
The actors have undergone scrupulous voice training to sound like their characters, with Claire Foy and Matt Smith, in particular, sounding exactly like Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip respectively.
Adapted from a collection of Britain’s best-loved crime novels, Sherlock is a 13-episode series based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Starring London-born Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Hampshire-born Martin Freeman as his sidekick Dr Watson, the show is one of the BBC’s most successful series, having been sold in over 180 territories worldwide.
First released in 2018, Bodyguard is a fast-paced political thriller set around the fictional character of David Budd, a British army war veteran suffering from PTSD.
While the lead actor himself is from Scotland, the show is littered with typical southern accents, from Buckinghamshire to London.
Currently just six episodes, you will get through the series in no time!
Misfits is a British science-fiction comedy-drama television show, on E4, about a group of young offenders sentenced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm.
This show is one of the best introductions to the vast range of British accents.
This SCI-FI/drama has main characters from all over the British Isles including Yorkshire, Derby, London and Ireland so is a great way to test your listening skills.
The Great British Bake Off (often abbreviated to Bake Off or GBBO) is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills.
Not only will you learn a lot about British food, but you’ll also learn a lot about British humour on the way!
Having fun while learning the British accent is always essential.
However, in order to truly master Received Pronunciation (or modern RP), you must put in hard work. Watching TV shows can only take you so far.
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