British Accents - Listen to these

MattNickson   Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:12 am GMT
you are avin a buble ...don't ya ?

lol love Cockney accent ...its Mint XD (Y)

http://www.englishsoftware.org/
AJC   Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:36 pm GMT
From what I gather, the character Gareth was written to be from the West country. To some extent, it's just the program makers exploiting a steroetype for comic purposes.

The actor in the scene with him is Lucy Davis. She is originally from the West Midlands but I'm not sure how far you could spot this from the clip or from her natural voice, here

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VZBM1P0TWI8

Compare with her father, the comedian Jasper Carrot, who has an unmistakable Brum accent

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sI95r6nzVZ0