‘Insulting!’: viewers criticise accents in ‘canoe man’ drama
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5YAFX)
Writer of The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe forced to defend characters' accents after social media criticism
It has had rave reviews for the quality of its writing and acting but for many local people there has been a problem with ITV's canoe man" fake death drama: the accents.
Why is it that ITV thinks people from Teesside speak with a geordie accent?" asked one disgruntled viewer. Insulting!!!!"
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