Review by annfoxley

Jenna Coleman may have had lots of success in the past. But did she even have a voice coach for this role? It's set in Lancashire, whilst no longer a county of miners smoking woodbines and having a long history of unfathomable dialects. It is still in rural areas a place with strong accents. Her character appears to have lived here all of her life and married a local lad. Maybe police college was more like Finishing School? Something has definitely turned this lad into a southern Jessie as my husband would say.

Born in Lancashire I moved away forty years ago and still people can't understand me down here. It was easier to be understood when abroad. Especially in Ireland.

No matter how good an actor is they should not be cast a role that should have a different accent just because they are popular and available. Sara Lancashire does a fantastic job of northern accents on both sides of the Pennines. She is also a lovely person. Unlike Ms Coleman who is said to give short shift to " little people " who play an enormously important job of making her look good on screen. She needs to learn to respect others who are busily working around her. Not ignore them or be disrespectful.