So I just started rewatching the show. Many of the gentle jokes about Britishness work, but they drop a huge clanger in episode 1 that, if I recall, continues.
Rebecca offers Ted tea, the joke being his sequence of coffee requests are ignored. The owner of a football team would absolutely have the means to provide someone with a cappucinno. We drink a ton of coffee here.
What’s worse, however, is that they repeatedly show Rebecca drinking black tea out of a glass. Anyone who has spent any time in the UK would know that this practice, while not unheard of (drinking black tea is a bit more common in other parts of Europe) would be extremely unusual.
I like the show a lot, but feel a bit sad that jokes about the British drinking tea, such low-hanging leaves (hur hur), were bungled.
Just thought I’d mention this!
If anything else comes up during my rewatch I’ll let you know! A big one that you may have already seen is the association of Richmond and the ostensibly working class sport of football (I know, football is super corporate and bloated with money- it is weird). Richmond doesn’t have a culture like that and would favour rugby.
I also find it strange that Richmond seems to have about 8 people living there, who all know each other and see each other regularly. It is a London borough- they’re not small!
Well, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea doesn’t have a culture like that either, yet Chelsea FC is pretty popular (albeit Stamford Bridge is a gnat’s whisker over the border in Fulham).
As for the tea: there are a few black tea varieties that Rebecca might drink without milk (like Earl Grey, Lady Grey, Lapsang Souchong and Darjeeling; although green tea more so).