hello welcome to easy english so this
week i thought i'd make a video to give
you a rundown of the top 10 best series
in my opinion
on netflix that can help you to learn
british english to try and be more
inclusive i've picked 10 netflix
originals which means they've either
been produced by netflix or bought by
netflix and they are distributed all
around the world so hopefully everyone
of you watching will be able to see
at least one of these 10 series i'm
going to recommend so not only did i
pick a vast array of styles of um series
you know i've gone for some dramas for
documentaries for comedies
uh probably a thriller or horror in
there somewhere but i've also tried to
pick series which are filmed in
different areas of britain and so you
can pick up on dialects and accents and
cultural norms and so just you can see
the vast diversity of britain
so without further ado let's dive into
the first netflix original to help you
learn british english
so the first series i'm going to
recommend is the end of the world which
is a dark comedy drama and it follows
classmates james and alyssa
as they escape school and go on the hunt
for alyssa's estranged father so based
on a comic book with the same name james
and alyssa embark on essentially a
twisted and dark road trip with some
real dark comedy moments uh searching
for the father that ran away when she
was just a child now these are both two
neurotic teenagers who um essentially
are kind of twisted in their own manner
alyssa's very aggressive and has very
dark thoughts and james is a
self-convinced
psychopath essentially who is sort of
building up from killing animals to
eventually people and so as the series
progresses
so does the violence but in a very dark
and
british comedy kind of way
so the series is set in surrey which is
in the south of england just south west
of london so you're gonna hear lots of
neutral maybe rp sounding accents
however jessica barton who plays alyssa
is from yorkshire so it's really
interesting to listen to her accent in
this series it's very distinct
so number two is not actually a series
it's a documentary and it's called david
attenborough a life on our planet
now sir david attenborough is a true
british icon um we know him best from
the bbc as he made many documentary
series about comprehensive studies on
animal and plant life on earth this is a
part autobiographical series which
follows sir david attenborough
throughout his childhood into his career
as an author biologist and broadcaster
as he gives an account as to how much
has changed in his lifetime in these
small ecosystems around the world and he
gives a first-hand account as to his
concerns as to humanity's impact on the
earth he gives his own future
predictions and what would happen to
places such as the amazon rainforest or
the arctic if humanity were to carry on
unchanged attenborough also provides
solutions as to how we can combat
climate change and prevent some of these
future predictions things such as
rewilding use of more renewable energy
sources increasing in education
decreasing in poverty and bringing in
more universal health care to people so
the third thing i'm going to recommend
on netflix for you is the series
afterlife written and starred by ricky
gervais
so afterlife is a comedy drama following
tony ricky gervais's character as he
deals with his wife's
recent death to breast cancer
so this series is handled very
delicately by ricky gervais whose
character not only goes through grief
through the loss of his love but also
goes through some suicidal thoughts
and the seamless transition from more
emotional dramatic
type
acting into the comedic side is handled
very well and is quite seamless
as ricky gervais's character tony
decides that through this
um almost nihilistic approach he has
gained a superpower where he will go and
punish the world
for
his loss so this impulsive devil maker
attitude which ricky gervais's character
tony adopts uh comes into question and
turns out to be a lot trickier to
implement than he thinks as he starts to
meet some of the more quirky uh
characters that you will meet throughout
the series who eventually just kind of
tried to save tony's old character
that he had before the loss of his wife
so this series is set in a fictional
town called tambury but richard gervais
is quite open about his upbringing being
from around the reading area
which is sort of a suburb of london
essentially
and even the office series was set in
this area and so you're gonna hear very
neutral southern accents here
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and so number four is the sitcom
lovesick which was first shown on
channel 4 and then picked up by netflix
it follows a few friends who share a
house in the west end of glasgow and
follows their romantic lives
the show sets out in sort of very
individual episodes as dylan the main
character is diagnosed with chlamydia
and must in each episode contact his
previous sexual partners to inform them
of his diagnosis
the series interchanges between these
individual episodes where dylan has
flashbacks about his previous partners
that he must go and visit and how their
relationship developed and ultimately
failed but then the long overarching
part of the series is his friendship and
relationship with his housemates luke
and evie who go through many tumultuous
times together but as the series is set
in glasgow uh you'll see that many of
dylan's ex-partners have a very
distinctive scottish accents okay so the
fifth series i'm going to recommend is
the crime drama series peaky blinders
so set in birmingham just at the end of
the first world war it follows the youth
urban crime gang the peaky blinders
which is loosely based on a gang of the
same name
and their leader thomas shelby so this
is the perfect series to pick up on this
very distinctive brummy accent which is
displayed amazingly by killian murphy
and there are also london accents in
this you've got some irish accents in
this hugely stacked castles ranging from
killing murphy like i said sam neil
paddy considine helen mccrory tom hardy
and anya taylor joy just to name a few
so the sixth series i'm going to
recommend is the anthology series black
mirror but specifically the first two
series which were produced by channel 4
before it got picked up by netflix so
black mirror is a fantastic science
fiction series which taps into our
collective unease on the modern world
the standalone episodes are suspenseful
sharp and satirical and explore our
collective techno paranoia the first two
series alone have an amazing cast list
featuring people like daniel kaluuya
domino gleason and jody whitaker alone
so the next series i'm going to pick for
you to watch to learn british english is
the crown the crown portrays the life of
queen elizabeth ii starting from her
wedding to prince philip the duke of
edinburgh in 1947 leading up until the
21st century this is the best series to
get a look into the british monarchy the
first season starting off with a
declining british empire and a forging
relationship with legendary prime
minister sir winston churchill
this is the best opportunity you're
gonna get to look into the coveted world
of power and privilege behind the locked
doors of buckingham palace
this series also features some acting
royalty big hitters such as claire foy
olivia coleman matt smith helena bonham
carter and charles dance
next up on my list is the crime drama
series set in the east end of london top
boy
setting the summer house estate in the
london borough of hackney top boy
follows a relationship between drug
kingpin sully and duchesne de shane and
sully's characters are acted
magnificently by the two rappers ashley
walters also known as asha d from so
solid crew fame and kane robinson also
known as kano who was a pioneer in grime
music
this series is going to give you a great
insight into the multicultural london
english or urban british english spoken
throughout this series this is a
byproduct of immigration and is spoken
by the working class and the
multicultural sections of london the
next series i'm going to recommend is a
documentary series for all the football
fanatics called sunderland till i die
this series encapsulates the culture and
love of english football in our country
whilst at the same time showing the
collapse and capitulation of sunderland
football club as they are relegated from
the premier league
this series is going to give you a great
insight into the personalities behind
football but also the humbleness and
positivity that you get from the fans
who turn up every week to watch their
team ultimately lose a lot of football
games this series gives you a great
insight into the accent and dialect of
the north east of england specifically
macombs a dialect and people based in
the sunderland area the last netflix
original i suggest you watch isn't a
series but it's a lineup of comedians
one of the biggest cultural things about
britain is our humor so i thought i'd
give you my top tips into the best
british comedians on offer on netflix
first we have the sharp witted shocking
and often offensive comedian jimmy cart
secondly we have the quirky and often
surreal james a caster
next we have the silly and the crass
jack whitehall then the well-known
observational comedian ricky gervais
next up is the playful and also
observational comedian mo gilligan last
but not least is the flamboyant
political crass smart thinking russell
brand so there you go there's 10
recommendations of netflix originals for
you let me know if you've seen any of
them already or any more recommendations
on how to learn british english through
netflix and we'll see you next week
goodbye