one hundred and twenty seven

Thanks to PBS, I’ve been, quite happily, getting a large dose of British tv lately. Tonight we’re catching up on The Bletchley Circle, but I’m enjoying Mr Selfridge and Call the Midwife at the moment as well.

PBS and Netflix are far less expensive than airfare, and at a moment’s notice I can be sipping tea at Downton Abbey or buying a fish in Port Wenn. I can ride a train North (and South) and I, over the course of a weekend, can travel to four different era’s in GB’s history (no TARDIS necessary).

I love seeing familiar faces show up in unexpected places (Evelyn Napier vs the Crimson Horror, anyone?) and there’s nothing like a beautiful, yet depressing, British costume drama to put me in a good mood. If I ever get back to visit England I know to never visit Midsomer, as no one seems to get out of there alive and I know that the London Eye will lead me directly to the Nestene Consciousness.

And don’t even get me started on the accents! I think I’m getting the hang of identifying them by region, but it doesn’t matter to me, Welsh, Scottish, Yorkshire, London, Cornwall… I love them all!

I know there are other Anglo(tv)philes out there. What to you like to watch? Who are your favorite British actors? Characters?