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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Julia Rampen

Line of Duty fans in stitches over fake Scouse accent

Most Line of Duty fans may be trying to puzzle out what John Corbett really wants, but some are more concerned about the accent of the woman believed to be his wife.

The popular thriller series is back for a fifth series, going "behind the balaclava" to explore the power struggle within a deadly organised crime group with links to corrupt police officers.

One of the main characters, DS John Corbett, is played by Merseyside man Stephen Graham, but viewers weren't so sure about the vocal origins of his wife.

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Lucy wrote: "There are plenty of brilliant Scouse actors - why did you use someone who fakes a terrible Scouse accent to play John Corbett's wife?!"

Matty called it the "Worst Scouse accent in TV history" while Ella called it "the worst fake Scouse accent ever"

Another claimed it was the "worst Scouse accent I've heard since Brookside c. 1987".

Several viewers asked why the programme couldn't have hired a Scouser to play the part.

And one said: "Forget 'H', AC12 need to investigate Corbett's Mrs' terrible Scouse accent as a matter of urgency."

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