I like this guy. A brilliant impressionist and very knowledgeable too. I'm also fascinated by the diverse range of accents spoken in the UK. I used to live in New Zealand and the people there found the different UK accents baffling as there is very little difference between the far north and far south of that country.
Agreed. He sounded like David 'Bumble' Lloyd from Accrington, nothing like the St Helens accent. Tbf the guy he interviewed hardly had a St Helens accent.
And did it badly. I've seldom heard anyone from outside Lancashire, certainly not a southerner, be able to nail the rhotic 'r'. Even many people from parts of Lancashire without the rhotic r can't get it right when they try
It does now, but older natives of the town have much broader lancs accents. There was a study a while ago about city accents growing outwards so that helps explain why St. Helens has now got a smidgin of scouse.