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!
Also, why is sparkling water portrayed as the UK default? ^^ not from the UK but been there plenty, and I always have the feeling that us Germans are the only ones where sparkling would be the default option?
Yup, that is an odd one that I also noticed. It is so weird that on first viewing I didn’t even really get that they were going for a joke!
The idea that sparkling water here is generally preferred, much less the default option provided without a still alternative, is bizarre. Your comment suggests that, again, it is more of a continental thing, but isn’t true for the UK…