It's a shame this article focuses on received pronunciation. If the British accent is the accent of the 1%, then yeah. The real British accent has so much vari

It's a shame this article focuses on received pronunciation. If the British accent is the accent of the 1%, then yeah. The real British accent has so much variation, there isn't one. There's a stark difference between my accent and someone's accent just 10 miles away (the Salford and Bolton accents are quite distinct). Game of Thrones shows a good mix of real British accents if not a bit mishmash (Sean Bean business as usual accent for Ned Stark, plus a Manchester accent from Robb Stark and God knows what from Arya, with a fairly decent mock one for Jon Snow).